Two Men Charged With Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Denied Pretrial Release

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

WASHINGTON (KDKA) - Two men from our region charged with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick will have to stay in jail prior to their trials.

Julian Khater from State College and George Tanios from Morgantown were denied pretrial release by a judge.

The judge called them threats to the community, saying their alleged chemical spray attack helped rioters on January 6 to breach a line of police.

Officer Sicknick died of a stroke the day after the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Prosecutors have not sought to connect his death to the chemical attack.