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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan on Monday, a couple from Pittsburgh was sentenced in federal court for obstructing law enforcement during a 2023 gathering and protest. Thirty-seven-year-old Bryan DiPippa was given five years in jail while his wife, forty-two-year-old Krystal DiPippa was given three years of probation. In 2023, the DiPippas were part of a protest at the University of Pittsburgh and Brian lit up smoke devices close to a line of people at an event there. Hidden by Krystal, Brian then proceeded to set off fireworks and threw one at a bunch of officers who blocked people from getting into the building of the protest. The DiPippas were forced to pay fines to both the officer that was injured and the University of Pittsburgh for their actions.