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Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

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Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

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.

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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.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_us/chain_saw_border
 
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themadcowtipper

Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
whats with crazy fuckers and their eyeballs looking like they are about to jump out of their skull....He Should marry the runaway bride annd have a whole bunch of crazy, bugeyed kids...
 
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ChrisReid

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Before people start ranting without reading the article..

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.

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."
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themadcowtipper said:
whats with crazy fuckers and their eyeballs looking like they are about to jump out of their skull....He Should marry the runaway bride annd have a whole bunch of crazy, bugeyed kids...
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Yeah, also that Nancy Pelosi congressperson from California. Don't people look in the mirror and see their eyes bug out unnaturally? Stop it. :(
 
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GodsTyro

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he could be a cute guy.. just lose the hair and psychotic looks.. girls would be allover him!

i wonder what happened in his childhood though.. his eyes are insane. :-/
 
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basik

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that shaved head with 1 patch of hair hanging around is called a "devil lock". If you see a female with this style you should just assume shes a man hating feminist deranged uber bitch that should be avoided at all costs.
 
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Archaix

Drunky McMurder
You know how many times I had to read this to realize he was carrying a homemade sword?

Take away the hatchet, the brass knuckles, and even the bloody chainsaw. Leave just the HOME FUCKING MADE SWORD and the fact that he looks like this:

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and you can play the odds and assume he just killed somebody.
 
H

Hitman

Edmonton's milkshake attracts no boys.
I would have assumed he would be far too EMO to be a murderer. He looks like the type to cry his troubles away listening to Dashboard Confessional rather than murder someone.
 
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robochimp

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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.
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Who would let that guy into their car?
 
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miyuru

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darscot said:
They can't stop this guy but the can put the Grandma with a bread knife of the terrorist list. :lol :lol
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Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. The knife thing was at an airport though which is probably an important difference.

Still, this is still pretty fucked up. And what a cumrag, that dude looks ridiculous :lol

EDIT: That looks like a cut or something on the left side of his picture (so under the right side of his neck).
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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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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That's all you need to know.
 
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sc0la

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You motherfuckers! I have never laughed so hard in a thread about such awful shit. :lol

RIP to those people :(
 
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Diablos

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I can't believe the US let him in.
In 2003 I went from Canada to the US (west coast), and let me tell you, security was downright scary. They didn't fuck around. At all.
 
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Willco

Hollywood Square
gamepro said:
:lol
can't... stop laughing....
What are you all waiting for, why aren't there any photoshops yet?!!
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Sorry, I'm not at home as I'm visiting my brother for his birthday. Here is a crude attempt in MS Paint, though!

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Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
This motherfucker had a homemade sword, I just can't get over that. :lol

We need a Hattori Hanzo / Kill Bill photoshop in here, STAT!
 
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Minotauro

Finds Purchase on Dog Nutz
This story is mind-boggling on so many levels. For one, why did he take all those weapons to the border? He drove the dead man's car near it and then hitchhiked? What kind of retard would pick up a hitchhiker carrying a chainsaw and a homemade sword? Especially since they guy looks like a complete psycho.

I find the whole situation confusing. It's like an article from The Onion minus the point.
 
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KnotLikely

Member
Very sad story those murdered, but this thread is pure entertainment :lol

And this all took place within an hour of my house!!!
 
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