Updated on January 15, 2021 at 8:00 am
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A Philadelphia judge has denied a request to revoke bail for two Virginia men who traveled to the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes were being counted and were arrested originally on weapons charges, despite prosecutors’ objections that they attended a rally last week that turned into a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol building.
A judge Thursday ordered the two men, 42-year-old Joshua Macias and 61-year-old Antonio LaMotta, to stand trial on elections fraud-related charges.
LaMotta also still faces weapons charges for carrying an unlicensed firearm as he walked toward the Convention Center on Nov. 5.
Celena Morrison is a voice of hope in turbulent times
The city s head of LGBT Affairs comes up on her one-year anniversary on the job in March. She s tackled everything from the pandemic to transgender murders.
Nothing could have prepared Celena Morrison for her first month on the job.
In late-March, rumors were spreading across Philadelphia of impending furloughs and business closures. Despite the panic, Morrison was just getting familiar with her new office City Hall. Her boss? Mayor Jim Kenney.
That only lasted a little over a week. The office part, that is.
For the past nine months, Philadelphia’s newly-appointed executive director of LGBT Affairs has been calling the shots entirely from home, serving as the top link between Philly’s LGBTQ+ community and the Kenney administration. City Hall has remained shuttered throughout the pandemic, weathering a turbulent period of lockdowns, reopenings and more lockdowns.
Two men arrested for taking an AR-15 and a samurai sword to Philadelphia vote count center could have their $750,000 bail revoked after being part of MAGA mob riot at U.S. Capitol
Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio Lamotta, 61, are accused of taking part in the January 6 violent insurrection on the Capitol that left five dead
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner s office filed a motion Tuesday to revoke Lamotta s bail, citing evidence he participated in the insurrection
Prosecutors had already filed a similar motion against Macias last week
Prosecutors say video evidence shows them in a restricted area in the Capitol
Macias also gave a speech to a crowd inciting a riot telling supporters to defend this constitution against the enemy , prosecutors say
Philadelphia police will be staffed in case of emergency Saturday through Inauguration Day. Commissioner Outlaw says other law enforcement are on call.