PHOENIX (AP) — A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered a Phoenix woman to remain jailed until she is returned to Las Vegas to face federal charges alleging she threw a shoe at Hillary Rodham Clinton during a speech.
Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, read documents, talked to her lawyer and sat on the edge of her seat as she waited for her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Logan in Phoenix.
Ernst was arrested late Monday after federal prosecutors in Las Vegas filed charges Sunday accusing her of trespassing and violence against a person.
The federal charges increase the possible consequences for Ernst if she is convicted of throwing a shoe at the former secretary of state.
The judge appointed attorney Maria Weidner to represent Ernst and ordered Ernst detained pending court proceedings in Las Vegas.
