Biography
Daniel Burgevin, a Trumansburg, New York peace activist, participated in the October 25, 2012 Hancock Field drone-war protest and was arrested, then released on recognizance that afternoon. He was later among twelve defendants sentenced February 7, 2014 to fifteen days in jail for disorderly conduct; they were acquitted of trespass. The initial arrest/release and later sentence custody are separate phases.
Separate initial release verified October 12, 2026: The Upstate Coalition's October 25, 2012 report, preserved by Veterans for Peace expressly names Dan Burgevin among four released on recognizance that afternoon after the Hancock protest arrest. Both report pages were extracted and visually checked. This initial arrest/release is now separately recorded from the existing February 2014 jail sentence. No initial jail admission or full-day duration is inferred. Contemporary sentencing coverage confirms the later 2014 proceedings, not the former biography's 2013 claim.
The Nuclear Resister individually names Dan Burgevin among nine people arrested on November 13, 2023 during a blockade of the General Dynamics–Electric Boat engineering complex in New London, Connecticut. The report gives charges of criminal trespass, criminal mischief and breach of the peace. It states that those arrested were processed at the New London police station for up to seven hours and then released; that group maximum is not assigned as this person’s individual completed duration. The November 27 arraignment was prospective, not a documented outcome. No overnight jail admission or imprisonment-day total is inferred. The Nuclear Resister, November 14, 2023.
Upstate Drone Action names Daniel Burgevin among eight people arrested at Hancock Airbase on June 20, 2019. Ed Kinane’s participant account says the group was handcuffed, held at the sheriff’s north station, then taken to the downtown Syracuse Justice Center, booked and placed in jail clothing. In the early evening, public defenders entered not-guilty pleas before a judge identified only as Murphy. All eight faced trespass and disorderly-conduct violations and misdemeanor obstruction of government administration. After returning to the holding cell they were physically released on their own recognizance sometime after 10:30 p.m. that same day. No conviction, sentence or numerical time-served total is established here; the scheduled June 25–26 hearings were prospective.
Upstate Drone Action and Ed Kinane, reproduced by The Nuclear Resister, June 20, 2019.
The December 14, 2012 report identifies Daniel Burgevin among eleven defendants convicted of trespass by Judge Jokl in DeWitt Town Court on December 13 over the June 28 Hancock gate action. He received fines and community service with one year conditional discharge, without specified monetary amounts or hours. The June 28 date describes the underlying action; this report does not independently fix this person’s arrest date. The four original protesters not among these eleven defendants are not identified.
The September 25, 2017 Upstate Drone Action account individually names Daniel Burgevin among seven people arrested at Hancock Air Force Base while delivering an indictment and blocking the entrance with a large dollar-sign prop. The report states that all seven were released within an hour and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct. It announces future October arraignments, without establishing any jail admission, conviction or sentence. No complete day of imprisonment is inferred.
The June 28, 2012 contemporary press release individually names Daniel Burgevin among the fifteen people arrested at Hancock Air Base at 1:41 p.m. It reports release without bail for the participants other than the three explicitly held for prior community-service noncompliance. This identifies the initial arrest underlying the separately reported December 13 verdict and sentence; it does not establish an additional prison admission or completed custody duration.
