Florida man on house arrest disappears days before sentencing for spraying Capitol police with pepper gel on Jan. 6

Christopher Worrell (via FBI court filings).

After going on the run and allegedly faking an overdose to avoid serving time for, among other charges, assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Florida Proud Boy Chris Worrell was finally sentenced Thursday to 120 months, or 10 years in prison.

Worrell, 51, appeared before Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., for a bench trial that stretched less than a week last May. He was convicted by the Ronald Reagan appointee of civil disorder, assaulting, resisting and impeding officers while using a dangerous weapon, obstruction of an official proceeding, physical violence in the Capitol and more.

In addition to the sentence, per a statement from the Justice Department obtained by Law&Crime, Lamberth also ordered Worrell to 36 months of supervised release, restitution of $2,000, and a $610 special assessment.

Worrell was facing significant prison time even before the dramatics of his disappearance. Prosecutors had initially requested a sentence of 14 years. That was deemed to be among “the low end of the applicable guidelines,” which reached up to 17 1/2 years. Worrell asked for 12 to 18 months, seeking sympathy from the court for a health condition.