Local business owner facing new charges in connection with violence at U.S. Capitol

A Bentleyville man already charged in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol in January has now been indicted by a federal grand jury for attacking an officer and stealing documents during the attack.

Dale Shalvey, 36, who owns a woodworking business, was indicted on April 30, according to federal documents made available this week.

Shalvey, who was originally arrested on March 9, was initially charged with obstructing an official proceeding, entering a restricted building, disrupting business, entering the Senate floor without permission and causing a disruption in the U.S. Capitol building.

He’s accused of rifling through Electoral College vote certification paperwork from a desk on the Senate floor, and now faces additional charges of having “physical contact” with a police officer and stealing a letter from Sen. Mitt Romney to former Vice President Mike Pence.

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 documents state. “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.”

An FBI affidavit says agents fielded several tips that Shalvey was the person shown in photos wearing a green helmet and other tactical gear.

A tipster said Shalvey sent them texts and photos “that appear to depict official correspondence that has handled by Shalvey from at least one of the desks in the Senate chamber.”

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According to the criminal complaint, when Shalvey was interviewed by FBI agents after his arrest, he denied any knowledge of any assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

“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.

More than 300 people have been charged with federal crimes as federal agents continue to investigate the insurrection.

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