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A Thomasville woman who is a former police officer will serve less than a year in federal prison for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and storming of

The former High Point officer spent more than a decade in law enforcement before storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta will consider up to 10 years in prison for Laura Steele of Thomasville, and government attorneys respond to her request for leniency by saying she did not just follow along in an effort on behalf of former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Steele, a former High Point Police officer, is facing up to 10 years in prison, but in a request for reduction of that term she says she was only following along with the words of former President Trump and the directions of her brother at the U.S. Capitol in trying to overthrow the election of Donald Trump.

A Thomasville woman went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, intending only to attend President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally and join other Oath Keepers militia members providing

More than two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the halls of Congress have been handed their punishments.

6 people affiliated with the far-right militia known as the Oath Keepers were convicted on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

6 people affiliated with the far-right militia known as the Oath Keepers were convicted on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

A Thomasville woman stood little chance of being acquitted of charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and storming of the U.S. Capitol because of abundant video evidence, and

6 people affiliated with the far-right militia known as the Oath Keepers were convicted on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.