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

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.

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