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Nicholas Ochs
American criminal
Nicholas Ochs (born 1985 or 1986), sometimes Nick Ochs, is a former U.S. Marine, a 2020 Republican Hawaii House of Representatives candidate, and the founder of the Proud Boys' Hawaii chapter.
Nicholas Ochs | |
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Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 37–38)[1] |
Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi |
Employer | United States Marine Corps |
Organization | Proud Boys |
Known for | January 6 United States Capitol attack criminality |
Political party | Republican |
Conviction(s) | Obstructing an official proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512) |
Criminal penalty | 4 years imprisonment |
After taking part in January 6 United States Capitol attack, he pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal proceeding and was sentenced to four years in prison.
Ochs attended the University of Hawaiʻi.[2]
Ochs has worked as a U.S. Marine, based in Hawaii.[3]
In November 2020,[2] Ochs ran as a Republican candidate to represent the Waikiki[4] neighbourhood in the Hawaii House of Representatives.[1] He won the primary but lost the general election[2] to Democratic candidate Adrian Tam.[5] During the election, Ochs's campaign page was removed from Facebook for breaching the company's terms of service.[5] Ochs won 29.7% of the vote, Tam won 63%.[6] Ochs's campaign was endorsed by Roger Stone.[7]
Ochs is a high ranking "elder" of the Proud Boys right wing neo-fascist organisation.[2] During the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Ochs threw smoke bombs at police officers and trespassed into the United States Capitol where he smoked cigarettes.[3] The same day, he posted a photograph in front of the words "Murder the Media".[1]
In September 2022, Ochs pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal proceeding in a joint prosecution with Nicolas DeCarlo.[3] During his court appearance, Ochs claimed he was a journalist.[2] In December 2022, he was fined $5,000, and sentenced to four years in jail, and three years of supervised release.[3][8]
Ochs was aged 36 in 2022.[1] He is married[9] and lived in Honolulu, Hawaii.[3]
- "Hawaii Proud Boys leader sentenced for actions at insurrection". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 10, 2022. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Grube, Nick (November 29, 2022). "DOJ Seeks 4-Year Prison Sentence For Hawaii Proud Boys Founder". Honolulu Civil Beat. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- "Founder of Proud Boys' Hawaii chapter, Texas man sentenced to 4 years in Jan. 6 riot". NBC News. December 10, 2022. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- "Proud Boys Hawaii leader, friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot". WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta. September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- "Gay Asian American defeats local Proud Boys leader for Hawaii House seat". NBC News. November 9, 2020. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Dayton, Kevin (November 4, 2020). "Hawaii Legislature: GOP Loses A House Seat, Stays Even In The Senate". Honolulu Civil Beat. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Chesney-Lind, Meda; Liebreich, Hannah (January 12, 2021). "Nick Ochs And Hawaii: A Harbinger Of Local, Right-Wing Politics In Our State?". Honolulu Civil Beat. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- "Texas man who wrote 'Murder the Media' on Capitol door gets 4-year sentence". East Bay Times. December 10, 2022. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Grube, Nick (October 11, 2020). "QAnon Conspiracies, Proud Boys And The Future of Hawaii's GOP". Honolulu Civil Beat. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Ochs for Hawaii – official website (August 3, 2020, archive via Way Back Machine)