Edward Kelley, 36, of Maryville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on Nov. 20, 2024, following a three-day jury trial, of conspiracy to murder federal employees; solicitation to commit a crime of violence; and influencing a federal official by threat.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Kelley developed a plan to murder law enforcement, including agents, officers and employees of the FBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Maryville Police Department, Blount County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, and Clinton Police Department. The evidence showed that Kelley developed a 鈥渒ill list鈥 of law enforcement and distributed the list 鈥 along with videos containing images of his targets 鈥 to a co-conspirator as part of his 鈥渕ission.鈥

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