New Brunswick judge warns American tourists not to bring guns across border
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prosecutors say it has happened about once a week since June: American retirees, usually from the South, try to cross the Canadian border in New Brunswick with a gun. Or several guns. Or guns and pepper spray. Sometimes stun guns, too.
This week, federal prosecutor Peter Thorn said he told Saint John provincial court on Wednesday that the strikingly familiar story played out twice more on Monday.
Robert Ted Yarberry of Arkansas and David Thomas Falvey of Florida arrived at the border, separately, just a few hours apart.
Thorn said both men were in their mid-60s. Both were tourists travelling with their wives. Both told border agents they were carrying no prohibited weapons.