Crazy Dude with Chainsaw Let Into US

Ksyrup · 06-08-2005, 07:10 AM

This story has been all over the news since yesterday, and I guess I understand the predicament the border patrol was in, but damn...that picture of him is positively chilling.

Man with sword, chain saw let into United States

Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Posted: 7:45 AM EDT (1145 GMT)

Gregory Despres is suspected of decapitating Frederick Fulton.

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- 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.
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.

Blood, rust or red paint

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.

Raiders Army · 06-08-2005, 07:21 AM

And we're worried about the Mexican border????

Ksyrup · 06-08-2005, 07:22 AM

Wasn't this guy fronting the Red Hot Chili Peppers back in 1992?

gottimd · 06-08-2005, 07:25 AM

He looks perfectly sane to me

. Hey at least they confiscated those weapons, because obviously he wouldnt be able to obtain them aywhere else. They should've given him an AK-47, and a shot of Adrenalin.

Ksyrup · 06-08-2005, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gottimd

They should've given him an AK-47, and a shot of Adrenalin.

...and suction cups to hold his eyeballs in the sockets!

Mustang · 06-08-2005, 07:27 AM

Now this guy is the perfect match for the runaway bride..

gottimd · 06-08-2005, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

...and suction cups to hold his eyeballs in the sockets!

scooper · 06-08-2005, 09:21 AM

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Despres hitchhiked to the border crossing.

Who picked this guy up?!?

Fonzie · 06-08-2005, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by scooper

Who picked this guy up?!?

Dead people?

gottimd · 06-08-2005, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

Dead people?

So zombies picked up this crazy guy

? This story is getting weirder by the minute.

John Galt · 06-08-2005, 09:31 AM

I was talking to one of my co-clerks about this. This guy is example number 1 in favor of profiling. I'm still against it for the most part, but that guy scares me from appearances alone.

And we also saw the Runaway Bride connection.

Lathum · 06-08-2005, 09:37 AM

Just another reason why Maine should be it's own country.

Fonzie · 06-08-2005, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gottimd

So zombies picked up this crazy guy

? This story is getting weirder by the minute.

Hey, it's Canada. Anything can happen.

rkmsuf · 06-08-2005, 09:40 AM

I had coffee with him at a Dunkin Donuts yesterday. Seemed like a nice fellow although the bloody chainsaw was a bit distracting.

JeeberD · 06-08-2005, 10:06 AM

I think I just figured out how I'm going to style my hair for my wedding...

gottimd · 06-08-2005, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

I think I just figured out how I'm going to style my hair for my wedding...

Oh yeah, I just figured out who my best man will be.

B & B · 06-08-2005, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by scooper

Who picked this guy up?!?

Another Canadian

"What, youre needing a lift to the states? Hop in!"

gottimd · 06-08-2005, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by B & B

"What, youre needing a lift to go oot and aboot in the states, eh? Hop in, grab a molson and listen to the habs replay on the radio!"

fixed.

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 06-08-2005, 10:54 AM

I'd hit it.

John Galt · 06-08-2005, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Wasn't this guy fronting the Red Hot Chili Peppers back in 1992?

That was my first thought, but now, on further reflection, I think he is Ali G's fashion critic character. Poor, Sascha Cohen.

Shkspr · 06-08-2005, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

I'd hit it.

Excellent.

Galaxy · 06-08-2005, 12:30 PM

Imagine if he mated with the Runaway Bride.

judicial clerk · 06-08-2005, 12:39 PM

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Imagine if he mated with the Runaway Bride.

Google Brian Peppers and you will have your answer.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-08-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiders Army

And we're worried about the Mexican border????

He's a citizen... that changes things a bit, I think.

Desnudo · 06-08-2005, 12:48 PM

I think that sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

Ksyrup · 06-08-2005, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by John Galt

That was my first thought, but now, on further reflection, I think he is Ali G's fashion critic character. Poor, Sascha Cohen.

He's got Phil Anselmo's hair style, circa 1990. After a jump in the pool.

kingfc22 · 06-08-2005, 01:34 PM

That dude looks CRAZY!

Blackadar · 06-08-2005, 01:39 PM

I wonder if he was tazered.

Thomkal · 06-08-2005, 01:50 PM

I'm a bit confused by something in the story. He wasn't wanted for any crime when he was detained at the border, but yet he was due in court on that same day for assault and threatening to kill someone, yet the border/customs police had no record of that arrest for him?

WSUCougar · 06-08-2005, 02:11 PM

Suspicious? Nah...

JonInMiddleGA · 06-08-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

I'd hit it.

Gold.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-08-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

I'm a bit confused by something in the story. He wasn't wanted for any crime when he was detained at the border, but yet he was due in court on that same day for assault and threatening to kill someone, yet the border/customs police had no record of that arrest for him?

I don't think they said he had no arrest record, just that there were no outstanding warrants or requests that he be detained. I suspect, considering the situation involving the sentencing, that someone may have dropped the ball there, but I won't speculate as to which side of the border bears the blame.

sterlingice · 06-08-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

I'd hit it.

Rarely is a thread enhanced by this in it, but this is the exception to the rule.

SI

06-08-2005, 07:22 AM	#3
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Wasn't this guy fronting the Red Hot Chili Peppers back in 1992? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-08-2005, 07:25 AM	#4
gottimd Dearly Missed (9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: DC Suburbs	He looks perfectly sane to me . Hey at least they confiscated those weapons, because obviously he wouldnt be able to obtain them aywhere else. They should've given him an AK-47, and a shot of Adrenalin. __________________ NAFL New Orleans Saints GM/Co-Commish MP Career Record: 114-85 NAFL Super Bowl XI Champs In memory of Gavin Anthony: 7/22/08-7/26/08

06-08-2005, 07:27 AM	#6
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Now this guy is the perfect match for the runaway bride.. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

06-08-2005, 09:31 AM	#11
John Galt Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Internets	I was talking to one of my co-clerks about this. This guy is example number 1 in favor of profiling. I'm still against it for the most part, but that guy scares me from appearances alone. And we also saw the Runaway Bride connection. __________________ I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man. - The Dude

06-08-2005, 09:37 AM	#12
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Just another reason why Maine should be it's own country. Last edited by Lathum : 06-08-2005 at 09:37 AM.

06-08-2005, 07:21 AM	#2
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	And we're worried about the Mexican border????

06-08-2005, 09:40 AM	#14
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	I had coffee with him at a Dunkin Donuts yesterday. Seemed like a nice fellow although the bloody chainsaw was a bit distracting. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales Last edited by rkmsuf : 06-08-2005 at 10:07 AM.

06-08-2005, 10:06 AM	#15
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06-08-2005, 10:54 AM	#19
Farrah Whitworth-Rahn Red-Headed Vixen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ	I'd hit it.

06-08-2005, 12:30 PM	#22
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Imagine if he mated with the Runaway Bride.

06-08-2005, 12:48 PM	#25
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	I think that sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

06-08-2005, 01:34 PM	#27
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	That dude looks CRAZY! __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

06-08-2005, 01:39 PM	#28
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	I wonder if he was tazered.

06-08-2005, 01:50 PM	#29
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	I'm a bit confused by something in the story. He wasn't wanted for any crime when he was detained at the border, but yet he was due in court on that same day for assault and threatening to kill someone, yet the border/customs police had no record of that arrest for him?

06-08-2005, 02:11 PM	#30
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Suspicious? Nah... __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

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