Lincoln Woman Pleads Guilty to High-Speed Flight from Immigration Checkpoint in Sherman

BANGOR, Maine:  A Lincoln woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to fleeing and evading a U.S. immigration checkpoint in Sherman and leading U.S. Border Patrol agents on a high-speed pursuit. 

According to court records, in May 2023, Shania England, 24, and a passenger were traveling southbound on I-95, when England drove up to and stopped at a checkpoint being operated by the U.S. Border Patrol in Sherman. When an agent instructed England to pull over to a secondary inspection area, she instead sped away on I-95. England fled from Border Patrol agents at high speed for about eight miles and was apprehended after crashing the vehicle in a ditch.

England faces up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine followed by up to three years of supervised release. She will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case with assistance from the East Millinocket Police Department.

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