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Cornwall Island man admits to fleeing from border checkpoint U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | February 26, 2021 at 7:50 AM EST - Updated February 26 at 7:50 AM
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WWNY) - A Cornwall Island man has admitted to fleeing from the Massena border crossing last year as Customs and Border Protection Officers attempted to search his vehicle.
Federal authorities say 43-year-old Brennan Thompson pleaded guilty to a high-speed flight from an immigration checkpoint.
As part of the plea in federal court in Plattsburgh, he admitted that in May 2020, he was operating a silver Lincoln sedan when he approached the Massena Port of Entry to enter the United States from Canada.
PLATTSBURGH â An Akwesasne man pleaded guilty this week in federal court nearly a year after he attempted to enter the United States from Canada and drove away from border officials.
Brennan J. Thompson, 43, of Cornwall Island, Ontario, entered a guilty plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Plattsburgh to high speed flight from an immigration checkpoint under federal criminal law.
Mr. Thompson admitted to driving away from the Massena Port of Entry on May 13, 2020, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers attempted to search his silver Lincoln sedan.
When officers asked Mr. Thompson to open the vehicleâs trunk, he accelerated from the checkpoint, made a U-turn and âsped back into Canada,â according to the U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the Northern District of New York.