Customs Lets Man In U.S., But Takes Bloody Chainsaw, Sword

[Greylyn58]

Man Suspected After Grisly Death Scene Found

POSTED: 12:24 pm EDT June 7, 2005

BOSTON -- On the morning of April 25, Gregory Despres hitchhiked to the Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained by what appeared to be blood.

Customs officials confiscated the cache of weapons and fingerprinted Despres, but allowed him to enter the United States -- not knowing the gruesome scene about to unfold in the hitchhiker's hometown.

The following day, in the village of Minto, New Brunswick, the decapitated body of a well-known country musician named Frederick Fulton was discovered on his kitchen floor. Police found the 74-year-old man's head in a pillow case under a kitchen table and the body of his common-law wife, Veronica Decarie, stabbed to death in a bedroom.

A history of violence between Despres and his neighbors immediately made him a suspect in the murders, and the 22-year-old was arrested April 27 after police in Massachusetts saw him wandering down a highway, wearing a sweatshirt with red and brown stains.

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This is insane. Bush claims he's keeping us safe, yet someone enters through our borders carrying these items and THEY LET HIM COME IN??

How is this keeping us safe?? :grr:

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4579376/detail.html

[mike_c]

1. I presume he wasn't arabic looking...

...or might have otherwise been profiled as Islamic.

[sam sarrha]

7. we helped him kill 300,000 sending him chemicals for WMD's does that count

it should count some.. Chaney got rich on it...should count toward him too

[merwin]

2. What's your problem? They took the chainsaw away!

He couldn't be any more of a threat after that. I mean, it's not like you can go and buy another chainsaw in the USA, or anything like that.

[cdb]

3. Well, he wasn't an A-rab was he?

AS long as he wasn't an Allah worshipping jihadist, he is welcome here. I don't care who he decapitated. And one less country musician makes the worlsd a better place, anyhow.

[tk2kewl]

4. Chainsaws are not WMD you can really only get one or two people at a time

[killbotfactory]

5. he was probably as surprised as I am that they let him through

wtf?

[htuttle]

6. Was he wearing a hockey mask, too?

[HeeBGBz]

35. He needs to

Did you see his face?

[maxsolomon]

8. that's a lot to carry

did he have a backpack?

god bless the border patrol! stellar work!

[murray hill farm]

9. Do we have u confused with someone who........

who lives in a country where things still make sense? close your eyes...real tight...now open them again...look around! Hello...welcome to the twilight zone! Cause that is exactly where u now live.

[tk2kewl]

10. I'd like to know who the hell picks up hitch-hikers wielding bloody

chainsaws? :freak: :shrug:

[nolabels]

18. Well at least he wasn't carting a wood chipper with him

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0792846427/002-6043100-2158414?v=glance

[chknltl]

48. I believe he stole the victims car to get near the border.

Then walked the rest of the way.... He also claimed to be working on a covert mission for the C.I A. maybe we are getting ready to invade Canada next....didn't realize they had that much oil.

[Roland99]

11. Is that a sword in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Wow.

Un-frickin-believable.

[JohnyCanuck]

12. I saw this on the news.

The guy, although living in Canada, had US citizenship, and when asked about this, the US Immigration spokesperson said he therefore had a right to enter the USA and if US Immigration or Customs agents were unaware of any actual crimes he had comitted then they had no right to detain him or turn him back to Canada.

[grumpy old fart]

14. hmmm, the phrase "probable cause" comes to mind.....

seems like plenty of it here to detain the fellow....

[UpInArms]

13. I can just imagine the conversation at the border

Agent: Can I see your tools?

Despres: No problem (hands over bloody tools)

Agent: Declaration of Citizenship?

Despres: USoA

Agent: Are you "saved"?

Despres: Yessir!

Agent: Come on in - we have no further questions!

[Minstrel Boy]

15. Apparently the accused had been bullying their grandson,

and they had recently taken legal action against him.

Fred Fulton

[jobycom]

16. So cops taser unarmed black teenagers to death for acting strange...

But let white guys carrying bloody weapons go?

I mean, he was in Canada, for chrissakes. Not like he killed an American.

[Ysolde]

17. Welcome to the world of form not substance!

This is another example of the ridiculous state of our Dept. of Homeland Security (now there's an oxymoron that I could use to explain its meaning to my 8-yr old). I had to explain to her why we couldn't walk to the gate to see off her uncle at the airport anymore, while pointing out that he had to take off his shoes and have every article x-rayed but the cargo was never examined. You gotta love the always on the ball DHS! :sarcasm:

They will save us from A-rabs and music pirates, but white guys with chain saws or fertilizer bombs aren't on their list.

:banghead:

[Puzzler]

19. Hey... a good ol' boy...

... with a few weapons... come on in!


-P

[u4ic]

20. Welcome to DU, Puzzler!

:hi:

[meganmonkey]

21. Absolutely unbelievable

And really, there are few things that I find unbelievable these days...

A bloody chainsaw?! :hide:

[jokerman93]

22. Here's why they let him in.

Recruiting numbers are down...

"And I went up there, I said, 'Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, KILL.' And I started jumpin up and down yelling, 'KILL, KILL,' and he started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, 'KILL, KILL.' And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the hall, said, 'You're our boy.'"
~Arlo Guthrie

[baldguy]

23. You have got to be fucking kidding me

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_us/chain_saw_border;_ylt=AvL2eOor6.hAXRIA5NS1.Ces0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2MTQ3MTFjBHNlYwN0cw--

[Blue_Tires]

25. holy shit---a few fries short of a happy meal n/t

[Greylyn58]

29. And this dude looked normal enough to enter the country??

carrying all this stuff.

This guy is freakin scary looking and OUR so-called border patrol thought it was okay to let him in.

Wow!! I feel soooooo safe!!

[AlphaCentauri]

24. Where were the minuteman.......

taking care of our borders.....

[acmavm]

26. The clowns running Homeland Security (ha!) let people like this just

come across the border, but they sent Arar to Syria (wasn't it???) where he was tortured. An innocent man sent to the Middle East to be tortured but a guy with bloody tools just moseys on across. And Arar was a naturalized citizen as well, wasn't he? All he wanted to do was go home to his family.

Somehow this really makes me crazy.

[Maine-ah]

27. Have you ever seen the Maine border?

It's a joke. :rofl:

I have no idea what other states (that border Canada) have for security, but I imagine it's not much better than ours, and a couple of terrorists (from 9/11) figured that out quite easily, by coming in through Maine.

I hate to say it, because I love how life is up here, but yes we need more/better border security in Maine.

Another security issue up here: Shutting down the military bases on the coast. Maine has no security at the border with Canada, and then we lose our bases. WTF!

:mad: this is beyond just fucking with the blue states.

[MaineDem]

51. The 9/11 highjackers didn't cross the border into Maine

They drove up from Massachusetts and then flew back down to Boston.

However, I've crossed the border at Calais many times. In fact, the last time I thought for sure I'd be on some list to get extra scrutiny but we were behind 3 large motorhomes and the guards just waved us through without even a stop.

[BrightKnight]

28. Lumberjack - H-1B critical need skill?

Perhaps they let him in to help meed the timber industry's growing demand for low cost labor.

[HeeBGBz]

30. Man With Stained Chain Saw Let in to U.S.

Man With Stained Chain Saw Let in to U.S.

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" 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."

Nice work, Homeland Security Schmucks

[havocmom]

31. At least he wasn't on the flight landing at JFK that dropped body parts.

:shrug:

[HeeBGBz]

32. Are we sure?

He could have had a busy day.

He looks like he did anyway...

[Robb]

33. It's all connected somehow

...I'm just sure of it. ;)

[lady lib]

34. Sword, hatchet, knife, brass knuckles, & bloody chain, but NO

box cutter or lighter -- so we're good, right?

Oh, did you see his picture? He looks TOTALLY psychopathic.

[TahitiNut]

36. It's Ish Kabibble

[lady lib]

37. Yessiree Bob. No problem letting THAT into the country.

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:


Edit: With apologies to Merwyn Bogue (haven't read it).

[HeeBGBz]

45. Really its beyond absurd.

Someone should have filmed it.

[lady lib]

47. Exactly. It's a frightening level of idiocy.

BTW, I like that avatar!

[bunny planet]

38. Oh yes, I feel so safe in Shrubworld.

Nyet.

[emad]

39. 'Bloody chainsaw' man enters US

A man carrying a home-made sword and what looked like a blood-stained chainsaw was allowed into the US from Canada, the Associated Press reports.

The news agency says Gregory Despres' weapons were confiscated, before US custom officials in Calais, Maine, let him cross the border on 25 April.

The next day he became a murder suspect after bodies of his two neighbours were found in his hometown in Canada.

Mr Despres, 22, was arrested on 27 April and is now awaiting extradition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4072746.stm

[librechik]

40. US Border systems--letting mass murderers into the country since 2001.

and before no doubt

[beam me up scottie]

41. More to the story:

http://www.click2houston.com/news/4579376/detail.html

[Hobarticus]

42. They had no reason to stop him, though...

Odd as it sounds, he had done nothing wrong before he crossed the border, besides making some really poor choices in barbers.

The 'blood-stained' chainsaw is a bit misleading. From this, it could've been anything on that blade.

[stevedeshazer]

43. But US Customs stopped and searched me and my friends

Tore apart my car and luggage. I've never had more than a traffic ticket.

:shrug:

[davidinalameda]

44. Man with bloody chain saw let in U.S.

I'm sure this is a dupe but I can't find it on LBN

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2005060731

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.

[Daphne08]

46. Meanwhile, they're still pattin' down Grandma at the airport!

I won't even start.

[chknltl]

49. At least he wasn't trying to bring legal pharmaceuticals back. nt

[Voltaire99]

50. US media suppressing key detail: Killer said he was in US Military.

"According to police, Mr. Despres, believed to be a naturalized American citizen, told the border guards he was in the U.S military."

Heh. No comment. ;-)

http://www.canada.com/components/printstory/printstory4.aspx?id=26f73bfb-1599-4e27-9179-9a449d7f5020