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Robert Nick Fotti: Robert Fotti

Robert Fotti: A Winnipeg man who has evaded a Canadian jail sentence for more than 30 years is now in the hands of American immigration authorities. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Det. Greg Compton, of the Jacksonville Police Department, the Texan community where Fotti was arrested and charged with the offence in 2008, said the legal proceeding could be the first step in the man being deported back to Canada. Robert Fotti, seen here in a mugshot from Texas, was convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to nine months in jail for for a deadly accident in 1977, but fled the country before serving his sentence. COURTESY OF JACKSONVILLE POLICE DEPT. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed papers to put a hold on Robert Nick Fotti, 64, today the final day of his nine-month sentence for a felony served in a jail near Houston, Texas. Its not known when an immigration hearing will be held. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.