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  Christopher Worrell, of Naples, Florida has been sentenced 10 years imprisonment for his role in a riot that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021 at the Capitol.
  
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  Worrell vanished before his scheduled sentencing, while under house-arrest.
  
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  Worrell faked an overdose when he was caught trying to “covertly” return home.
  

The member of Proud Boys, who fled after being convicted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 and then faked a drug-overdose when he got caught, was sentenced to 10 years prison.

Christopher Worrell was under house arrest at Naples in Florida when he vanished in August. This was before his original sentencing.

Prosecutors said he was found six week later, after attempting to “covertly” return to his home. He was unconscious for five days and hospitalized to treat an opioid overdose. But prosecutors claim he feigned his condition in order to delay his sentencing.

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Worrell has a rare type of lymphoma. He said that he feared the treatment for cancer he would receive during his long prison term could cause the disease to kill. He denied that he feigned his overdose.

He said, “I acted because I was in a state of extreme mental distress and feared for my life.” “I am deeply sorry and I do hope that you will forgive me.”

The prosecution had requested a 14-year prison sentence for assault, obstruction of Congress, and other crimes. He should be given a longer term for running away from his house arrest, and faking an overdose that cost sheriff’s officers assigned to him thousands of dollars worth of overtime. Authorities said that FBI agents found night-vision glasses, $4,000 cash and survivalist equipment in his home.

Worrell was previously jailed in Washington. He was released from jail in November 2021 after a judge upheld his civil rights complaints regarding his treatment. U.S. district judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Worrell’s medical treatment for a broken arm had been delayed and found D.C. jail authorities in contempt.

Lamberth stated on Thursday that Worrell’s complaints and response led to reforms within the system. He also wanted to make sure that Worrell would receive adequate cancer treatment while in prison. However, his crimes warranted an hefty punishment.

Lamberth stated, “This is an extremely difficult case for me.”

Worrell, 52 years old, was found guilty after a bench-trial of attacking officers with pepper gel gel when the mob Donald Trump supporters attacked Capitol on January 6, 2021. Authorities claim he wore a tactical vest, boasted that he had “deployed the whole can”, and shouted insults to officers calling them “commies” or “scum”.

The prosecution claims that Worrell also lied in court, saying he sprayed other rioters. Prosecutors said that the judge called this claim “preposterous.”

Worrell’s attorney on the other had said that his client brought spray gel and a tactical vest with him to Washington as a defensive measure because of violence between Proud Boys counter-protesters. William Shipley, Worrell’s attorney, said that the chaotic scene at Capitol “could be responsible for misperceptions causing inaccuracies in Worrell’s testimony” at trial.

Federal authorities have identified more than 30 people as being leaders, members, or associates of Proud Boys. The group’s members call it a “Western Chauvinist” men’s club that is politically incorrect.

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Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment in September 2023 — the maximum term given for the attack on Jan. 6. Tarrio, along with three Proud Boys’ associates, was convicted in September 2023 of seditious conspiracies and other crimes. The prosecution said that the plot was to prevent Trump from transferring power to Democrat Joe Biden.