Judge Delays Decision On Release Of Alleged Capitol Rioter Robert Morss

By Andy Sheehan, CBS Pittsburgh

July 15, 2021

Attorneys for the former part-time Shaler school teacher arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol appeared in federal court Wednesday, asking that he be released pending trial.

Twenty-eight-year-old Robert Morss of Glenshaw is charged with assaulting officers, civil disorder and robbery of U.S. property.

The case against Morss has moved on to Washington D.C., where a judge has delayed a decision on whether he be released pending trial despite government claims that he is a flight risk and a danger to the community.

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