PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- He paid the toll when he crossed the Blue Water Bridge, but Martin Chalker is still in trouble with authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
Police say Chalker, 35, broke into a fire truck parked at the Canada Customs compound in Point Edward, Ontario, on Sunday morning.
Chalker drove the truck belonging to the London, Ontario, Fire Department out of the compound, paid the toll and crossed the bridge. U.S. customs officers in Port Huron stopped Chalker and told him to park the truck at an inspection area, but he kept going onto westbound Interstate 94, St. Clair County sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Bassett said.
Deputies found Chalker and the truck in a ditch in Riley Township, 20 miles west of Port Huron, later Sunday morning, Bassett said. Chalker was arraigned Monday on a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 28.
Chalker could face additional charges in Canada, the Times Herald of Port Huron reported Tuesday.
The only damage to the fire truck was a bent exhaust pipe, Bassett said.
