WASHINGTON -  Federal prosecutors are recommending no prison time for a nail salon owner and mother of three from Lawrence County when she is sentenced for her involvement with the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6.

In a sentencing memorandum filed in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., the U.S. Attorney is recommending that Julia Jeanette Sizer of Ellwood City, PA be placed on home detention for 60 days, along with three years’ probation, 60 hours of community service, and required to pay $500 restitution.

Sizer pleaded guilty in November to one count of Parading, Demonstrating, Picketing, in a Capitol Building.

According to investigators, when Sizer saw rioters scaling the walls of the Capitol building, she told her husband that she wanted to go inside the building.

At the time, say prosecutors, Sizer knew that former Vice President Pence was inside the building and that the Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election was taking place.

Sizer made her way to the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol Building, passing through other rioters where she snapped selfies with her husband and took pictures of the crowd.

At approximately 2:42 p.m., investigators say a rioter wielding a crowbar broke open an exterior door of the Capitol close to where Sizer was taking pictures with her cell phone before she entered the building.

 Sizer video-recorded her entry into the building on her cell phone.

According to prosecutors, Sizer appears to get stuck in a bottleneck as the crowd pushes in several directions. After the crowd loosens, Sizer makes her way back out of the building at approximately 2:50 p.m.

Sizer sent the video that she recorded of her entry into the Capitol building through a private message to approximately six people.  She did not post the video publicly

The FBI says Sizer initially lied to investigators, saying she hadn’t been in the building.

Sizer later apologized for lying and her conduct, saying she felt sick to her stomach saying she wish she hadn’t gone inside the Capitol.

Prosecutors called the attack on the Capitol a criminal offense unparalleled in American history. Writing in the sentencing memorandum that “It represented a grave threat to our democratic norms; indeed, it was the one of the only times in our history when the building was literally occupied by hostile participants. By its very nature, the attack defies comparison to other events.”

Prosecutors note that Sizer was inside the Capitol building for only about two minutes, and barely made it past the building’s threshold.

The U.S. Attorney says because Sizer did not engage in violent or destructive acts on January 6, she was permitted to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

Although Sizer could face a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a $5,000 fine, it will be up to a federal judge to decide on Tuesday if he will agree to the recommended lesser sentence.

Of the seven people from the Valley charged in connection with the Capitol riot, Sizer and one other person have already pleaded guilty and await sentencing.