An illegal foreigner from China, sentenced last year for setting a fire at a historic Alabama church in 2021, has been accused of fleeing the federal prison where she was serving her sentence.
On September 30, 2021, China’s 31-year-old Xiaoquin Yan set four fires in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama. Yang caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the church, founded in 1829. Its existing sanctuary has been around since 1916.
Yang had been scoping the church for several months before the fire, calling the church pastor “a rich white man.”
After her belief, Yang was Judgment He served 102 months at the Federal Correctional Facility in Danbury, Connecticut last March. Yang first arrived in the US on an F-1 student visa, but overstayed her visa and lived as an illegal alien.
This month, the Federal Ju Court in New Haven, Connecticut charged Yang, who allegedly fled federal prison. According to the indictment, Yang fled from prison on December 10, 2024, but was arrested by agents later that day.
If convicted, Yang faces up to five years in federal prison.
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