Man accused of posing as agent is arrested at Canadian border

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A man accused of crossing into Canada while posing as an agent for a fictitious agency was arrested when he returned to the United States, federal officials said Tuesday.

Leonard Hugh Fuller asked agents at the Eastport, Idaho, border crossing on July 9 if he could store his gun there while he went on vacation in Canada, according to court records.

He showed the officers a badge and credentials and they agreed to hold his 9-mm Beretta until he returned, the records showed.

Border agents then checked with the U.S. State Department, which had never heard of the "United States Special Response Department Anti-Terrorism Unit" — the agency Fuller reportedly said was his employer. Fuller was arrested when he returned last Wednesday and asked for his weapon back.

Fuller, 55, was booked for investigation of producing fraudulent identity documents, a federal felony punishable by a maximum 15 years and $250,000 in fines.