Border Security? We don't need no stinking border security

[Mister Bushice]

Nice stepped up homeland security you got there, Mister President:

Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago

BOSTON - 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.

The following day, a gruesome scene was discovered in Despres' hometown of Minto, New Brunswick: The decapitated body of a 74-year-old country musician named Frederick Fulton was found on Fulton's kitchen floor. His head was in a pillowcase under a kitchen table. His common-law wife was discovered stabbed to death in a bedroom.

Despres, 22, immediately became a suspect because of a history of violence between him and his neighbors, and he was arrested April 27 after police in Massachusetts saw him wandering down a highway in a sweat shirt with red and brown stains. He is now in jail in Massachusetts on murder charges, awaiting an extradition hearing next month.

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.

Anthony said Despres was questioned for two hours before he was released. During that time, he said, customs agents employed "every conceivable method" to check for warrants or see if Despres had broken any laws in trying to re-enter the country.

"Nobody asked us to detain him," Anthony said. "Being bizarre is not a reason to keep somebody out of this country or lock them up. ... We are governed by laws and regulations, and he did not violate any regulations."

Anthony conceded it "sounds stupid" that a man wielding what appeared to be a bloody chain saw could not be detained. But he added: "Our people don't have a crime lab up there. They can't look at a chain saw and decide if it's blood or rust or red paint."

Sgt. Gary Cameron of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would not comment on whether it was, in fact, blood on the chain saw.

On the same day Despres crossed the border, he was due in a Canadian court to be sentenced on charges he assaulted and threatened to kill Fulton's son-in-law, Frederick Mowat, last August.

Mowat told police Despres had been bothering his father-in-law for the past month. When Mowat confronted him, Despres allegedly pulled a knife, pointed it at Mowat's chest and said he was "going to get you all."

Police believe the dispute between the neighbors boiled over in the early-morning hours of April 24, when Despres allegedly broke into Fulton's home and stabbed to death the musician and 70-year-old Veronica Decarie.

Fulton's daughter found her father's body two days later. His car was later found in a gravel pit on a highway leading to the U.S. border. Despres hitchhiked to the border crossing.

After the bodies were found on the afternoon of April 26, police set up roadblocks and sent out a bulletin that identified Despres as a "person of interest" in the slayings, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The bulletin caught the eye of a Quincy police dispatcher because it gave the suspect's Massachusetts driver's license number, missing a character. The dispatcher plugged in numbers and letters until she found a last known address for Despres in Mattapoisett. She alerted police in that town, and an officer quickly spotted Despres.

In state court the next day, Despres told a judge that he is affiliated with
NASA and was on his way to a Marine Corps base in Kansas at the time of his arrest.

After the case was transferred to federal court, Despres' attorney, Michael Andrews, questioned whether his client is mentally competent.

Fulton's friends in Minto, a village of 2,700 people, told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that he was a popular musician, a guitarist known as the "Chet Atkins of Minto" and a 2001 inductee in the Minto Country Music Wall of Fame.

and check out the guys photo: He looks like some kind of freaky action figure toy:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... saw_border

[ChargerMike]

Maybe it's just me....but several things jump out in this article...


Quote:
Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago

BOSTON - 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....Is this an every day occurance??? Hey, I don't know, but it might just be a cause for concern ..IMO... U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons and fingerprinted Despres. Then they let him into the United States. Is this our new "open arms" policy?WTH

The following day, a gruesome scene was discovered in Despres' hometown of Minto, New Brunswick: The decapitated body of a 74-year-old country musician named Frederick Fulton was found on Fulton's kitchen floor. His head was in a pillowcase under a kitchen table. ..OoooohK...His common-law wife was discovered stabbed to death in a bedroom.

Despres, 22, immediately became a suspect..uh, ya think? because of a history of violence between him and his neighbors..violence betweeen him and his neighbors???..where do the sword, hatchet, knife, brass knuckles and a bloody chain saw figure in when considering him a suspect?... and he was arrested April 27 after police in Massachusetts saw him wandering down a highway in a sweat shirt with red and brown stains. He is now in jail in Massachusetts on murder charges, awaiting an extradition hearing next month.

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? Tightening our borders?? are you freeking kidding me? Besides Savage, Arnold, and whacko Pat Buchanan what politician has talked about, let alone done anything on tightening our borders. We ain't tightening no stinkin borders, it's a civil rights violation and an infringement on all illegals who scurry across by the thousands every day.LMAO

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. ..and the bloddy sword, hatchet, knife, brass knuckles and a bloody chain saw, and the fact he was crossing the border with said implements were no reason whatsoever to suspect anything. No cause whatsoever to hold him...unfreekingbelievable!

Anthony said Despres was questioned for two hours before he was released. During that time, he said, customs agents employed "every conceivable method" to check for warrants or see if Despres had broken any laws in trying to re-enter the country. And what does that say about the brain surgeons questioning him?? Where is Det. Robert Goren when you need him?

"Nobody asked us to detain him," Anthony said... WHAT..were you waiting for a call dipstick? "Being bizarre is not a reason to keep somebody out of this country or lock them up No it's not...the fact that he was coming in with half a dozen bloody weapons apparently wasn't any reason either!. ... We are governed by laws and regulations, and he did not violate any regulations."

Anthony conceded it "sounds stupid" that a man wielding what appeared to be a bloody chain saw could not be detained. Appeared, appeared to be a bloddy chain sawr..WTH..it was or it wasn't.. uh Mr Anthony, if you couldn't determine if what the hell it was, then YOU need to be replaced by a freeking chimp. But he added: "Our people don't have a crime lab up there. They can't look at a chain saw and decide if it's blood or rust or red paint." So we invite any serial killers, mass murderers, terrorist, or criminals on the lamb to blow into the country on our watch, cause we just don't have the resources or brains to deal with you.

Sgt. Gary Cameron of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would not comment on whether it was, in fact, blood on the chain saw.

On the same day Despres crossed the border, he was due in a Canadian court to be sentenced on charges he assaulted and threatened to kill Fulton's son-in-law, Frederick Mowat, last August.

Mowat told police Despres had been bothering his father-in-law for the past month. When Mowat confronted him, Despres allegedly pulled a knife, pointed it at Mowat's chest and said he was "going to get you all."

Police believe the dispute between the neighbors boiled over in the early-morning hours of April 24, when Despres allegedly broke into Fulton's home and stabbed to death the musician and 70-year-old Veronica Decarie.

Fulton's daughter found her father's body two days later. His car was later found in a gravel pit on a highway leading to the U.S. border. Despres hitchhiked to the border crossing.

After the bodies were found on the afternoon of April 26, police set up roadblocks and sent out a bulletin that identified Despres as a "person of interest" in the slayings, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Apparently this information was hidden from Bill Anthony and his U.S. Customs crew. Hey, don't know why they might be interested in this kind of info.

The bulletin caught the eye of a Quincy police dispatcher because it gave the suspect's Massachusetts driver's license number, missing a character. The dispatcher plugged in numbers and letters until she found a last known address for Despres in Mattapoisett. She alerted police in that town, and an officer quickly spotted Despres. So a female dispatcher "one upped" U.S. Customs. Schweet, what kind of clowns do we have watching our borders???

In state court the next day, Despres told a judge that he is affiliated with
NASA and was on his way to a Marine Corps base in Kansas at the time of his arrest.

After the case was transferred to federal court, Despres' attorney, Michael Andrews, questioned whether his client is mentally competent.

Fulton's friends in Minto, a village of 2,700 people, told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that he was a popular musician, a guitarist known as the "Chet Atkins of Minto" and a 2001 inductee in the Minto Country Music Wall of Fame.


And you're right on Bushy....this guy's grill should have gotten him arrested!

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U.S. Customs: Border-crosser boasted he was a sniper

By ROB GILLES




TORONTO (AP) - A chain saw-wielding man who U.S. authorities allowed to enter the United States boasted he was a "trained sniper with over 700 kills" and refused to return to Canada for a court date, a top U.S. customs official revealed Friday.

But William Heffelfinger, deputy assistant commissioner for field operations for U.S. Customs, said there was no legal reason to detain the man, who later became a suspect in the grisly murder of a New Brunswick couple, despite his talk of a violent past.

"They had no reason to charge him with anything," Heffelfinger told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "There was no crime that he committed. We did not allow him to leave the port with the chain saw, the sword, the braceknuckles or the handcuffs - all of that we seized. So when he left the port he wasn't armed with anything."

Gregory Despres, 22, arrived at the U.S.-Canada border crossing at Calais, Maine, on April 25 - the same day he was to be sentenced in Canada for assaulting and threatening to kill his neighbor's son-in-law.

The next day, a gruesome scene was discovered at the neighbor's home in Minto, N.B.: The decapitated body of country musician Frederick Fulton, 74, was found on the kitchen floor. His head was in a pillowcase under a table. His wife had been stabbed to death in a bedroom.

Canadian police and U.S. customs officials didn't know about the killings when Despres was allowed into the U.S., and he refused to turn back to face the assault charges.

"We knew he was supposed to be at court," Heffelfinger said. "There was an RCMP officer at the port at that very time and he would not go back to court."

Heffelfinger said U.S. Customs held the man for about three hours. "At a certain point it turns into an arrest and we had no reason to arrest this person," he said.

Asked whether Despres' bizarre statements caused authorities any alarm, Heffelfinger said that was no reason for police to arrest him or track him from the border.

"He said a lot of things. He said he was with NSA (National Security Agency). He was with the Marine Corps, a trained sniper with over 700 kills," Heffelfinger said.

Asked if it was a mistake to let him go, he said: "No. I couldn't make that judgment."

Despres was arrested April 27 after police in Massachusetts saw him wandering down a highway in a sweatshirt with red and brown stains. He remains in jail in Massachusetts on murder charges, awaiting extradition to Canada.

Bill Anthony, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the Canada-born Despres couldn't be detained because he's a naturalized U.S. citizen and there was no warrant for his arrest.

Anthony said they fingerprinted Despres because "obviously you don't want somebody like that walking out of the port into your community where your officers live and your children play."

Colin Kenny, chairman of Canada's standing Senate committee on national security and defence, said Friday that U.S. customs should have at least alerted police in Maine to keep an eye on Despres.

"I think I would have wanted to keep a close eye on that fellow for a while," Kenny said. "The whole thing gives me a queasy feeling."

A man named Eddie Young said he sat next to Despres at the customs office when the agents processed them, telling the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal he heard Despres tell custom officers he was a trained killer.

"That's the reason I remember him. He said he was an assassin," Young was quoted as saying.

"When he came in they opened his bag up and they took out, it looked like large bayonets to me but they could have been a little bit longer for swords, and then two pairs of brass knuckles fastened on to his bag, a chain saw and what looked like a flak jacket, a bulletproof vest."

Young said customs officers appeared to be joking around with the swords.

"I watched the Customs guys fling the swords around in the back room," Young said. "I mean, wouldn't the evidence be ruined with their fingerprints?"

Young said officials treated Despres well.

"When I came back in they were giving him a coffee," Young told the newspaper. "He got processed faster than I did."

Young said he was detained at the border because he was arrested in Ottawa almost 20 years ago for drug possession.

Despres seemed intense, Young said.

"I'm going like, Jesus, he's an assassin? Like, 130 pounds, nasty looking little Mohawk. I don't even think he blinked for the 25 minutes we were sitting beside each other," Young said.

Asked if it was a mistake to let him go, he said: "No. I couldn't make that judgment."

Huh? So what would it have taken to convince them it was a mistake? Apparently walking in with swords, chainsaw and covered in the blood after murdering someone isn't.

And they served him coffee to boot?

[Mikey]

I don't know...it seems to me that the growth on the side of his neck would be enough reason to hold him at least temporarily.

[Variable]

It's not a toomah.

[ChargerMike]

I don't know...it seems to me that the growth on the side of his neck would be enough reason to hold him at least temporarily.

Anyone looking that close to Andrew Skuiggerman should be arrested immediately..