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Protester's charges dropped after Border Patrol commander's groin injury claim unravels

Oct 3, 2025·Location: Broadview, IL

Protester's charges dropped after Border Patrol commander's groin injury claim unravels
Photo via Chicago Sun-Times

Cole Sheridan, a 27-year-old hospitality worker, was arrested during an Oct. 3 pro-immigrant protest at the Broadview immigration enforcement facility after Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino accused him of pushing and swinging at him, leading to federal charges of assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer. An investigator said Bovino took two weeks of leave from the Chicago operation due to a groin injury he claimed to have sustained in the encounter. After a friend found video from an Oct. 31 news report showing Sheridan being pushed down—not near Bovino—prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges on Nov. 3, though they could still refile in another form. Sheridan said the ordeal cost him four days of work and a month of anxiety over potential imprisonment.

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