Daniel Wilson was among those arrested at the 2008 May Day celebration in Olympia during which police and banks were attacked by masked and (unfortunately) unmasked protesters. He decided to flee the country rather than wait around and see what portion of his possibly years long sentence the state would subject him to. After spending months in Canada, he and his partner decided it would be best to return to Olympia so that he could turn himself in. This is primarily due to the fact that his partner is pregnant with his child.
Upon contacting his attorney, he learned that he still had the option to take a plea deal that would result in him being sentenced to four months plus one additional month for bail jumping (a far cry from the draconian sentence originally threatened and sought by prosecutors). He was arrested at the border returning to Washington Atate and transferred to Thurston County Jail where he was charged with riot without deadly weapon, reckless endangerment, 3rd degree malicious mischief, and bail jumping and was sentenced to five months in jail, $18k restitution and two years probation. With good behavior he will be doing roughly one hundred days.
Also, he later plead guilty to and unrelated charge resulting from an arrest at an Olympia critical mass during which he was believed to have vandalized a truck belonging to anti-choice activists who regularly congregate in front of planned parenthood to harass and judge people.
Daniel was ordered to pay $2K in restitution to the bigoted Christian crackpots. He is currently expected to be released on March 6th. He is loved and missed by all his friends here and we gleefully await his release! His partner is safe and healthy; she is living in a loving home in Olympia with caring and supportive close friends where Daniel will also be living when he is released.
Daniel says thanks to all who lent their support by flooding Thurston County Jail with phone calls demanding that he be given vegan food (he looked a lot healthier last time i saw him!).
Folks can also show support for Daniel and other political prisoners with Solidarity Actions. (I of course refer ONLY to legal actions, you know, candle light vigils, prayer circles, blah blah blah and so forth:)
ps- all but $200 of the $5K for his bail was returned to those who had posted it prior to his skipping town!