A Proud Boys member who vanished just days before he was scheduled to be sentenced to up to 14 years behind bars for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been arrested by the FBI. Christopher Worrell, 52, was nabbed while trying to “covertly return” to his residence in Central Naples, Florida, according to the FBI’s Tampa office. When agents entered the home, they found Worrell unconscious and transported him to the hospital, the statement said. Officers also found “night-vision goggles, $4,000 in cash, and survivalist gear” in the home. Worrell had previously been released to house arrest after he protested his treatment at a Washington D.C. jail, claiming medical issues due to his diagnosis with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But he suddenly stopped showing up to court after he was found guilty in May of assaulting a police officer during the riot. He had “spewed vitriol for half an hour at the overwhelmed officers restraining the mob,” according to an Aug. 13 sentencing memo filed by the Justice Department. “And when he saw an opportunity to pepper spray the police line from deep within the crowd, Worrell took it.”
