Man accused of swimming across Niagara River to enter US illegally
Posted May 23 2019 01:42PM EDT
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) -
Tuesday evening U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Niagara Falls Station responded to a report of a man swimming across the Niagara River, just south of the Whirlpool Bridge in Niagara Falls.
They found a life vest and swim fins near the shore but they couldn't find the man. A possible vehicle involved in the incident was identified and a law-enforcement-notification on the vehicle was issued to local authorities.
At approximately 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, officers with the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office located the vehicle at a local mall and notified Border Patrol.
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