The Hollywood actor best known for his role as deadbeat cousin Eddie in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and his wife have been arrested in Vancouver, B.C., on immigration violations after skipping a court date in California.
Oscar-nominee Randy Quaid, 60, and his wife Evi, 47, will appear at a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Vancouver at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the department said.
A judge in Santa Barbara issued $50,000 bench warrants for the couple earlier this week after skipping an arraignment hearing in their felony burglary case.
A Vancouver Police Department spokesperson said it assisted CBSA in an arrest of a couple in the city's west side at 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The VPD would not confirm Quaid's name, saying their identities are protected because they have not committed a crime in Canada.
"While checking the identity of a man and a woman at that location, they learned that the two were wanted on outstanding warrants from the United States," Const. Anne Longley said.
The Canada Border Services Agency came in to make the arrests. The pair was held in Vancouver jail before being turned over to the border agents around 10:30 a.m. Friday. The CBSA has not publically commented on the case.
The pair, who was charged with felony burglary in Sept., is accused of squatting in the guest house of a Montecito home they once owned together in the 1990s.
California authorities said at the time the couple caused more than $5,000 damage to the home, including smashing a $7,000 mirror. Evi was also charged with resisting arrest.
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