FREDERICTON (CP) - U.S. customs officials say they suspected accused murderer Gregory Despres might have belonged to a militant neo-Nazi group when he showed up at their border crossing in April, 2005, describing himself as a military assassin.
Alrighty then. First clue the guy might be a bit off, shall we say? He tells border guards he's a military assassin. Not enough to detain him though...
Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Despres, who is on trial for the murders of an elderly New Brunswick couple, had a large swastika tattooed on his back and another etched onto the long, homemade sword he was carrying when he arrived at the Calais, Maine, border crossing on the morning of April 25, 2005.
"The swastikas made me think that perhaps we were dealing with someone from a militant organization, possibly a neo-Nazi group," customs officer Maxwell Young told the murder trial Tuesday.
Ya think??
And, as if that wasn't enough to hold the guy...at least for a while...
Despite their suspicions, the border guards said they realized they would have to let Despres enter the United States once he presented a valid U.S. passport.
"We do not refuse U.S. citizens," said customs agent John Sermersheim. "So yes, it (the passport) was his entry document."
However, the guards confiscated his weapons, including the sword, a dagger, a hatchet, pepper spray, brass knuckles and a chainsaw. They then released Despres, who continued on foot through northern Maine.
Despres, who has dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship, was arrested the next day as he walked along a road in Massachusetts.
Holy suspicious crap, Batman!?
The guy shows up at the border with a virtual arsenal of weapons including a chainsaw yet US officials let him go anyway because they just can't refuse entry to a US citizen.
Maybe they were just too busy inspecting those terrorist lunch bags.
Do you feel safer now?
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