Ex-Army Ranger and former Shaler teacher charged in Capitol riot will remain jailed as threat

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A federal judge on Friday ruled that a former teacher and ex-Army Ranger charged with 53 counts related to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and assaulting police will remain jailed pending trial.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, presiding in Washington, D.C., denied a motion for release by Robert Morss, 28, of Glenshaw.

Mr. Morss, a former substitute teacher in the Shaler Area School District and an Afghanistan combat veteran, is charged with multiple counts, including robbery and assault, related to storming the Capitol and battling with police.

In a motion for release, he and his lawyers maintain that he has been subjected to poor treatment in jail and cited his military service, his lack of criminal record, a pending job in the Washington area and an offer of a place to live with a fellow veteran as reasons to let him go.