Man with bloody chain saw let into United States

[General Winters]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/0....ap/index.html

On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood.

U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons and fingerprinted Despres. Then they let him into the United States.

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At a time when the United States is tightening its borders, how could a man toting what appeared to be a bloody chain saw be allowed into the country?

Bill Anthony, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the Canada-born Despres could not be detained because he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and was not wanted on any criminal charges on the day in question.

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Well good to know the borders are secure !

[oldhermit]

Unfortunately you can depend on getting the full story from CNN about as much as Newsweek can be depended on to report an accurate story about Gitmo.
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[bistro]

I agree. From the reports I've read, the U.S. side of the house did everything right. Can't hold a U.S. citizen when there is no reasonable suspicion or anything concrete to hold him on. But once the info was there, they made pretty quick work on nabbing the psycho.

But if it were me in that border office, I would have jailed the guy just for looking like a creep.