Capitol Insurrection: A Look At The Cases Of 7 Arizonans Charged

PHOENIX, AZ — It's been a year since images and videos of protesters storming the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., stunned the nation.

While 165 people have been convicted and sentenced for crimes they committed at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, there are still hundreds of cases that haven't been concluded, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

More than 700 arrests have been made in connection with the Capitol insurrection, seven of them in Arizona. Three of those arrested in Arizona have been accused of being members of or having close ties to the Proud Boys, an extremist right-wing group. Here's a look at the status of the cases against Arizonans, starting with the most infamous.

Jacob Chansley

"QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley was sentenced in November to 41 months in prison and three years of probation for his part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Through a plea agreement, Chansley pleaded guilty in September to one charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

Chansley, who is from Phoenix, doesn't have a criminal history, but the prosecution recommended a multi-year sentence because they said Chansley served as the face of the insurrection, and the judge who sentenced him seemed to agree. During the riot, Chansley donned a furry, horned viking hat and was shirtless, wearing body paint and carrying an American flag. He had a bullhorn in his hand and is accused of shouting obscenities and threats of violence while inside the Capitol building.

Chansley was arrested Jan. 9 in Phoenix. He remains incarcerated.

Felicia and Cory Konold

Felicia and Cory Konold are siblings from Pima County who are charged alongside four men from Kansas with whom they marched on Jan. 6. Investigators say the defendants from Kansas are known members of the Proud Boys, according to court documents. The Proud Boys are a right-wing extremist group with ties to white nationalism, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Some of the people that the Konolds attended the riot with had posted on the social media site Parler about plans for the Jan. 6 insurrection in December 2020, according to court documents.

Both Konolds were arrested in Pima County on Feb. 11 and arraigned on multiple charges, including conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon.

The Konolds both pleaded not guilty to all charges in March. Both were initially placed on house arrest, but Felicia Konold's electronic monitoring was suspended around the time she was due to give birth in October. and Cory Konold's was suspended on Thursday.

Investigators accuse both Konolds of being part a group of people who planned to forcibly enter the capitol on Jan. 6 and stop or hinder congressional proceedings to certify the results of the presidential election. The group is accused of storming past barricades and police that day.

FBI investigators say they brought paramilitary gear including tactical vests with plates, helmets, eye protection and radio equipment with them to the capitol on Jan. 6.

Their next court date is set for March 3.

Micajah Jackson

Through a plea agreement, Micajah Jackson, who was arrested May 18 in Phoenix, pleaded guilty in November to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison.

He is to be sentenced Feb. 25 and is currently released on his own recognizance.

Federal officials investigating the events of Jan. 6 identified Jackson through posts and videos he made to Instagram from the scene of the Capitol riot, according to court documents.

Investigators also accused Jackson of having ties to or associating on Jan. 6 with people who identified themselves as members of the Proud Boys, as he was wearing an orange armband during the riot, as some members of the Proud Boys had done that day. Jackson told investigators he wasn't associated with the Proud Boys and that someone had given him the armband that day.

As a condition of his release, Jackson is ordered not to have any contact with known members of the Proud Boys.

Andrew Hatley

Andrew Hatley pleaded guilty in September through a plea agreement to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building and was sentenced in December to three years of probation. He was also ordered to pay $500 in restitution.

Hatley initially claimed on social media that he did not attend the Jan. 6 rally in Washington because he didn't back "lost causes," but FBI investigators say that his phone location information showed he was at the Capitol that day, according to court documents.

Although he was arrested in Eloy on Jan. 19, according to court documents, he drove to the Capitol on Jan. 6 from his residence in South Carolina.

Nathan Entrekin

Nathan Entrekin, who was arrested July 15 in Cottonwood, is charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, entering and remaining in certain rooms in the capitol building, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

Investigators say they recognized Entrekin in footage inside the Capitol on the day of the riot because of his unique clothing. They also accuse him of carrying a wooden dowel with a piece of white cloth attached that read, "In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives and our children," which he is shown carrying in pictures submitted to the court.

The quote is a reference to a story of a fight for freedom from tyranny in "The Book of Mormon."

Entrekin was dressed in what appears to be a Roman costume, with Roman-style sandals.

This case is not yet concluded.

James McGrew

James McGrew is charged with civil disorder while obstructing an official proceeding and entering and remaining in a restricted building with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

He was arrested May 28 at his sister's home in Glendale and pleaded not guilty to all charges in June.

McGrew is a veteran of the Iraq War and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2003, according to information in his request to be released on bond. He fought in Fallujah as part of the infantry and as a machine gunner. He suffered hearing loss and permanent damage to his back and legs in an IED explosion in 2005, according to court documents filed in October, when he asked for a pretrial release that was denied.

Investigators accuse McGrew of being in the first line of rioters who overran police lines, of climbing the terrace and entering the Capitol building the terrace doors. He's also accused of assaulting police officers several times while inside the Capitol building and throwing a pole at them, according to court documents. His defense attorney claims in countering court documents that McGrew did not assault any officers and that he didn't throw the pole at officers, but tossed it into a tunnel where it came from, that was crowded with officers.

McGrew is still incarcerated and the court is looking at a possible trial date this summer.