Why the Canadian Authorities Insist I Am a Canadian Citizen

Ricky Riess - 1992 Toronto Police mugshot

So, let's go back a little further - to the late 1980's. I was 14 years old. I ran away from home. Over the next few years, CPS would occasionally stumble across me and stick me back into group homes or foster homes. At one point, I ran away to Chicago where I stayed with a friend or distant family (it doesn't matter which). While in Chicago, I met a kid from Canada, who had a similar problem of the Canadian authorities periodically finding him and putting him back into group homes. Serendipitously, that kid and I happened to have the same date of birth. What are the chances, right? Around this time, one of two things happened, either: 1) that kid and I swapped identities, he went back to Canada and lived there as an undocumented American under my identity, and I remained in the US as an undocumented Canadian under his identity; or 2) that kid passed away, perhaps from a drug overdose, perhaps from something else, and since he no longer needed his identity (dead people don't generally need or care about their identity) I figured, fuck it, and changed my name to his. Either way, Win/Win, right? Well, except for the whole being dead part.

We'll call that kid Ricky Riess.

Many of you are probably thinking: "Yeah, right. That's completely implausible and contrived." That's usually the reaction I get. But keep reading, and you'll see how I not only proved it is possible, but it is extremely probable. [Or, I suppose you could just skip ahead to that part right now.]

Skip ahead a few years to the end of 1995, I figure what the hell, why not try applying for a Canadian passport under the name Ricky Riess. I apply. And Passport Canada (now part of IRCC) sends me a passport. It was amazing how easy it was. No fingerprints, no proof that I'm actually the person named on it. They literally received, processed, and approved the applicaiton, then issued the passport within one business day.

Desiree Capuano, how she looked when I was with her in 2000-2001 (left), and how she looks today (right). Yes, I am entirely that shallow!

Skip ahead a few more years. January 2000. I meet Desiree Capuano who shortly thereafter became pregnant, and shortly after that we got married. You ask: Why would you have a child with a woman you just met? It's California: the man has no say in the matter. And you ask, further: But why would you marry a such a psycho that you just met? Have you seen the pictures of her from 2000-2002? She was smokin' hot, not like the cow she is today.

Desiree knew my birth name. She knew where I was born. She knew I changed my name to Richard Riess. She knew I wasn't an illegal alien from Canada. That's why we never applied for a permanent resident status for me when we were married. If you're married to a US citizen and have a child with them, then becoming a permanent resident isn't very difficult.

Then that God damned September 11, 2001 nonsense happened. The US started cracking down on illegals. It didn't really affect me though, because I'm a generally law abiding person. And nobody gives a shit about illegal aliens from Canada.

Shortly after 9/11, Desiree and I separate. She goes back to Florida, and I stay in Los Angeles with our son.

Jump ahead to 2007. My son and I are living in Phoenix. I'm associating with "undesirables" who happen to be consuming copious amounts of certain drugs and running some kind of forgery scheme. One day, one of them borrows my car and gets arrested. The police are now looking at me to cooperate. I say: Nah, I'm good, thanks. So, I get arrested, charged with forgery and automobile theft. In the car, happened to be that darned Canadian passport in the name Ricky Riess. The police seized that, along with a bunch of other stuff.

My bail gets set at $900. No problem, I just happen to have that much in spare change in my pocket. Except that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) who run the County Jail, tell me I have an "ICE hold", so I can't bond out. Remember, this is back in the days of Joe Arpaio being the Sheriff. What the fuck is an "ICE hold", I ask. And what the fuck is ICE? During my stay in the Maricopa County jail, the conditions were deplorable and I filed a number of grievances. One in particular, was a very serious issue. I think it was the one about them locking me in a cell for a few days without a working toilet. Anyway, one day some supervisor comes to try to talk me out of escalating that grievance. I tell him: "Look, I'm just here because you guys won't let me post my bail because of an ICE hold." He says: "What? No, that's wrong. You can still bond out even if you have an ICE hold." So he arranged for the money to be taken out of my inmate account to cover my bail. And in that way, the grievances all went away. Win/Win.

As I'm going through discharge, the Sheriffs put me in a room with a bunch of non-Americans and tell me I have an ICE hold. After about two days, ICE shows up to take custody us. The ICE officer looks at me, puzzled (I was the only white guy there): "Where are you from?" I tell him: "America!" He says: "Oh, okay well we'll get it taken care of when we get to the office. I'm sure you'll be out by this afternoon."

At the ICE office, I was grilled for hours by a cadre of the absolute dumbest law enforcement personnel the federal government could find (I remember the main interrogator was named Jason Martin). They kept trying to trick me into "admitting" I was an illegal alien from Canada. Later that night I was put on a bus and shipped to the Eloy Detention Center (EDC) which is in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, Arizona. If ever you want to be systematically treated less-than-human, perpetually, for an extended period of time, I highly recommend the Eloy Detention Center.

Now, you might be thinking: "Well, ICE had a legitimate reason to think you were an illegal alien - because of that Canadian passport." But no! That passport was sitting in the Phoenix Police Department evidence locker, as evidence in that forgery allegation. Neither the Sheriffs, nor ICE had any knowledge of it's existence. And ICE had nothing about me in any of their systems - not under the name Richard Riess, nor fingerprints. My A-File consisted of one single sheet of paper: the booking report provided to them by the MCSO. They had no record, no evidence of who I was, one way or the other (aside from my Arizona driver's license).

The next day, at EDC, my Deportation Officer Robert Cordero, came to interview me, to get information he could use to deport me. I told him I'm a US citizen. He said: "Oh, well great, just get your birth certificate and we'll let you go." I said: "It's not my burden to prove I'm a citizen. It's your burden to prove I'm not. And it's your burden to prove that before you arrest me and send me to a detention facility 100 miles from anywhere." Cordero said: "Well, everything in your A-File points to you being from Canada." I looked at the manila folder, my so-called A-File, on the table in front of him. I said: "Show me! What, in there, says I'm from Canada." He promptly pulled it back and said: "No. We don't show you that." I said: "Look, I'm not going to do your fucking job for you. I'm a US citizen, I was born in the US. And you have no authority to hold me here." Cordero responded: "I'm not the one in detention. If you want to get out of detention then get your birth certificate. Call your family. I'll check back with you this afternoon." And he left.

Later that afternoon, Cordero came back to the housing unit. He asked me if I was able to get ahold of anyone. I told him I don't even have a phone pin yet, I can't use the phone. He said: "You don't seem to be putting much effort into getting out of here. I know if I was in here I'd be trying like hell to get out." I said, loudly, in front of all the other detainees: "Are you fucking retarded? How the fuck am I supposed to get ahold of anyone when I don't even have access to a phone, you fucking twit! And besides, this is something you were supposed to establish before arresting me, not after." He got all butt-hurt and said: "You're clearly not that concerned about being here. I'll check back with you in a couple of weeks." And he left.

That dragged on and on. On 2007-10-31, I finally went before the Immigration Judge. He asked which country I'm a citizen of. I said: "The US." He looked up at me. I said I was born in the US. He said: "Okay, so I guess you're just waiting for your birth certificate to arrive then." I said: "No. I haven't applied for my birth certificate. It's not my burden to prove I'm a citizen. It's ICE's burden to prove I'm not, and they've not done that. So they have no legal basis to hold me here." The DHS attorney admitted they had no evidence at this point but that they were "looking into it". The judge said: "Okay, well, I'll adjourn this to give you more time to get your birth certificate." I said: "No, I'm not trying to get my birth certificate. I'm not going to do ICE's job for them. They can't detain a person, with no evidence, then make them prove their citizenship in order to be released." The judge ignored it and adjourned the proceedings to December. By December, ICE still had no evidence I wasn't a US citizen. It was continued to February 2008. Then March. Then May.

In May 2008, the Immigration Judge told DHS that if they didn't have concrete proof that I'm an alien by the next hearing date he was going to dismiss the case. That day, ICE contacted the Toronto Police and obtained a 1992 booking report for Ricky Riess - the person they were accusing me of being. The mugshot and fingerprints didn't match me. So they charged me with perjury and false claim of US citizenship, in the US District Court, alleging I lied in the Immigration Court, about being a US citizen.

Hold on a motherfucking second, you say. So ICE obtains proof that you're not the person they were accusing you of being; the person they were illegally detaining you as; the person they've been trying to deport you as; and rather than saying "Sorry!" and letting you go, they charge you with perjury, claiming you lied in the Immigration Court, even though they know you didn't lie? Yes! That is how these people think. They make a mistake which destroys your life, and when they realize they were wrong they then put twice as much effort into accusing you of something they know you didn't do. These people are evil, fucked up in the head!

So, I was found guilty of the perjury and the false claim of US citizenship. My court appointed lawyer didn't mention anything about me being born in the US, or having a US birth certificate, or attending grade school, high school or univeristy in the US. There was no mention by him, or by the prosecutor, about the records from the Toronto Police.

Those convictions then became the basis upon which the Immigration Court decided I was an alien and ordered me removed from the US in 2009.

By August 2011, I was still in ICE custody. I had not been removed. There is a US Supreme Court case that says a person who has been ordered removed from the US may only be held in custody for six months while Homeland Security tries to effect their removal. And, if the person cannot be removed within that time, they must be released Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001).

I was about two weeks from that six month deadline when, one night, at about 1AM, ICE came to my cell and told me to roll up my stuff, I'm being moved. They wouldn't tell me to where. I was taken to an airport in the middle of the night. Put on a plane. Other than a few ICE, DHS and FBI agents, I was the only person on the plane. Somewhere around sunrise we landed at some undisclosed airport and I was loaded into the back of a black SUV (it's always a black SUV with the federal government). They still wouldn't tell me where I was or where I was going. I assumed I was being transferred to another detention facility because of the civil rights lawsuits I had filed against EDC and ICE. Once we left the airport, I realized from the freeway signs that we were in Washington State. After a few hours, we pulled in to the Peace Arch port of entry.

The ICE officer let me out of the back of the SUV, removed the shackles and handcuffs, and started to get back into the SUV. I said: "What is this? What's going on?" He said: "I don't know. We were just told to transport you to the border." I said: "So, that's it? I'm free to go?" He said: "I guess so. You're not our problem any more." And he drove away. So there I am, 1200 miles from home (Los Angeles) and 32 miles from downtown Vancouver. About $20 in my pocket. No cell phone. And three weeks prior Desiree had gone to LA, abducted my son and ran off to Arizona with him. What to do?

I made my way back to Los Angeles.

Upon my return to LA in 2011, I promptly filed in the California family court, for Desiree to return our son to my custody California Family Court Case, TD035397. The court saw through her lies and ordered our son to be returned to my care "without delay" LASC Minute Entry. Over the next year and a bit, Desiree repeatedly filed false allegations against me, with DHS, the FBI, and the Canadian Consulate. She knew about ICE detaining me and trying to deport me to Canada. And she knew my identity corresponded to the identity of a person from Canada. Of course, she also knew I wasn't that person from Canada. Nevertheless, people like Desiree will use whatever lies, manipulation, and half-truths they can to get their way.

On 2013-01-02, ICE showed up at my home in Los Angeles, while our son was spending his winter break with Desiree in Arizona. They arrested me and brought me to their office for questioning. They told me my ex-wife has been filing a lot of reports about me. They asked me which country I'm a citizen of. I told them I was born in the US. They said: "So, are you claiming you're a US citizen?" I said: "The last time I claimed I was a US citizen you guys prosecuted me for false claim of US citizenship. So, I am saying I was born in the US. The implication of that is that I am a US citizen, but I am not making a claim of being a US citizen." They said: "So who's Patrick Fox from Florida?" I said: "The fact that you're asking me that tells me you already know the answer." They said: "Look you can fight this like you did before, and sit in custody for another four years, or you can just let us deport you." I said: "If you can find a country that will accept me, deport me." Six weeks later, they escorted me to LAX and put me on a plane to Vancouver.

When I got off the plane in Vancouver, I proceeded to the CBSA primary inspection booth. The officer asked me what country I'm a citizen of. I handed him the emergency travel document (ETD) issued by the Canadian Consulate, which stated my citizenship as Canadian, and I told him I'm a US citizen. He looked at the document; looked at me; told me to proceed to secondary. In secondary, I explained the situation to the CBSA officer. I told her the ETD was issued to ICE, based on what ICE had told the consulate, and that I had made no claim of being a Canadian citizen. She told me to have a seat and she disappeared for 15 minutes. When she came back, she handed me the ETD, said "Welcome to Canada. You're free to go." I said: "Really? That's it?" She said, Yes.

So there I was, in a foreign country, no money, no cell phone, just the clothes on my back - which were appropriate for February in Los Angeles, not for February in Vancouver. I made my way downtown. Found a place called the Salvation Army Belkin House, and was able to get a bed there.

A month later, in March 2013, I was still in Vancouver. Doing day labor to make pocket money. Trying to figure out how to get back to LA and get on with my life. Obviously, Desiree was going to continue to try to cause problems for me.

I had a family court hearing, regarding custody of my son, scheduled for 2013-03-20 in Los Angeles. I had to be present for that. I said, "Fuck it!" Took the few hundred dollars in my pocket and made my way back to Los Angeles.

On 2013-03-20, I was at the courthouse for the family court hearing. I sat in the gallery, waiting for the case to be called. The Sheriff was on the phone. He looked over at me, then said something to the person he was talking to. A little while later, the same two ICE officers who came to my home in January walked into the courtroom. They took me outside, told me my ex-wife called them and told them I was here. One of them said: "You know, as long as you keep coming back we're going to keep doing this."

Another six weeks in a detention facility, then on a plane to Vancouver.

When I got to Vancouver, the CBSA officer asked which country I'm a citizen of. I handed him the new ETD, which again stated my citizenship as Canadian, and I responded: "US". He looked at the document, looked at me, directed me to secondary. At secondary, I explained the situation to the CBSA officer. I told her I am not a Canadian citizen, I am not the person that was born Ricky Riess in Ontario. She told me to have a seat and she disappeared for 15 minutes. When she reappeared she handed me the ETD and said: "This is the strangest thing I've ever seen, but you're free to go." I said: "Really? A person gets off a plane from another country, tells you they're not a Canadian citizen and that the ETD was issued to ICE based solely on what ICE told the Consulate, and you just let them loose into the country?" She said: "As far as we're concerned, you're a Canadian citizen." I said: "Based on what?" She said: "Apparently the US authorities have already determined you're a Canadian citizen." I said: "So I'm free to go?" She said: "You're free to go."

I made my way downtown, got into a place called the Yukon shelter. Obviously, I would need to resolve these DHS issues before returning to the US. This was going to take some time.

And that is how I ended up in Vancouver and in Canada.

After being deported the second time, I continued doing day labor for pocket money, and to get a phone. After about six weeks I got a one year contract as a Software Engineer at Electronic Arts. I figured a year should be enough time to resolve the DHS issues then I'd return to the US.

In late 2013, I stopped using the name Richard Riess and went back to using Patrick Fox.

In late winter of 2014 I thought, what the hell, I'll apply for a Canadian "Possession and Acquisition License" (PAL) (a firearms license). Obviously, I'd be denied because I'm an illegal alien but what do I have to lose. About six or eight weeks later I received a notice from the RCMP that my application was approved. Since guns are one of my favorite hobbies, I thought alright, maybe it's not so bad here. I decided to stay another year or two. I already had a number of handguns and rifles in the US, but without the PAL I was not allowed to bring them into Canada. I bought a few more handguns and some rifles in Vancouver.

Because I had been deported, the family court granted custody of our son to Desiree - regardless of the fact that the only reason I was deported was because of her incessant false reports to ICE. My son still wanted to come back to living with me and I kept fighting in the family court to make that happen, but the court made it clear they were not going to order that.

In Spring 2014, I was finally fed up with Desiree's lying, cheating, and manipulation. She effectively has me deported, causing me to lose custody of my son, then she refuses to allow our son to visit me (until the court ordered her to), and all the while she's crying to the court and anyone else who will listen, about how I'm so mean to her. So, I created that website about her, to expose the truth about what she's really like.

In July 2015, Desiree filed a criminal harassment complaint against me with the RCMP because her new boyfriend appeared on the website. The BC Prosecution Service declined to prosecute because, in fact, there was no harassment. Because of the complaint, my firearms license was placed in a restricted state so I couldn't buy any new firearms, until the RCMP investigated whether there was a public safety concern. Ultimately, they concluded there was not and they restored my PAL to normal status.

When I was arrested in July 2015, the RCMP wanted to see my birth certificate, because Desiree was insisting to them that I was really Richard Riess and that I was born in Ontario. After their interrogation they came to my apartment and I showed them the birth certificate. They were satisfied it was a real Florida birth certificate and that I was not born in Canada.

In October 2015, I decided it was time to return to Los Angeles. I decided I would return in May 2016.

In January 2016, Desiree cried to CBC about the website and how it was ruining her life. She claimed I had openly stated, on the website and in emails, that if I thought I could get away with it I would kill her. That was, of course, all false. Nevertheless, CBC ran a story about how this horrible monster of a man had been tormenting his poor, innocent, saintly ex-wife because he was emotionally hurt and angry about the child custody dispute B.C. man Patrick Fox aims to 'destroy' ex-wife with revenge website; televised segment. A few days later my employment with Vtech was terminated because of the CBC story. But that's fine, I was planning on returning to LA in a few months anyway.

I started shipping and bringing the things I wanted to keep, down to LA. By the end of May I was ready to return to LA.

I crossed the border without incident but shortly thereafter I was approached by Border Patrol. I provided my BC driver's license and US birth certificate. They brought me in for questioning (once you've been flagged by DHS you will always be brought in for questioning). Initially, because of the prior removal order and the fact that I was previously deported, they charged me with illegal re-entry, and false claim of US citizenship. After interrogating me and doing their investigation, the charges were dropped and I was handed over to ICE.

ICE tried to get the Canadian authorities to make me a person of interest so they could send me back to Canada based on that email dated 2016-06-02. The RCMP had no interest in me because I hadn't committed any crimes and I wasn't a Canadian citizen. Until they realized they had issued me a firearms license and I had four registered handguns - which were purchased using the firearms license they should not have issued me. Suddenly, they were very interested in me. They asked DHS to question me to find out where the guns I had bought in Canada were (they had no interest in any of the other guns I owned). ICE had no interest in my Canadian handguns - they just wanted a way to send me back to Canada without having to coerce IRCC into issuing another ETD. So, ICE proposed the RCMP request I be sent back so they could question me about my Canadian handguns. The RCMP panicked, thinking I might be intending to go down to Arizona to shoot Desiree with one of the guns I was able to buy with the license they had mistakenly given me. They asked DHS to send me back to Canada.

Upon my return, the RCMP arrests me. I was initially charged with uttering threats, which is total bullshit, but they needed to charge me with something in order to justify having me sent back from the US and arresting me. During the interrogation, I told them I had brought my firearms to Los Angeles, but it was within 30 days of the day I had left Canada so I hadn't violated any laws. They then charged me with unlawful exportation of firearms CCC s. 104. In Canada, you require authorization from the RCMP prior to exporting your firearms from Canada - except in the case of exporting them to the US. No prior authorization is required to export your firearms to the US. You are only required to notify the RCMP within 30 days after exporting them to the US. This was all on the RCMP website Importing and Exporting Firearms (Individuals), RCMP website. I informed the interrogator about this but they charged me with it anyway.

At my bail hearing, the prosecution agrees to my release if I take down the website. I say no. Being the petty, vindictive people they are, they upgrade the unlawful exportation charge to 'unlawful exportation knowing it to be unlawful' CCC s. 103 (which is a much more serious offense). When charged with section 103, the accused is not entitled to bail CCC s. 515(6)(a)(vi). This was obviously a ploy to make sure I would be denied bail (a few months later, the unlawful exportation charge was stayed (dropped)).

First, keep in mind, the dispute between Desiree and I is a dispute between two Americans, neither of whom have any connection to Canada. If a person in one country harms a person in another country, they should be prosecuted in the country where the victim is located, particularly if both parties are citizens of that country. And, he should be prosecuted according to the laws of the country and jurisdiction where the victim is located. It would be moronic to prosecute a person in the jurisdiction, and according to the laws of the jurisdiction, where the accused is located. For one thing, this creates a situation (like what has happened here), where there is no criminal harassment law in Arizona, but there is in BC, so Desiree can attack me with impunity, and I can't defend myself by responding in like manner.

So, I was found guilty, and in addition to the three year and ten month sentence, I was subjected to a three year probation order with conditions prohibiting me from leaving BC or being within 100 meters of the US border. Effectively forcing me to remain in BC for another three years or go back to jail.

Steve Riess

In 2019, I applied to have the conditions prohibiting me from leaving BC removed. Mark Myhre contacted Steve Riess to try to get some proof that I'm Steve Riess's son (Ricky Riess). Riess offered to provide a DNA sample email dated 2019-02-07. Myhre refused to pursue that option. I demanded the BCPS accept Riess's DNA offer so we can resolve this question once and for all. They refused. I asked the court to order the BCPS to do the DNA test. The court refused. I requested CBSA accept Riess's offer. They refused.

Later in 2019, while I was being prosecuted for 244069-5-BC, the prosecutor Bernie Wolfe, arranged for the Sudbury Police to interview Steve Riess, to try to get evidence that I am his son. In that interview, Riess first claimed the person in the mugshot he was shown (me) is definitely his son, Ricky Riess. But he subsequently claimed he did not know any of the schools his son attended; he did not have any pictures of his son; he hadn't had contact with his son since prior to 2000. And he admitted the only pictures he had of me are what he'd received from Desiree or what's been in the news; the only information he had about me is what he's received from Desiree and what's been in the news Sudbury Police interview of Steve Riess, 2019-07-02.

In that interview, Steve Riess again offered to provide a DNA sample. The police refused to accept his offer. The prosecution refused to accept his offer. I asked the court to order the prosecution to accept Riess's offer and to proceed with the DNA test. The judge refused.

I then contacted Steve Riess directly, requesting we cooperate to have the DNA test done letter dated 2019-09-08. He refused to communicate with me.

You remember I said up above that by the end of this document I will prove that the claim that I adopted Ricky Riess's identity because he was a foreign national who happened to have the same date of birth as me, was not only possible but very probable? Well, here it is.

Desiree is now claiming that "Patrick Fox" is a person who was working as a prison guard at one of the ICE detention facilities while I was detained there. She says he and I have the same date of birth and that I stole his identity, that I changed my name to Patrick Fox and became him.

Let's think about this for a second: Desiree is claiming I came to Canada; then changed my name to be the same as a person in a foreign country who has no ties to, and no citizenship or immigration status in Canada; and that I've been living in Canada as an illegal alien, even though I'm actually a Canadian citizen. Does that sound familiar at all? Isn't that exactly what I said I did with the Ricky Riess identity?

Yet, when I said I did it with the Ricky Riess identity, Desiree and DHS and CBSA and the prosecutors and the judges all said "That's ridiculous! There is no way what you're saying can possibly be true." Yet now they're saying that's exactly what I did with the Patrick Fox identity. Why is it completely implausible with the Ricky Riess identity, but not with the Patrick Fox identity? Because these people are fucking psychopaths, who think reality and truth are whatever they want it to be from one minute to the next.

Did I assume the identity "Patrick Fox", knowing there was another person named Patrick Fox with the exact same date of birth as me, just to prove the point that everything I've said about assuming Ricky Riess's identity is, actually, extremely probable? Possibly.

Did I change my name to Patrick Fox knowing that there was another Patrick Fox with the same date of birth, to create ambiguity, knowing that most people would just assume I'm that person? Maybe.

Were I and that other Patrick Fox born in the same hospital, on the same day? I can neither admit nor deny that.

Was I born Patrick Fox, and all Desiree's claims about me stealing the identity of a person named Patrick Fox are part of her pattern of delusions and compulsive lying? Mmm, very, very likely.

So who the fuck am I? I'm Patrick Fox. What more is relevant?

And now here's where things really get wacky. In 2011, while I was in ICE custody and ICE was trying to deport me to Canada, my Deportation Officer Michael Leal, told me to fill out a Canadian passport application so they could get a travel document to deport me. I told him, if I fill out a passport application stating I was born in the US and am not a Canadian citizen, Canada is not going to issue me a travel document. Leal said, don't worry about it, just put whatever on it.

Years later, through freedom of information, I found out why. First, someone (I'm assuming someone in the Canadian Consulate or IRCC) changed the information I put on the application form, for Place of Birth ETD application. Canada issued a travel document based on that application.

But isn't that forgery, you ask? Indeed it is. The passport application is a legal document. I had already filled it out and signed it. Then, someone at IRCC crossed out and changed the information I provided, and they did so without my knowledge or consent. Yes, that's forgery.

Then, in January 2013, I was in ICE custody again and they were trying, again, to deport me. And again, my deportation officer told me to fill out a Canadian passport application so they could obtain a travel document. Under Place of Birth I, again, stated "US". Then again, either ICE, the Canadian Consulate, or IRCC changed the information I had written on the form and stated Place of Birth as "Sudbury, CAN". And of course, this was done after I had signed the form; and without my knowledge or consent ETD application. Canada issued a travel document based on that application and I was deported to Canada.

And then, yet again, in March 2013, another passport application where I stated Place of Birth as US. And again, someone changed that to "Sudbury, CAN" after I had signed and submitted it ETD application. The travel document was issued based on that application and I was deported to Canada again.

The RCMP needed to find a way to revoke my firearms license without having to admit they screwed up by issuing me the license.

When I returned to the US in May 2016, and the RCMP discovered I was no longer residing at the address my firearms were registered to, they panicked because if I were to go to Arizona and shoot Desiree with one of the guns I purchased using my PAL then, as RCMP Corporal Frank Grosspietsch wrote in an internal email, "inquiry will hang someone" email dated 2016-06-15. The RCMP's only concern when they learned I returned to the US was covering their asses. All they wanted was to get those four handguns back. They didn't care if I shot Desiree with any of the guns I already owned which I bought in the US - they just couldn't have me shooting her with one of the guns I bought using the PAL they issued me.

So the RCMP had me sent back to Canada based on a false charge of uttering threats, for which they themselves acknowledged there was no evidence email dated 2016-06-08. And they hoped that while interrogating me they would find something they could charge me with which would provide a legal basis to revoke my firearms license without having to acknowledge they issued it erroneously. Hence, the criminal harassment charge.