Crime & Safety
Former Proud Boy From Aurora Gets 37 Months For Attacking Police With Flagpole At Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
James Robert "Jim Bob" Elliot pleaded guilty last November to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers.
A former member of the far right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison, after the Aurora man pleaded guilty to attacking police officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
James Robert Elliot, who also goes by the name "Jim Bob," was arrested in December 2021 in Batavia, and originally charged with six federal counts – including civil disorder, assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, among other charges.
