Oct 10 (Reuters) - Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were
arrested on outstanding felony warrants while attempting to
cross the Canadian border into the U.S. state of Vermont, police
said on Saturday.
The two are being held after their arrest at the crossing
along Interstate 89 at Highgate Springs late on Friday, Vermont
State Police said. The Quaids face extradition hearings on the
arrest warrants, which were issued in California. Bail has been
set at $500,000 each.
Quaid, 65, is known for movies such as "The Last Picture
Show" and "The Last Detail," for which he received an Oscar
nomination. He is the older brother of actor Dennis Quaid.
It was not immediately clear why the warrants were issued,
but Quaid recently said warrants were issued for him and his
wife over a longstanding dispute over their Santa Barbara
property. They were arrested in California in 2010 on suspicion
of burglary and entering a building without consent.
Quaid said the building was their own home and that after a
failed attempt to sell it, they still owned the property.
Warrants were issued for the couple's arrests when they
failed to appear in court on the burglary charges, according to
media reports at the time.
Quaid had sought asylum in Canada in 2010, saying that
business associates sought to harm him. He later dropped the
asylum application and sought permanent residency.
The actor is being held at the Northwest State Correctional
Facility in Swanton, Vermont, and his wife was taken to the
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington,
police said.
Earlier this week, the actor and his wife were detained in
Canada and threatened with deportation but later released. Quaid
said the detainment was due to confusion over the property
dispute.
The actor told Reuters at the time that he had been living
for three years in Montreal with his wife, who has joint
U.S.-Canadian citizenship, and seeking permanent residency
status in Canada.
(Editing by Frank McGurty and Lisa Von Ahn)