British woman jailed after swimming into U.S. from Canada

[MaineDem]

BANGOR, Maine — A British woman´s swim across the St. John River from Canada has landed her in the Penobscot County Jail.

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Hiscox, whose hometown was not listed in court documents, did not enter a plea to the charges. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

The woman, also known as Kate Pagram, was deported in January from Atlanta and barred from re-entering the United States.

Hiscox allegedly swam across the river Saturday night and was soaking wet when she knocked on the door of a home in Fort Kent sometime between 11 and 11:25 p.m., according to court documents.

http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8BS8S983-220.shtml

[Wabbajack]

1. Huh?

If they catch Mexicans coming over don't they just send them back? Why the double standard?

[ikri]

2. I'd guess

She was jailed because she had previously been deported (and probably told that she'd be jailed if she returned).

[neweurope]

3. Why in the world would anybody but maybe a starving

Mexican get into the USA so badly at this moment?

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[mcscajun]

5. A love affair with the parties separated by her deportation, perhaps?

http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8BS8S983-220.shtml

Hiscox and a female traveling companion from the United States had been staying last week at a hotel in Edmundston, New Brunswick, according to court documents, and Hiscox said her friend was unaware of her plans to enter the United States illegally.

Hiscox allegedly told agents that the two women planned to meet Saturday night in Fort Kent, but they apparently missed each other. The American woman´s car was being inspected at the Fort Kent border crossing at 11:29 p.m., about the time Hiscox was being driven to the hotel, according to court documents.

Inside the car, agents found a subpoena for the state of North Carolina for Kate Pagram, a tax bill from Somerset, England, for Catherine Hiscox, an Internet printout for two English bank accounts held by K.M. Hiscox and suitcases containing women´s clothing in two different sizes.

Because she was a U.S. citizen and did not possess any contraband, Hiscox´s friend was allowed to enter the country and no charges were filed against her.

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She didn't know about her friend's plan, but clothing in two different sizes were in the suitcases?

Uh-huh.

[mcscajun]

4. Quick! Call the Minutemen!

I sense another "threat to national security" here! :sarcasm:

[VegasWolf]

6. For a second, I thought it might be Cindy trying to get back into the US

after KKKarl has her deported.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I wonder what the supoena from NC was about...

"Inside the car, agents found a subpoena for the state of North Carolina for Kate Pagram, a tax bill from Somerset, England, for Catherine Hiscox, an Internet printout for two English bank accounts held by K.M. Hiscox and suitcases containing women´s clothing in two different sizes."

Was she deported before she could testify against someone?
Or perhaps she was deported because she refused to testify.

Seems awfully weird to me that there are no details on her deportation...

[Benhurst]

8. Homeland Security, indeed. They couldn't

shoot her before she reached shore?