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stanley cup jury on Monday found former Rocky Mount, Virginia, police officer Thomas Robertson guilty on six counts related to his involvement in the January 6, 20201, attack on the Capitol, including impeding law enforcement, d
stanley cup isorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon, and obstructing Congress certification of the electoral college votes.After nearly two days of deliberations, Robertson s conviction offe
stanley cup red victory to a Justice Department investigation recently stalled by back-to-back partial or whole acquittals in misdemeanor January 6 bench trials.Robertson, who now likely faces up to 20 years in prison, was originally freed on pretrial supervision, but was later detained after the government said he allegedly had a loaded M4 rifle and a partially-assembled pipe bomb at his home, and by purchasing an arsenal of 34 firearms online and transporting them in interstate commerce. Robertson was charged in the days following the deadly Capitol breach with his one-time codefendant and fellow officer, Jacob Fracker, who later pleaded guilty to multiple charges and testified against Robertson during his trial. The two men were fired last year from their posts in law enforcement following their alleged presence in the mob.They were accused of traveling from Virginia to Washington, D.C., ahead of former President Trump s Save America rally where the pair and another man made their way toward the Capitol building do Cpua Transcript: Former Sen. Alan Simpson s eulogy for former President George H.W. Bush
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salomon ildren of a Washington state lobbyist died in a house fire early Friday after thick smoke and flames blocked their mother from reaching the upstairs bedrooms where they were sleeping, authorities said.The woman was on the lower floor of the split-level home i
af1 n the city of Centralia, about 90 miles south of Seattle, when the fire woke her, police Sgt. Carl Buster said. She raced to the landing of the stairs heading to the second floor. She just said it was imposs
crocs ible to get through the smoke and flames that was between her and her kids, Buster said. A police officer, Phillip Weismiller, 36, climbed onto the roof and tried to break a window to save the children. He seriously injured his hand and was taken to a hospital, Buster said.The mother escaped and had not reported any injuries. No one else was in the house, and there were no indications so far of foul play, Buster said. Investigators did not know the cause of the blaze but said it started just inside the front door.Investigators questioned the mother for 30 minutes before she left, visibly shaken, CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV reports. She left with a friend, and her parents were here. So she s with family and friends, Buster told the station. Authorities did not immediately identify the family, but colleagues of Brad Tower, a lobbyist in the state capital since 2000, said he is the father of the children. The news led to an outpouring
