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Woman accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop has request to visit the Renaissance Fair approved

Riley Williams, 23, is allowed to attend the Renaissance Fair on Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from Jan. 21, 2021.

Update Aug. 18: Riley Williams' grant to attend the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair has been approved by a judge. 

Williams will be permitted to go to the fair on Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. 

All other release conditions surrounding her house arrest, issued Jan. 21, 2021, will remain in effect.

Original article: Cumberland County resident Riley Williams, who is currently on house arrest while awaiting trial for her alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, requested the court's permission to attend The Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair. 

Williams, 23, is accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop on Jan. 6, 2021. She has been on house arrest since Jan. 21, 2021. 

In the request, Williams asked to attend the Renaissance Fair on Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. 

This isn't the first request Williams has made within the past year. In July, she petitioned the court asking for the house arrest and ankle monitor conditions of her release to be lifted, stating that they were "unduly burdensome," according to her attorney. 

Most recently, Williams requested her trial be moved from Washington D.C. to Harrisburg, arguing that an impartial jury will be more easily found at Pennsylvania's capitol. 

Both of these requests were denied. It is unclear at this time if her most recent request will meet the same fate. 

Williams is charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, theft of government property, entering and remaining inside a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building for her alleged conduct on Jan. 6.

She is currently under house arrest in Mechanicsburg, awaiting trial. Williams is scheduled to stand trial sometime next year. 

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