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. Attorneys 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 Canadas 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
cstanleytech
(27,246 posts)BumRushDaShow
(145,348 posts)Given his ethnicity, one can probably take a guess about that,
Harker
(15,320 posts)sop
(11,915 posts)marble falls
(62,703 posts)... unless he gets paid.
NJCher
(38,438 posts)This isnt 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?
localroger
(3,729 posts)He didn't 'flee.' He fled.
BumRushDaShow
(145,348 posts)Sometimes a cigar is a cigar.
The OP has this -
Meaning there is a charge that is apparently called "FLEEING JUSTICE".
Further down in the linked article is this -
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".
republianmushroom
(18,451 posts)Botany
(72,816 posts)I hope he gets time inside ASAP.
republianmushroom
(18,451 posts)Botany
(72,816 posts). triple damage awarded to us and against him.