Left inset: Eric Conover allegedly being pursued by police on Saturday, March 15, 2025, in New Hampshire (WMUR/YouTube). Right inset: A video screengrab from the Eric Van Conover YouTube page and a post on Jan. 25, 2025 (YouTube). Background: Eric Conover appearing in court Monday, March 17, by video conference (WMUR/YouTube).
A famous YouTuber with nearly 3 million subscribers who makes videos about “architecture, sacred geometry, and AI-consciousness evolution” is charged with attempted murder in New Hampshire for allegedly trying to kill a police officer with his Jeep — an incident he insists didn’t happen, calling it “a massive misunderstanding” at his first court hearing.
“Actually, the state troopers brutalized me,” said Erik Conover, 35, at his bail hearing Sunday, according to The Conway Daily Sun. “Thank God for being in a small town.”
Conover, who goes by Eric Van Conover on YouTube and is described in news articles as a “YouTube millionaire” and real estate broker with a “Luxury Listings” series that features celebrities, told police that he was not the same Erik Conover that they were looking for in connection to the attempted murder of Bartlett Patrol Officer Cameron Emmett on Saturday during a chase and traffic stop gone wrong. Emmett was trying to pull over Conover after seeing the popular YouTuber speed past him in a 35-mph zone while he had a different car pulled over.
“He visually estimated the speed as being high, over the limit — around 55-60 miles per hour,” Bartlett Police Sgt. Brian Moffitt told Magistrate Judge Mark Howard in court Sunday, according to the Daily Sun. Emmett pursued Conover and managed to get him stopped through various maneuvers with his squad car, and that’s where things almost turned deadly.
“While Officer Emmett exited his vehicle, he moved around to the rear of his cruiser, and you, Mr. Conover, then backed his vehicle rapidly, pointed it directly at Officer Emmett, and accelerated at him, striking him at a reasonably high rate of speed,” Moffitt alleged in court, noting how the officer flew between 20 and 40 feet. “We’re very fortunate that an amateur drone operator was in the air when he saw the interaction and was able to capture it on video,” Moffitt said.
Conover told Howard on Sunday he is not the same Erik Conover police wanted for Emmett’s attempted murder, as he’s from New York City and not Absecon, New Jersey, as authorities claim. “This seems to be a massive misunderstanding,” Conover said, according to the Daily Sun. “I’m exactly who I say I am. I’m a YouTuber.”
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In addition to attempted murder, Conover is also facing DWI charges for an arrest that allegedly occurred just days earlier on March 13. He claimed in court Sunday he was only charged with possession of marijuana, but records show he was charged with DWI and released on personal recognizance. Howard chose to hold Conover without bail until Monday, when he was scheduled to appear in court for the DWI case and his new felonies.
At the Monday hearing, Conway Circuit Judge Charles Greenhalgh ordered Conover to continue to be held without bail pending a probable cause hearing on March 25. Conover — who appeared by video conference — reportedly told the court: “I will eviscerate every single person with my intelligence right now.” He also accused local jail staff of treating him “like an animal” and was heard reciting the Lord’s Prayer with curse words mingled in, the Daily Sun reports.
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In addition to DWI and attempted murder, Conover is also charged with first-degree assault against a police officer for the Emmett incident as well as second-degree assault, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, conduct after an accident, disobeying an officer and reckless driving.
On Conover’s YouTube page, one of his last uploads — titled “How I Got Sober from Alcohol” — listed him as being “1,556 days sober from alcohol” as of March 14, when he last updated the video’s description.
His account bio reads: “This channel explores homes built for energetic resonance and human expansion. From luxury estates designed with frequency-based intelligence to real estate infused with ancient wisdom and quantum design principles, these are the spaces shaping the future of conscious living.”
