For one of the biggest moments of his life, Eric Bochene wore a faded white t-shirt and sat in an empty, green-walled conference room, straining to hear the volume from the computer. He grimaced as the virtual conference technology glitched. And he frequently voiced his frustration with his situation.
Bochene pleaded guilty in late August to a federal criminal charge for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack. But he didn’t stand in a courtroom. His lawyer wasn’t standing next to Bochene. Instead the attorney was on a separate virtual conference connection. And Bochene wasn’t permitted to choose his own outfit.
Though he was pleading guilty to only a misdemeanor charge, Bochene was required to appear remotely for his hearing from a holding room in the Broome County jail in Binghamton, NY. He wore his jail outfit, sitting beneath fluorescent lights, because Bochene isn’t a typical Jan. 6 defendant.
Bochene is one of a growing number of U.S. Capitol riot defendants who absconded and became fugitives after their arrests or initial court appearances.
The prosecution related to the Jan. 6, 2021 siege is the largest in American history, with approximately 1,100 criminal defendants from nearly every state. Though more than 600 of those defendants have pleaded guilty and dozens more have gone to trial, at least six became – or were — fugitives over the course of this summer. Some are still wanted by the FBI. Eric Bochene was one of them
Gotta catch em all
They should put out playing cards like they did for Iraqi fugitives.
That would stink if you’re a fugitive and someone puts you as the 3 of Clubs.
Anyone familiar with Penn and Teller knows the Three of Clubs would be an honor these fugitives do not deserve.
And not one of them named Richard Kimble. Enjoy the cell.
But I know one of them is Red Herring!!!
Hm, which states did not participate in the violent insurrection of Washington DC?
Nebraska was the only state where nobody was arrested for Jan6.
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Likely the ones farther west from DC and/or smaller populations. Id be surprised if Hawaii had an attendant
Hawaii Proud Boy was in the riot, sentenced in December… Okay I found the list of arrests(https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases) but there’s a thousand plus so far, I’ll take a rain check on tallying which states escaped the mark of treason.
But I will come back to it. Interesting trivia
Definitely had people from Washington show up. I think six Seattle PD officers attended.
Ppff, a bunch of rich, privileged and undereducated people with nothing to do on an island? I’d be surprised if they don’t have some participants.
Okay, I’m diving in.
he once reviewed the possibility of denouncing his U.S. citizenship
Pretty sure they mean renouncing…
That’s exactly what an innocent person would do… /s
Damn that one dude, more like he deployed his whole chin.
Americans are so pathetic. Some stupid assholes walk around a bit in a government building and you call it an “iNsuRection.” If you wanna see an insurrection go to Niger, Somalia, Bolivia, etc.
You’re pathetic, because you participate in online horse-meat dietary scams. Haha!
January 6th was a literal insurrection, by the definition of the word, and many of the insurrectionists have been convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to long prison sentences. And prison is what they deserved, at least if not worse.
lol you really believe that people should have been executed over this. it was a directionless protest, no lever of power was ever in danger of being pulled by the happless MAGA idiots.
I don’t give a shit what they were sentenced for. Unlike you I don’t think something is true just cause the government said so.
There was no insurrection. Cope, seethe, but in 20 years everyone will think you were hysterical and funny.
Nah dipshit, I think it’s you who is doing the “coping” here.
