Feds: Man in Capitol attack tried to flee to Switzerland
A judge has ordered a Colorado geophysicist accused of dragging a police officer down steps to be beaten outside the Capitol building detained after a prosecutor says he tried to flee the country and commit suicideBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated PressJanuary 22, 2021, 10:38 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleNEW YORK -- A Colorado geophysicist accused of dragging a police officer down steps to be beaten by an American flag outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was ordered held without bail Friday after a prosecutor said the man afterward tried to flee to Switzerland and commit suicide.U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Krause, based in White Plains, said during an electronic hearing that he found the alleged actions by Jeffrey Sabol, a 51-year-old born in Utica, New Yor...