Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now.
A man from England was sentenced on Wednesday to time served for crossing into the U.S. illegally in Maine.
Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, 27, and three other men walked through the woods into Somerset County from Quebec on April 3, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The men were found after maple sugar workers called U.S. Customs and Border Protection because they saw four men who appeared to be Middle Eastern walking on the Golden Road, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Khan pleaded guilty on May 5 to entry without inspection in U.S. District Court of Maine in Bangor.
Another man, Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, pleaded guilty to the same charge on April 23. Two other men, Hameed Mohammed Nagi and Mohammed Sultan Saleh pleaded not guilty April 7 and have not changed their plea.
BDN writer Marie Weidmayer contributed reporting.
