William Stover

William "Jessie" Stover, 46, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, pushed through a police line in the Lower West Terrace tunnel of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, helping other rioters fight officers; surveillance and body camera footage showed him grabbing an officer's helmet and handing another rioter a stolen Capitol Police riot shield that was then used to attack police. He pleaded guilty to one felony charge, civil disorder, with other charges, including impeding passage through the Capitol grounds, dismissed. He was sentenced on 7/9/2024 to six months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, $2,000 in restitution, a $100 special assessment, and 100 hours of community service.