Plea hearing set for Conway man in Capitol riot case

Peter Francis Stager (Pulaski County sheriff's office & Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Peter Francis Stager (Pulaski County sheriff's office & Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)

A Conway man accused of attacking a police officer on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot has apparently reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

According to an order filed Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras vacated a status hearing slated for Peter Francis Stager, 43. 

A plea hearing for him has been scheduled for Feb. 16.

No further details were provided in the court filing.

Stager is accused of using a flagpole to beat a police officer who was face down on the steps of the Capitol.

He has remained in the District of Columbia jail since his arrest shortly after the incident.


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