YOUNGSTOWN May 19 was when Ron Zoldan, 33, of Canfield, vice president of Phantom Fireworks, was charged with two serious drug offenses while driving throug
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Three months after a group of rioters attempted to halt the certification of the presidential election results by breaching the
U.S. Capitol, 401 people have been arrested.
Of those, Pennsylvania’s 38 arrests rank behind only Texas and Florida, with 39 each. Eleven of those charged in Pennsylvania come from the federal western district.
Robert Pape, a political scientist from the Chicago Project on Security and Threats at the University of Chicago, has thus far conducted three studies on the riot, including reviewing the demographic study of those arrested.
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A Champion man and a Sharpsville, Pa., man were arraigned Tuesday on four federal charges linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Stephen M. Ayres, 38, of Carolewood Circle NW, Champion, and Matthew Perna, no age given, of Sharpsville, Pa., both pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol building.
The arraignment was held via video before Judge John D. Bates in U.S. Court, District of Columbia. Bates allowed each defendant to continue their personal recognizance bonds and scheduled a status conference hearing in the case at 10 a.m. May 7.