Jury deliberations ended Thursday in Washington DC with a conviction on seven of the dozen charges filed in the case of an East Liverpool man accused of leading assaults on five officers during an incursion at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, while Congress was certifying Joseph Biden as the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.

After deliberations that began last week, a jury found Kenneth Thomas guilty of civil disorder, four counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer, entering or remaining in a restricted building and grounds, and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

Thomas was found not guilty of obstructing an official proceeding, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and an act of physical violence in the Capitol Building or grounds.

Members of the jury were undecided on a fifth count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding an officer, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol Building or grounds. Judge Dabney Friedrich granted a defense request to dismiss those two charges.

Thomas, who remains free on bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on September 6.

Federal authorities say Thoimas was on Upper West Terrace of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, where police body camera footage showed him advancing toward a line of law enforcement and pushing against their shields.

Government authorities say footage showed Thomas punching and striking the officers with his fist and forearm at least twice.

 

When officers started to dispel the crowd of rioters from the steps, Thomas allegedly turned toward rioters and ordered them to "hold the line" against advancing officers, repeating this several times.

Thomas argued that he was acting in self-defense.