Mt. Juliet man arrested for role in U.S. Capitol riot, U.S. Attorney's Office announces

• Mt. Juliet man arrested on accusations of role in U.S. Capitol riots. A Mt. Juliet man was arrested Friday on accusations in his role during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Tennessee. Nicholas Waldon Smotherman, 41, is charged obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, which are felonies. Smotherman is also charged with multiple misdemeanors, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Those include entering and remaining in...