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Staff writer CHARLESTON — Derrick Evans, the incoming member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who recorded himself breaking into the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday with a mob to halt the certification of the presidential election, is facing criminal charges. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Evans was one of more than 50 people charged with crimes linked to the storming of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Evans faces two charges: knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and violen...

Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob By January 9, 2021 - 1:51 pm Delegate Derrick Evans is pictured at his new desk at the state House of Delegates. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography) Derrick Evans, facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, has resigned from West Virginia’s House of Delegates. “I hereby resign as a member of the House of Delegates, effective immediately,” Evans said in a one-page letter submitted to Gov. Jim Justice and the House. The House released another statement from Evans expressing reg...

Incoming delegate Derrick Evans, R-Wayne. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON — Derrick Evans, the incoming member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who recorded himself breaking into the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday with a mob to halt the certification of the presidential election, is facing criminal charges. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Evans was one of more than 50 people charged with crimes linked to the storming of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Evans faces two charges: knowingly entering or remain...

CHARLESTON – A newly elected Wayne County delegate now faces federal charges after taking part in storming the U.S. Capitol earlier this week has resigned. Derrick Evans (R-Wayne) was charged January 8 with entering a restricted area an entering the U.S. Capitol, according to federal officials taking part in a press call about the January 6 events. Attorney John H. Bryan, who is representing Evans, said his client was picked up by federal officials and was taken to federal court in Huntington. Evans  “The past few days have certainly been a difficult time for my family, colleagues and my...

It also caught the attention of his fellow delegates, with several of them calling for him to resign his position. In addition, a public petition asking for his removal from office had been signed by over 54,000 people. Howell, whose job as speak pro tempore is to fill in when Speaker Roger Hanshaw is unavailable or unable to perform his duties, told the News Tribune Friday that he had already contacted Hanshaw to tell him he thinks Evans should be removed. Attorney John H. Bryan, who represents Evans, said in a statement Thursday  that the delegate does not plan to voluntarily resign.