John Bennett: Croix River and Mischief Charges

john bennett: Twenty-five-year-old John Bennett told police he had earlier tried to cross the border at Calais, Maine, but customs officers denied him entry because he was facing mischief charges in the U.S., lawyer Peter Thorn said Thursday, according to The Chronicle Herald. He was told by the officer that until he got those cleared up, he wouldn't be admitted into Canada, the prosecutor said. Croix River in southeastern Maine and illegally enter New Brunswick late Wednesday, a Crown prosecutor says. Bennett was sentenced Thursday to two months in jail. Stephen, N.B. However, a local resident spotted the man, and he was later arrested by the RCMP and charged with failing to appear at the border crossing as required by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Thorn said the provincial court in Saint John, N.B., was told Bennett purchased an air mattress at the local Walmart, inflated it and later used a wooden board to paddle across to an area near Ledge Road, southeast of St. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.