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Pennsylvania woman convicted of storming Pelosi’s office in Jan. 6 attack
Riley June Williams, 22, of Harrisburg, is accused of theft, obstruction and trespassing, in addition to violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania girl linked to the far-right “Groyper” extremist motion was convicted Monday of a number of federal fees after prosecutors mentioned she was a part of a gaggle that stormed Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s workplace through the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Riley June Williams was discovered responsible of six federal counts, together with civil dysfunction. However the jury deadlocked on two different fees, together with “aiding and abetting the theft” of a laptop computer that was stolen from Pelosi’s workplace suite through the rebellion. The jury additionally failed to succeed in a unanimous verdict on whether or not Williams obstructed an official continuing.
U.S. District Decide Amy Berman Jackson ordered Williams be taken into custody after the jury delivered its verdict.
Williams joined a mob’s assault on the Capitol after attending the “Cease the Steal” rally, the place then-President Donald Trump addressed 1000’s of supporters earlier that day. Getting into Pelosi’s workplace, she discovered a laptop computer on a desk and informed one other rioter, “Dude, placed on gloves,” earlier than somebody with a black gloved hand eliminated the pc, based on prosecutors.
Williams later bragged on-line that she stole Pelosi’s gavel, laptop computer and exhausting drives and that she “gave the digital gadgets, or tried to present them, to unspecified Russian people,” prosecutors mentioned in a June 2022 courtroom submitting.
“Up to now, neither the laptop computer nor the gavel has been recovered,” they added.
A witness described as a former romantic associate of Williams informed the FBI that she meant to ship the stolen laptop computer or exhausting drive to a buddy in Russia who deliberate to promote it to Russia’s overseas intelligence service. However the witness mentioned Williams stored the gadget or destroyed it when the switch fell by means of, based on an FBI agent’s affidavit.
Williams, a resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested lower than two weeks after the riot. She was charged with theft of presidency property, assaulting police and obstructing the joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral School vote. Williams additionally confronted misdemeanor fees, together with disorderly or disruptive conduct.
Williams denied stealing the laptop computer when the FBI questioned her. She claimed her ex-boyfriend “made up” the allegation, prosecutors mentioned.
Earlier than she left the Capitol, Williams joined different rioters in pushing in opposition to law enforcement officials making an attempt to clear the constructing’s Rotunda. Police physique digital camera captured the confrontation, as Williams inspired different rioters to “maintain pushing,” and “push, push, push.”
Williams was carrying a shirt bearing the message, “I’m with groyper,” when she entered the Capitol. The time period “groyper” refers to followers of “America First” motion chief Nick Fuentes, who has used his on-line platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric.
Different followers of Fuentes have been charged with Jan. 6-related crimes, together with former UCLA pupil Christian Secor, 24, of Costa Mesa, California. Secor, who was waving an “America First” flag when he entered the Capitol, was sentenced final month to 3 years and 6 months in jail.
Williams’ on-line footprint additionally included materials related to “accelerationism,” a violent ideology that asserts “Western governments are corrupt and unsalvageable, and subsequently the perfect factor an individual can do is speed up their collapse by sowing social chaos and producing political battle,” prosecutors mentioned.
In December 2020, Williams attended at the least two rallies protesting the end result of the presidential election. Each rallies featured speeches by Fuentes.
“Her admiration of Nick Fuentes, self-identification as a ‘Groyper,’ perception in Accelerationism, and help for violence all circumstantially present the blended motives behind her actions on January 6: she not solely particularly sought to dam Congress from certifying the Electoral School vote, but in addition to undermine and impede the federal government extra typically,” prosecutors wrote.
Earlier than her trial, Williams’ attorneys questioned the relevance of her political actions and beliefs.
“There isn’t any proof linking her beliefs and actions previous to January 6 along with her actions that day,” they wrote. “There’s a respectable threat that jurors will choose Ms. Williams merely for the unpopular and excessive ideologies she has embraced prior to now, fairly than for the precise crimes with which she is charged.”
PHILADELPHIA — Three Pennsylvania Lottery tickets sold in Philadelphia recently have been named winners in separate contests, according to officials.
In the Saturday drawing for the Treasure Hunt game, five tickets won.
One of the tickets that matched all five numbers drawn, 2-6-10-25-26, was sold at 7-Eleven, 3301 Tyson Ave. in Philadelphia. The other was sold at Omgn Inc., 2100 East Allegheny Ave., also in Philadelphia.
Those ticket and three others split the jackpot prize of $139,917.50 to win $27,983.50.
The other winning tickets were sold in Bucks, Butler, and Lebanon counties.
More than 45,800 other Treasure Hunt tickets won prizes in the drawing. Players should check every ticket, every time.
Additionally, a West Philadelphia Wawa sold a winning lottery ticket.
Lottery officials Monday announced the winning Raffle ticket numbers drawn for the third, four $50,000 prizes in the 4s Galore Drawings as part of the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.
The Wawa at 3744 Spruce St. sold a ticket between Dec. 3 and Dec. 16 that was selected in the drawing.
Other winning tickets were sold in Cumberland, Bradford, and Westmoreland counties.
The Raffle features four bonus drawings held every other week, each awarding four $50,000 prizes, leading up to the Millionaire Raffle drawing on Jan. 4, 2025.
To learn if your ticket won a $50,000 4s Galore Drawings prize, scan it using the ticket checker on the PA Lottery Official App or at a lottery retailer.
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HS FOOTBALL: LFC and WVC players selected as finalists for Pennsylvania Player of Year Award; Call receives invites to showcase games
Several athletes from the Lackawanna Football Conference and District 2 are among the 55 finalists for the Pennsylvania Player of the Year award selected by the Maxwell Football Club.
Abington Heights wide receiver Shawn Theodore, Honesdale running back Mason Avery, Riverside tight end Richie Kostoff, Scranton Prep quarterback Louis Paris and Wyoming Area running back Lidge Kellum were listed among the 55 players who are Mini Max Award winners according to a release Monday night by the Maxwell Football account on X.
The Mini Max Awards are a prestigious honor for high school football players across the Tri-State Region that includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. This year is the first year District 2 players were included among the nominees.
Awards are presented at the annual Mini Max Dinner in Philadelphia on Feb. 2 at the Drexelbrook Convention Center in Drexel Hill. The award recognizes outstanding athletic achievement and sportsmanship in high school football.
In addition to the Mini Max Awards, the Maxwell Football Club also chooses the Player of the Year for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The event culminates with the Jim Henry Award, which goes to one of the three State Players of the Year.
Call receives invites
Valley View freshman lineman Brody Call received invites to three postseason games.
Call, a 6-0, 230-pound standout for the Cougars, is invited to the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 26-29, the All-American Bowl on Jan. 17-20 in Miami, Florida, and the Polynesian Bowl Combine and Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 21-22.
Call started every game for the Cougars and helped lead the team to the District 2 Class 4A championship and an 11-2 record.
Cesare ceremony
The 33rd Fiore Cesare Award and Scholarship ceremony is Friday at 2 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Scranton.
Mid Valley running back and defensive back Jakob Lesher, Delaware Valley quarterback and punter Logan Olsommer, Scranton Prep quarterback Louis Paris, Riverside quarterback Chase Taddonio and Western Wayne running back and defensive back Josh Vinton are the five finalists named by the Roy Davis Scranton Chapter of PIAA Football Officials.
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Ticket sold in Pennsylvania worth $1M as Mega Millions swells to $1.15B for post-Christmas draw
Billionaire dreams continue through Christmas after no ticket purchased in the $1 billion Christmas Eve 2024 Mega Millions draw hit the jackpot.
The jackpot rolled again — this time to $1.15 billion — after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.
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Don’t throw away your tickets just yet as one sold in Pennsylvania is worth $1 million, according to Mega Millions.
What were the winning Mega Millions numbers drawn on Christmas Eve?
The Mega Millions draw for Dec. 24, 2024, went like this: The white balls drawn were 11, 14, 38, 45 and 46, plus the gold Mega Ball 3.
Ticket sold in Pennsylvania strikes $1 million prize
In total, fours tickets sold matched all five white balls, but missed the gold Mega Ball, the lottery said. Those tickets sold in California, Missouri, Wyoming and Pennsylvania are worth $1 million a piece.
NBC10 has reached out to Pennsylvania Lottery to find out where the Keystone State winner was sold. However, the state lottery offices are closed for Christmas, so the winning store won’t be revealed until Thursday at the earliest, a spokesperson said.
Nearly 4.3 million tickets sold around the country in Tuesday’s draw matched at least the gold Mega Ball and are worth $2 or more.
Once again, the winning numbers in the Dec. 24, 2024, draw were 11, 14, 38, 45 and 46, with a Mega Ball of 3.
If you or someone you know has a gambling addiction, please call the National Council on Problem Gambling at 1-800-522-4700 to speak to a counselor. Help is also available via an online peer support forum at www.gamtalk.org, and additional resources can be found at NCPG website.
When is the next Mega Millions draw?
Get out $2, jump into office pools and gift tickets to family as the next Mega Millions draw on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, is worth at least $1.15 billion for the annuity and $516.1 million lump sum cash value, Mega Millions said.
That massive jackpot is the fifth largest in the game’s history, Mega Millions said.
“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a Christmas news release. “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the holidays – whether Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or any other way people choose to celebrate the season – than by helping fulfill the dreams that come with a prize like this and prizes that will be won at all levels of the game.”
What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot?
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, plus the Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
When did someone last hit the Mega Millions jackpot?
It’s been since Sept. 10, 2024, since a ticket sold in Texas hit all five numbers and the Mega Ball to win an $810 million jackpot.
Good luck!
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