WASHINGTON — A Morganfield woman has been arrested for her involvement in the deadly January 6 insurrection last year.
According to a Department of Justice press release, Shelly Stallings, 42, and another man from Virginia, Markus Maly, 47 were named as additional defendants in a superseding indictment returned in the District of Columbia in a case that previously included two other defendants.
One of those defendants was Stallings' husband, Peter J. Schwartz, 48, who was arrested on Feb. 4, 2021.
All four individuals are accused of allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers with pepper spray, the Department of Justice said.
Stallings' case is being investigated by the FBI's Washington and Louisville Field Offices. Louisville Metro Police and the U.S. Capitol Police assisted in the investigation.
She has been charged with multiple federal crimes, including:
- Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon;
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon;
- Disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building with a deadly or dangerous weapon;
- Engaging in physical violence in a restricted building with a deadly or dangerous weapon;
- Disorderly conduct in the Capitol grounds/buildings;
- Act of violence in the capitol grounds/buildings; and
- Civil disorder
The FBI said it has arrested more than 750 people in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, including over 235 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
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