The man admitted to swimming across a lake and entering the U.S. while wearing a wetsuit, flotation devices and swimming fins.
Man arrested after swimming to US from Canada
Jeremy James Wallace, 24, of Ontario was named in a criminal complaint U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Detroit News reported., Wallace allegedly made the trip across the St. Clair River from Sombra, Ontario, to East China Township, Michigan, and then walked to New Haven. New Haven is about 37 miles from Detroit.
Wallace then allegedly went to Metro Pawn & Guns in New Haven, where he asked to see a .22 caliber pistol. Deputies responding to the call of a robbery said they saw Wilson run into the woods. Deputies followed and Wallace was arrested.
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