By Jan Wolfe

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – An off-duty officer of police who broke into the U.S. Capitol in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was found guilty Tuesday of numerous felonies. This is a significant victory for prosecutors during one of the first prosecutions related to this attack.

Court documents show that Thomas Robertson of Rocky Mount (Virginia) was found guilty by a District of Columbia federal jury on six of his charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress.

Robertson may be sent to prison by the judge during a subsequent court hearing.

Robertson was an officer in Rocky Mount’s police department during the Capitol Riot.

Robertson and Jacob Fracker, a former officer of the police, entered Capitol together. They pleaded guilty in similar cases last month.

Following a last-month plea bargain with the government Fracker was called to testify on behalf the prosecution’s side in Robertson’s case.

Around 800 individuals have been accused of crimes related to Jan. 6, 2001 attack. Robertson is not the only defendant who was tried by a jury.

Robertson was ordered to remain in prison pending his trial by a judge last year after Robertson’s arrest. Prosecutors claimed that Robertson had continued to buy ammunition and firearms online.

Prosecutors also won the Jan. 6 jury trial. Guy Reffitt of Texas was found guilty by a District of Columbia jury of five felony charges, including the following: Bringing a firearm onto Capitol grounds, and Obstructing an official proceeding.

The first criminal trial for the Jan. 6 attacks was concluded by a federal judge last week.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove the case against a New Mexico resident facing misdemeanor theft charges after a trial without jury.

McFadden was able to accept arguments from Matthew Martin that McFadden didn’t know he was breaking law as he entered Capitol complex.

Trump supporters drove thousands of people to the Capitol and fought police, sending legislators running for their lives. Trump gave a passionate speech close to the White House in which he repeated the false claim that Trump lost his election because of fraud.

Multiple courts, officials from state elections and Trump himself have all rejected this claim.