Quinn Keen is an American man from Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The state is around 769 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA.
Feds say Quinn Keen (in tan sweatshirt) kicked and pushed an MPD officer, threw a metal coffee mug at officers, and chucked a bottle at them before smoking it up in the rotunda. Here's the video they cite: pic.twitter.com/CakUA6lWQj
On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, defeating Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA while a joint session of the U.S. Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory.
Keen is accused of joining the U.S. Capitol riot. Here are 10 more things about him:
Aside from Manteno, he has lived in other parts of Illinois including Braidwood, Joliet, Ottawa and Lombard.
He previously lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
Between January 1, 2021 and January 5, 2021, he travelled from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA to Washington, D.C., USA.
On January 6, 2021, he went to o the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. wearing glasses, a tan jacket and a dark colored hooded sweatshirt. During the riot, he threw a metal coffee mug at law enforcement officers and pushed one of them.
On July 20, 2021, a tipster told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he bragged about being in the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 and showed a video of himself smoking pot inside the building.
On November 15, 2021, a person with a familial relationship to him told an FBI agent that he previously lived on the streets under a bridge and he was likely living out of his car that time.
On April 6, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather signed a criminal complained filed by an FBI special agent against him. That day, he was arrested in Chicago, Illinois. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers; civil disorder; entering and remaining, disorderly and disruptive conduct and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct; act of physical violence and parading, demonstrating or picketing in the U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings.
In August 2023, he turned 37.
On February 20, 2024, he pleaded guilty to a felony offense of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
On June 27, 2024, he will be sentenced.
If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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