Crime & Safety
Naperville Woman Pleads Guilty To Charges In Capital Riot: Report
Dawn Frankowski, 54, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
NAPERVILLE, IL — A 54-year-old Naperville woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riots that took place at the U.S. Capitol, ABC reports.
Dawn Franowski was charged with disorderly and disruptive conduct and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds in September. Frankowski's charges came after she was tagged in a Facebook photo shared by David Wiersma, who also pleaded guilty to Capitol riot charges Wednesday.
A person who worked with Wiersma had reported him to the FBI after seeing Wiersma post about getting into the capitol building, according to a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The post read, in part, "Spent about 30 minutes inside and got out before the SWAT team went in."
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Wiersma's post continued, "By the time we got there, it was like going to the shopping mall. People talking and joking with police just coming and going. "
A federal complaint said Wiersma and Frankowski communicated by phone "frequently" and went to the Capitol riot together.
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