Washington Co. man charged in Capitol riot indicted on new assault, theft charges

A Bentleyville man charged with entering the U.S. Capitol in connection with the January insurrection now faces additional charges that he assaulted an officer and stole documents during the attack.

The new charges against Dale Shalvey were returned by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on April 30.

Shalvey, 36, had previously been charged by criminal complaint with obstructing an official proceeding; entering a restricted building; disrupting business; entering the Senate floor without authorization to disrupt official business and demonstrating in the Capitol building.

New charges in an indictment include civil disorder, theft and assault, resisting or impeding officers and false statements.

The indictment does not provide any specific details on the assault charge besides charging that Shalvey made “physical contact” with an officer.

Relative to the new theft count, the indictment said that Shalvey stole a letter written from Sen. Mitt Romney to Vice President Mike Pence.

Previously, investigators said that Shalvey, wearing tactical, Army-green clothing, with a helmet and gear, can be seen in two videos he filmed inside the Capitol and on the Senate floor.

Shalvey sent the videos, as well as still images, to people who then contacted the FBI.

In a publicly posted video, a man matching Shalvey’s description can be seen holding documents from a Senate desk, according to a criminal complaint.

“More specifically, the individual read from a document that indicated Sen. Ted Cruz objected to the certification of the electoral votes of the State of Arizona,” the FBI said.

“Upon reading this information the individual in green stated, ‘He was going to sell us out all along,’ ” the FBI wrote. “Another unidentified co-conspirator then stated, ‘No, that’s a good thing. That’s a good thing.’ The individual in green responded that he was ‘mixed up’ and appeared to acknowledge his mistake.”

Shalvey was arrested on March 9, when he surrendered in Washington. He operates a woodworking business in Bentleyville.

That day, according to the indictment, Shalvey was interviewed by FBI agents. During the interview, Shalvey said he was not aware of any assault on officers the day of the riot, the indictment said in charging him with false statements.

“The statements and representations were false because, as Dale Jeremiah Shalvey then and there knew, he assaulted an officer on Jan. 6, 2021, in the District of Columbia,” it continued.