2022

June

Monday the 13rd

• Philly DA seeks contempt charge for Vets for Trump cofounder Philadelphia prosecutors say a Virginia man arrested in November 2020 after driving to the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes were being counted with guns, ammunition and lock-picking tools likely played a larger role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection than...

March

Friday the 18th

• Chesapeake man arrested outside election center flouting bail, DA says The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office filed a motion asking a judge to revoke the $850,000 bail of Joshua Macias. They say he violated the conditions of his bail by attending political events and posting on social media.

2021

Thursday the 18th

• Philadelphia Judge Keeps Election-Related Charges Against Joshua Macias, Antonio LaMotta Philadelphia judge declined Thursday to dismiss election-related charges against two Virginia men accused of driving with guns and a lockpicking tool to a site where Philadelphia votes were being counted in early November. Katie Johnston reports.

January

Thursday the 14th

• Virginia men arrested for gun offenses during Philly vote count face new election-interference charges Prosecutors charged Joshua Macias and Antonio LaMotta, who came to Philadelphia voting center with guns and ammo during the counting, with attempting to to interfere with an election.

2020

November

Sunday the 8th

• Philadelphia Police Release Mugshots Of 2 Virginia Men Charged With Carrying Weapons Near Pennsylvan

Saturday the 7th

• Police: 2 Virginia men armed with handguns, assault rifle arrested near convention center Two men armed with loaded handguns were arrested Thursday near the Philadelphia convention center where an ongoing vote count could decide the presidential election, police said.
• Report: Armed QAnon Supporter Drove To Philadelphia To Deliver ‘Truck Full Of Fake Votes’ Police also found an AR-style rifle and 160 rounds of ammunition inside the suspect’s truck.

Friday the 6th

• 2 Arrested for Alleged Plot Against Vote Counting Center Philadelphia police investigated an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes are being counted. On Thursday, the Philadelphia Police Department received a tip that people with guns were on their way to the Convention Center area in a silver Hummer.
• Two men outside Philly vote count in Hummer with QAnon stickers face weapons charges, police say A source said the investigation began when police received a tip to be on the lookout for two men and a woman from Virginia Beach traveling to the region to “straighten things out” at polling places.