A federal judge has granted a prosecutor's request for home confinement for a Mercer County woman awaiting a November 15 trial for her alleged part in the January 6 Capital riot.

An order signed on Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth changes Rachel Powell's conditions of pretrial release restricting her to her home unless she first gets permission from a Pretrial Services Officer to venture outside for work.

If she does leave her house, she will be tracked with a GPS monitor.

The judge amended Powell's release conditions after prosecutors learned that a GPS monitor would not work in her home because of its dependence on a cell phone tower connection, which is poor in the rural area where Powell lives.

Powell has been ordered to pay the cost of the GPS monitoring. 

Prosecutors say Powell would still be able to perform many of her work duties at home on a phone or computer.

According to the U.S. Attorney, Powell has violated the conditions of her release twice, by first going to a brewery during her work hours and second, by leaving her residence during her home confinement hours.

Powell, the so-called "pink hat lady" and "bullhorn lady" was charged after being seen on video footage of people storming the Capitol based supporting Donald Trump's repeated false claims of election fraud.

An affidavit says Powell was seen using the bullhorn to give instructions about the layout of the Capitol building and instructing others on how to "take this building."

The Sandy Lake mother of eight faces trial on charges including obstruction, destruction of US property over $1,000, entering a restricted building or property with a dangerous weapon, entering a restricted building/property, and disorderly conduct.

More than 800 people have been charged in connection with the effort to stop congress from certifying Joseph Biden as the winner in the race for US President in 2020. Seven of those people are from the Valley.