A federal judge ordered a Mercer County woman dubbed “Pink Hat Lady” to wear a GPS monitor during her pretrial release. She faces charges stemming from what authorities allege was her involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington D.C.

Rachel Powell, 41, of Sandy Lake, is known as the “pink hat lady” for the brightly colored hat she wore at the Capitol, where authorities allege she tried to smash a window. She was ordered to wear a GPS monitor while she is on pretrial release.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lambreth of the U.S. District of Columbia granted the government’s motion to add GPS monitoring to the conditions of her pretrial release. He issued the order Tuesday.

He also ordered Powell to provide to her pretrial services supervising officer a list of all the locations she must travel to for work. The officer can approve or disapprove those locations to ensure she complies with her conditions of release.

Those conditions require her to not violate federal, state or local laws, to surrender her passport, to not possess firearms or illegal drugs, and to not travel outside of the Western District of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

Powell was placed on home confinement as part of her pretrial release, but is allowed to travel to work. She had been wearing an ankle bracelet that only alerts pretrial services when she leaves her home.

The defendant lives on the property of her employer, who is also her boyfriend, and she works on property adjacent to her home, which her boyfriend owns.

Pretrial services has filed three reports against Powell. They alleged she violated the conditions of her release, according to the government’s motion.

One alleged violation occurred in April 2021 when Powell livestreamed herself wearing a mesh mask made of pieces of string, in mockery of the condition requiring her to wear a mask for community safety.

In the second violation, she and her boyfriend went to a brewery during her work hours. Powell told the officer she went there for lunch.

In the third violation, she left her home before her work window began. She told the officer that she was gardening and described it as a job duty.

Powell is facing eight charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The riot disrupted a joint session of Congress called to certify the Electoral College vote from the 2020 presidential election.