CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 12: In this handout provided by Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio poses for a mugshot after he allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters killing one and injuri CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Federal Bureau of Prisons is asking a court to seize the funds of James Alex Fields Jr., the man convicted of running over a counter-protestor during the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The agency filed their paper its paperwork in December in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. According to court documents, federal agents said they want the money that Fields owe as part of his conviction.
Fields has only paid a fraction of the $81,600.04 that is owed in criminal penalties. One person was killed and 19 were injured after a car crashed through protesters and into another vehicle on the street after white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, August 12, 2017. (Credit: Twitter/Brennan Gilmore via Storyful)However, federal agents said Fields maintained "substantial funds in his inmate trust account" and had $759.86 in his possession that came "from transfers from various individuals."The BOP is asking the court for Fields to turn over $650. RELATED: Charlottesville marks 2 years since deadly white nationalist rallyIn December 2018, Fields was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of anti-racism activist Heather Heyer and multiple charges for injuries caused to others in the car attack.