Man claiming to have "explosive device" drove truck to U.S.-Canada border, police say
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Source: CBS News
Updated on: May 29, 2023 / 10:05 PM / CBS News
A driver who declared he had explosives in his vehicle drove past state police near the U.S.-Canada border on Monday morning, leading border troopers to open fire, officials said. The driver was identified as Tony Holford, 42, from Providence, Rhode Island, Maine State Police said.
The suspect displayed a sign indicating he had "an explosive device" in the vehicle, officials said. After failing to stop for a state trooper on I-95 in Houlton, Maine, the suspect drove his truck toward the Canadian Port of Entry, where a corporal opened fire. The suspect wasn't injured and surrendered to troopers, after which he was taken to the Aroostook County Jail and charged with aggravated reckless conduct, terrorizing, and failure to stop, police said.
The Canada Border Services Agency tweeted on Monday afternoon that Highway 95 in Belleville, at the Houlton-Woodstock border crossing, was closed due to a police operation. The agency confirmed later that evening that normal operations had resumed.
Maine State Police, Maine's attorney general, and Canadian authorities are investigating the incident. Officials said there was no danger to the public. CBS News has reached out to Maine State Police for a comment.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-canada-border-truck-driver-explosive-houlton-maine-tony-holford/
Short article at post time.
I did a quick search on that name and found this interesting tidbit from 2016 -
DUI, Drug Charges, ‘Stump Out’ Vandalism Among 172 Arrests by WPD in July
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July 18: Crash results in DUI charge, man charged with taking A/C unit
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That night, Warwick Police arrested a Providence man after the second of his video-recorded attempts at stealing an air conditioner from Next Gen Mechanical at 106 Hallene Road proved successful. Video surveillance showed the man, later identified as Tony Holford, 35, of 88 Ellery St., Apt. 1, Providence, had not taken ‘no’ for an answer.
When Officer John Zaborski reviewed the footage, he saw Holford and two friends try to stealing the air conditioner from the property at 9 p.m., but the attempt failed when the trio was unable to lift it. They returned at 10 p.m. with a fourth man and loaded it on a box truck, according to the officer’s report.
Zaborski found Holford driving a truck with registration plates that didn’t belong to it around 11 p.m. on Airport Road. Warwick Police charged Holford with a misdemeanor charge of larceny and driving with a suspended license, his third such offense.
His trial is scheduled for Aug. 25.
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https://warwickpost.com/dui-drug-charges-stump-out-vandalism-among-172-arrests-by-wpd-in-july/
Probably the same guy. Name, age and residency match.
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but was at that fuzzy border area between the U.S. and Canada.
From here - https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/traffic/border-between-houlton-maine-woodstock-new-brunswick-closed-due-to-law-enforcement-operation/97-b83edbed-24b4-4304-aca9-f91da498c158
