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Manitoban arrested by mistake in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS -- A case of mistaken identity led to a wrongful arrest of a Manitoban by U.S. Border Patrol and Grand Forks police Monday morning.
Several law-enforcement vehicles stopped traffic on Interstate 29 in Grand Forks shortly after 11 a.m. to arrest a man suspected of being wanted for attempted murder in North Carolina.
It turned out the Manitoban, whose name was not released, had the same name as an alias used by a man wanted in North Carolina, Brian Pigg of the U.S. Border Patrol in Grand Forks said.
The driver of a light blue van with Manitoba plates crossed into North Dakota Monday morning at Pembina.
After passing through the border, the man travelled south, but U.S. Customs officers continued a routine check of his name and it matched an alias used by a suspect, Pigg said.
"It was a delayed response," he said, part of the routine check of anyone crossing the border.
Border Patrol agents and Grand Forks police and other officers were waiting for the van and pulled it over 30 minutes later.
Dozens of vehicles were backed up in the southbound lanes as law enforcement officers made the arrest.
The man was taken to the border patrol headquarters and fingerprinted.
It quickly became clear he had nothing to do with the North Carolina crime and was sent on his way, Pigg said.
"He's a resident of Canada," Pigg said.
Was the man angry?
"I don't know, but I would be," Pigg said.
-- Grand Forks Herald
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 17, 2012 A2
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