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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports:
A Mechanicsburg woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Jan. 6 riots will be permitted to leave house arrest to visit the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire this weekend, according to a recent court order.
Riley Williams, 25, is permitted to leave house arrest for eight hours this weekend to visit the fair in Lancaster County, according to a court order.
“I took Nancy Polesis [sic] hard drives. I don’t care. Kill me,” authorities say she wrote on the social media site Discord just hours after the attack. “Like theure [sic] gonna arrest me,” Ms. Williams allegedly wrote, adding in another post hours later: “They’ll never take me alive.”
NPR reports:
This is not the first time the Mechanicsburg, Pa., resident has been allowed a reprieve from house arrest, Ulrich said. She noted that prosecutors are generally amenable to letting Williams go on day-long adventures.
This weekend, that might mean potentially partaking in some corseted cosplay, making preparations for a make-believe renaissance wedding, or enjoying a good old fashioned jousting competition.
At least 895 people across the country have been arrested in connection with the insurrection at the Capitol.
Riley reportedly planned to see the laptop to Russians. She last appeared on JMG in June 2022 when it was reported that she’d met with the man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Pennsylvania synagogue.
Why don’t prosecutors take her on a shopping spree too while they’re at it? She stole Pelosi’s laptop to sell and she’s allowed to go on fun outings? Good grief. ?#wtpBLUE #wtpEARTH #ResistanceUnited https://t.co/j3DOCsYc6w
— Dark Claire Bear Resists (@claireluvsbearz) August 20, 2022