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BumRushDaShow

(145,348 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:44 AM Yesterday

Jan. 6 rioter who skipped sentence and 'fled' to Canada faces even more prison time now following arrest

Source: Law & Crime

Jan 15th, 2025, 6:18 pm


A Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested in Canada after failing to report to prison and attempting to apply for asylum is now looking at the possibility of spending another year behind bars — on top of his original nine month sentence — for fleeing justice, according to federal prosecutors.

Antony Vo, a former Indiana resident convicted of storming the Capitol with his mother, was charged Wednesday with “failure to surrender for sentence” after being captured on Jan. 6 in Whistler, British Columbia, by Canadian border agents, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Attorney’s Office. The criminal complaint filed against Vo, which was obtained by Law&Crime, details how he told news outlets in Canada and the United States over the past several weeks that he was “attempting to escape prosecution by undergoing the asylum process” across the border.

“He intended to remain in Canada anticipating a change in policy in the incoming administration,” the complaint says. “On January 6, 2025, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) took Vo into custody
for an alleged illegal entry into the country. His removal proceedings remain ongoing.”

Vo, 32, was captured during a snowboarding trip in Whistler on the anniversary of the 2021 insurrection, according to reports. The former Bloomington, Indiana, resident was arrested without incident by border agents for violating Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), according to the Canada Border Services Agency.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/anticipating-a-change-in-policy-jan-6-rioter-who-skipped-sentence-and-fled-to-canada-faces-even-more-prison-time-now-following-arrest/



Full headline: ‘Anticipating a change in policy’: Jan. 6 rioter who skipped sentence and ‘fled’ to Canada faces even more prison time now following arrest
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Jan. 6 rioter who skipped sentence and 'fled' to Canada faces even more prison time now following arrest (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Well, I wonder if Trump will pardon him seeing as he *IS* guilty of being an illegal immigrant. cstanleytech Yesterday #1
"Well, I wonder if Trump will pardon him seeing as he *IS* guilty of being an illegal immigrant." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #2
Multiple layers of irony. n/t Harker Yesterday #3
Undergoing the asylum process by taking a snowboarding trip to Whistler? sop Yesterday #4
Mango Jebus won't cut them lose ... marble falls Yesterday #5
?? NJCher Yesterday #6
Why the scare quotes around 'fled?' localroger Yesterday #7
"Why the scare quotes around 'fled?''" BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #8
Keep digging that hole Antony. republianmushroom 21 hrs ago #9
Judges aren't good with you violating court orders Botany 20 hrs ago #10
Judges do seem to get a little pissy about it. republianmushroom 20 hrs ago #11
I'm after a dirt bag who took advantage of my elderly mother who didn't show up to court so we got .. Botany 20 hrs ago #12

cstanleytech

(27,246 posts)
1. Well, I wonder if Trump will pardon him seeing as he *IS* guilty of being an illegal immigrant.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:51 AM
Yesterday

BumRushDaShow

(145,348 posts)
2. "Well, I wonder if Trump will pardon him seeing as he *IS* guilty of being an illegal immigrant."
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:11 AM
Yesterday

Given his ethnicity, one can probably take a guess about that,

NJCher

(38,438 posts)
6. ??
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:03 AM
Yesterday
Antony Vo, a former Indiana resident convicted of storming the Capitol with his mother,

This isn’t the kind of thing I did with my mom.

We did stuff like go shopping.

Who takes their Mom to the Capitol for a session with a battering ram?

BumRushDaShow

(145,348 posts)
8. "Why the scare quotes around 'fled?''"
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:59 AM
23 hrs ago

Sometimes a cigar is a cigar.

The OP has this -

“Judge Chutkan permitted Vo to self-surrender for his sentence at the behest of the District of Columbia Probation Office,” his complaint states for the fleeing justice charge.


Meaning there is a charge that is apparently called "FLEEING JUSTICE".

Further down in the linked article is this -

“Vo did not self-surrender to the Bureau of Prisons as ordered,” the complaint says. “Instead, Vo fled to Canada.


Since the headline was only quoting wording in parts of the complaint and incorporating that into the later narrative, not sure why that would be considered "scare quotes".



Botany

(72,816 posts)
12. I'm after a dirt bag who took advantage of my elderly mother who didn't show up to court so we got ..
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:08 PM
20 hrs ago

…. triple damage awarded to us and against him.

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