Rachel Marie Powell

A federal judge Tuesday said she was “appalled and disgusted” with a former Butler County woman facing charges that she smashed a Capitol window during the Jan. 6 riot.

However, the judge permitted the woman to be released on house arrest pending trial.

Rachel Marie Powell, 40, of Sandy Lake, Mercer County, was arrested at the FBI office in New Castle on Thursday after she turned herself in.

A mother of eight, Powell faces charges of obstruction, depredation of government property, entering a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon, entering a restricted building or grounds and violent entry or disorderly conduct.

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