Gregory Despres is shown in this image from television. On April 25, 2005, Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood, a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, and brass knuckles.U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons, fingerprinted Despres, and then let him into the United States.
Despres ... was arrested in Mattapoisett, Mass. and is being held in a jail there, charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Memo to U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
Putting aside, for the moment,was there anything ... anything at all ... about this guy which might have cause you to think twice about letting him into the country?the blood-stained chain saw, the sword, the hatchet, the knife and the brass knuckles,
