Jonathan Copeland: Shawnee, OH man waives jury trial in Jan. 6 case

Source: The Lima News, Ohio

Shawnee man waives jury trial in Jan. 6 case

J Swygart, The Lima News, Ohio
Wed, April 24, 2024 at 7:31 PM EDT·2 min read

Apr. 24—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jonathan Copeland, the Shawnee Township man charged for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 "Stop the Steal" rally at the U.S. Capitol, waived his right to a jury trial and will have his criminal case heard next week by a U.S. District Court judge.

Copeland on March 27 submitted a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in which he acknowledged his constitutional right to a jury trial. The motion included a request that the criminal charges against him instead be resolved through a trial to the court.

The bench trial is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Monday before Judge Dabney Friedrich.

Copeland faces nine counts related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, ...

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Those include two counts of civil disorder, assaulting resisting or impeding officers using a deadly weapon, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings and parading, and demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

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