Chicago area sisters face prison time for participating in Capitol riot

CHICAGO - Two sisters from Illinois have pleaded guilty to joining the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Federal authorities say they were alerted to the pair after someone shared photos that had been texted to their spouse.

Trudy Castle is from Chicago, and Kimberley DiFrancesco is from Elmhurst.

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They will be sentenced in November.

Each faces up to six months in prison.