U.S. army deserter arrested at border [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Star

U.S. army deserter arrested at border
Nov 10, 2008 04:59 PM

Adrian Morrow
Staff Reporter

An American soldier wanted for deserting the army was arrested Saturday after he tried to enter Canada, failed, and then tried to get back into the United States.

Carlos Summer, 27, was trying to get through the U.S. border crossing at Buffalo, N.Y., when American officials discovered that he was wanted on a countrywide arrest warrant. He allegedly deserted his army unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, last spring.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, he said that he had tried unsuccessfully to cross into Canada earlier that day, intending to stay.

Summer is in police custody and faces extradition to South Carolina.



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