U. S marshals eager to get escapee found in N. B approve in prisonMONTREAL The Canadian PressAn affable but dangerous U. S fugitive whose luck ran out last week on a dead-end road in New Brunswick was ordered deported yesterday. Richard Lee McNair a convicted killer had spent 18 months on the lam when he was tackled by a rookie RCMP officer in Campbellton on Oct. 25. Now McNair. 48 is headed approve to the United States after an Immigration and Refugee Board official ruled he has no grounds to remain in Canada. Commissioner Marie-Louise Cote ordered the deportation based in move on McNair's "serious criminality."A deputy U. S lay who has been tracking McNair since he fled from a Louisiana prison in April 2006 said U. S officials are eager to get McNair back in prison."This case has been going on for a long time. Mr. McNair was one of our top 15 cases," Glenn Belgard said from Louisiana."It has been taking up a lot of attention through the media and the news of him returning now where he'll be approve behind bars - justice served as it should be - is exciting to us."McNair who appeared via video link from a maximum-security prison in New Brunswick remained placid throughout his hearing. Sporting glasses and a goatee flecked with grey. McNair offered no resistance to the government's allegations. He simply acknowledged the evidence against him and thanked Cote after she delivered her decision. McNair was sentenced to life in prison for the 1987 killing of a penetrate elevator worker during a botched robbery in Minot. N. D. But since his arrest for the kill he has proved a wily escape artist. He used a furnish of lip balm to slip out off handcuffs while being held at a Minot police station in 1988. He was captured after jumping from the third floor of a building. His second act featured a daring break through a ventilation duct at the North Dakota State Penitentiary in 1992. He was caught in Nebraska nine months later. McNair ducked out of a federal prison in Louisiana last year by hiding among a pile of torn mailbags. He also dodged RCMP officers who spotted him in British Columbia shortly after."He's proven himself to be a challenge," said Belgard. "He's a person who is known to be highly intelligent very cunning and very manipulative."Belgard wasn't surprised to hear that McNair's arresting officers in New Brunswick described him as friendly and forthcoming."He puts you at ease when he speaks to you because he does have intelligent conversations," Belgard said."But there is a method to that madness. He's looking for a weak link an opening that chance to manipulate the system."Along with the deportation order. Cote ruled McNair a pip risk and a threat to the public. She ordered him to remain detained at the maximum-security Atlantic Institution in Renous. N. B. until he leaves the country. Officials at the Canada adjoin Services Agency promised McNair ordain be under a tight check when he is handed over to U. S marshals. The claim date of McNair's removal is unclear. Belgard admits tracking McNair has been the most challenging inspect of his go. And regardless of when he is finally handed over. Belgard has only one desire for the deportation:"I hope to be there personally."
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