Ledge Road: Bennett and Customs Officers

ledge road: Bennett was sentenced Thursday to two months in jail, according to Brandon Sun. 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. Croix River in southeastern Maine and illegally enter New Brunswick late Wednesday, a Crown prosecutor 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."He was told by the officer that until he got those cleared up, he wouldn't be admitted into Canada," the prosecutor said. 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."He was wet and carrying his boots ... walking towards the town," said Thorn, a lawyer representing the federal Public Prosecution Service of Canada. Bennett has no fixed address but is believed to live in Calais. Before Bennett pleaded guilty to the charge Thursday, he told police he had to reach his pregnant girlfriend in Canada because he was worried for her safety, Thorn said."He said she had an ex-boyfriend who was threatening her, but that hasn't been confirmed by the other party," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.