An Oak Park native accused of assaulting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino appeared in federal court for a hearing Thursday.
Cole Sheridan was arrested by federal agents and charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer in connection with a reported altercation with Bovino during a protest at the Broadview ICE facility the morning of Oct. 3. Federal agents said Sheridan shoved Bovino back in response after the top-ranking Border Patrol agent had pushed him and other protestors.
Sheridan appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather McShain on Thursday, Oct. 9 for a probable cause hearing after she’d ruled to grant him pretrial release earlier this week. McShain did not make a ruling at the end of the hours-long hearing, saying she’d take extra time reviewing the body worn camera footage of the incident overnight before ruling on the matter Friday afternoon…