January 6 defendant Mark Aungst of Williamsport, Pennsylvania committed suicide this week according to the local coroner. Aungst pleaded guilty last month to parading in the Capitol and was facing up to six months in prison and a $5000 fine.

A Lycoming County man awaiting sentencing for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has died.

The death Wednesday of Mark R. Aungst, 47, of South Williamsport, was ruled a suicide, Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said.

Aungst pleaded guilty June 27 in District of Columbia federal court to a charge of demonstrating or parading in a restricted building. His sentencing was scheduled for Sept. 27 before Judge Reggie B. Walton. He could have been sentenced up to six months in prison and fined $5,000.

Aungst and co-defendant Tammy A. Bronsburg, who pleaded guilty to the same charge, traveled by bus to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 for President Trump's "stop the steal" rally. They then joined others and marched to the Capitol.

…Neither assaulted a police officer nor stole or damaged government property, the prosecutor had said at a previous court proceeding.

HuffPost reported on Aungst's arrest in February (excerpt):

A witness who used Facebook to organize a bus trip in support of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election gave up the names of two passengers after they delayed the group's return to Pennsylvania and one bragged about illegally entering the U.S. Capitol.