Julia Sizer of Ellwood City is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 1 in federal court after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A Lawrence County woman is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 1 in federal court on a misdemeanor charge filed by the FBI for entering the U.S. Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, D.C.

Julia Sizer, 39, of Ellwood City, pleaded guilty to a charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing the Capitol building, one of four charges the FBI filed against her following the attack on the Capitol. The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment and a fine up to $5,000.

Sizer, who is free on unsecured bail, filed a motion through her attorney, Robert Mielnicki, to have the sentencing conducted via video conferencing to avoid exposure to COVID-19 that could occur if she has to travel to the nation's capital for sentencing. U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper hasn't ruled on that motion.

She was charged in August with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in the capitol building.

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