San Diego man charged with deserting the Army is arrested at U.S.-Canada border
A San Diego man who allegedly deserted the Army was arrested as he crossed back to the United States after he was refused entry into Canada, authorities said Tuesday.
Robert Lucas, 20, was taken into custody last week at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry in Blaine, Wash., the Department of Homeland Security said.
Canadian border officials denied Lucas permission to enter that country when his name turned up on a law-enforcement database with a warrant for alleged desertion.
Lucas is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. He was turned over to local authorities while awaiting extradition back to the Army, the Homeland Security Department said.
-- Robert J. Lopez
EDITOR'S PICKS:
What an idiot...enlist, than desert...
Nice way to screw your employment opportunities so early on...
Throw him in the brig...
Posted by: TheBigPicture | March 16, 2010 at 05:06 PM
I don't blame the kid for deserting. Why risk his life fighting in an illegal war overseas? Thanks a lot George W. Bush. Why that man and his corrupt cronies has not been brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity is beyond me.
Posted by: Tommy Trojan | March 16, 2010 at 05:23 PM
No sympathy for this coward.He enlisted on his own and wasn't drafted.What did he think he signed up for?
Posted by: antarez | March 16, 2010 at 06:38 PM
Tommy Trojan, if the war was illegal, how come the democrats haven't stopped them?
Posted by: syscom3 | March 16, 2010 at 07:40 PM
Good. Throw his butt in jail.
Posted by: Tornadoes28 | March 17, 2010 at 07:47 AM
This guy is a fool. This isn't Viet Nam and you weren't drafted. You volunteered for the military. A court martial, stockade time and a lifetime of disgrace. No sympathy for him. Throw the book at him.
Posted by: wilson0004 | March 17, 2010 at 08:02 AM