Federal judge rules to detain Longview, Carthage men accused in siege of US Capitol Ryan Nichols arrives for detention hearing at the Tyler federal courthouse. (Source: KLTV) By Stewart Smith | January 22, 2021 at 5:21 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 11:44 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Two East Texas men who joined the U.S. Capitol Building riot Jan. 6 were ordered to be detained until trial.
Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell handed down the ruling Friday evening after hours of testimony by and cross examination of witnesses regarding the actions of Ryan Nichols, 30, of Longview, and Alex Kirk Harkrider, 33, of Carthage during the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.