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Title: Local Man Jailed For Crossing Street
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wptz.com
URL Source: http://www.wptz.com/news/22826310/detail.html
Published: Mar 17, 2010
Author: Jackie Bender
Post Date: 2010-03-17 13:55:43 by bluegrass
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DERBY LINE, Vt. -- A recent increase in border patrol along side streets dividing Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Canada, are causing confusion and animosity between locals and border patrol agents. The situation came to a head recently when a local man was arrested while walking down a street he said that he has walked down for years without a problem. "I walked over to Canada on a Saturday night around quarter to nine to get a pizza," Buzz Roy explained. Roy lives and works in Derby Line. He walked down Church Street to the nearest pizza shop, which happens to be in Canada, and said that to his surprise he was stopped by state police and told that crossing on Church Street is illegal. "Steam was coming out of my ears from the treatment by the state cop. I felt that he had been misinformed about my ability to enter the country on Church Street. I've done it my entire life many many many times," said Roy. Fed up by what he perceived as hostility from the officer, Roy walked down the street, crossing the border a second time. And then a third. "I went back and did it again, and this time I was met by the border patrol and he frisked me and handcuffed me, put me in the back of his cruiser, took me to border patrol headquarters, put me in a cell, held me for three hours, then let me out and told me I was going to be fined $500 dollars," Roy said. He will fight the fine, but said that his story speaks to larger issues. "I firmly believe that to this day ... they just make up rules from day to day." Roy's friend and neighbor Mike Blake said the empty downtown storefronts are a result of these problems. He said people are scared to come here. "They come up over the hill and they don't realize they're in the states until they see the American customs, and then they turn around and they get hollered at." WPTZ.com approached state police to ask about the situation in Derby Line and an officer refused to discuss the matter. Meanwhile, local residents are making their support of Buzz obvious to those who do visit Derby Line, wearing "Free Buzzy Roy" campaign pins.
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