A former Proud Boys member who is a defendant in a case related to the assault on the United States on January 6, 2021, is being sought out by the FBI. Despite being scheduled to be sentenced on Friday in Washington, D.C., he did not appear, according to court documents and public pronouncements.
Christopher Worrell, left, near the ellipse in Washington, was convicted on seven counts (Source: NBC News)
Trial Day for Sentencing Proud Boy Member Worrell
Christopher Worrell a Proud Boy member was found guilty on seven counts, including assaulting law enforcement officers and hindering an official action, after a bench trial in May. Prosecutors alleged that he drenched law enforcement personnel with pepper spray gel while they guarded the north side of the Capitol against a substantial number of protestors during the attack. According to Judge Royce Lamberth, Mr. Worrell sprayed a line of law enforcement officers guarding the Capitol with Sabre Red Maximum Strength Pepper Gel. And that no one could tell that Mr. Worell did the pepper gel spray. According to court records, Lamberth issued a bench warrant for Worrell’s arrest on Friday after he failed to appear for his sentencing hearing. The FBI then sent out a request for help in locating and apprehending Worrell.
Proud boy member Worrell be given a 14-year prison term, according to the prosecution’s request. In court documents, his defense lawyer argued the opposite and requested Lamberth to give a much less severe sentence that would not include any jail time: 30 months of home detention. According to Worrell’s attorney, he has a medical problem that needs to be properly watched.
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Rescheduled Sentence Trial of Proud Boy Member Worrell
According to his lawyer, if it weren’t for that one act, Mr. Worrell wouldn’t have been charged because he didn’t enter the Capitol. It took Mr. Worrell between two and three seconds to pull the trigger on the pepper spray can. The sentencing hearing has been postponed until Worrell is detained.
After the Proud Boy member claimed he wasn’t provided the proper care for an injury while he was being held in custody, Lamberth declared the warden of the jail in Washington, D.C., to be in civil contempt in 2021. This increased awareness of his situation. His lawyers claim that although he was undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as well, the illness was not given enough attention.
After failing to give the judge the medical records he wanted, the officials were found in contempt of court. Lamberth eventually allowed Worrell to be home-confined so he could receive proper medical attention; he remained there even after being found guilty. The nation’s capital’s U.S. Attorney’s Office informed CBS News that it is looking for any information regarding Worrell’s whereabouts. When contacted for comment, his lawyer remained silent.
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