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  Mark Roderick Aungst , 47, of South Williamsport, died on Wednesday. Lycoming County coroner  Charles E. Kiessling, Jr. , confirmed Aungst’s death to Law & Crime. Court filings show that Aungst had  pleaded guilty  in June to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine. He had come to Washington on a chartered bus from Pennsylvania to the Capitol in order to attend  Donald Trump’s  so-called “Stop the Steal” rally. Aungst and his co-defendant,  Tammy Bronsburg , admitted to entering the building at around 2:45 p.m., some 30 minutes after the initial breach, and leaving 30 seconds later. They re-entered the building at around 3:05 p.m. and spent about 10 minutes inside, taking pictures and video. They encountered law enforcement and were told to leave. Neither had been accused of assault or property destruction. Aungst, a gas field well service technician, is survived by his mother,

  Ketanji Brown Jackson Brown Jackson joins US Supreme Court as first Black woman on the bench K etanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice, replacing Stephen Breyer Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially sworn in as the first black woman on the Supreme Court Thursday, just minutes after Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the bench took effect. Jackson, 51, was sworn in shortly after noon, two hours after the high court issued  its final two   opinions of a   momentous term . Her husband Patrick, the chief of general surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, and their two daughters joined her for the ceremony.  the members of Ketanji Brown Jackson's family Johnny and Ellery Brown parents Patrick Jackson, husband of Supreme Court Leila and Talia Jackson daughters