Timothy Jason Brooks, age 29, of Atoka, OK, was ordered held without bond during an initial appearance hearing in U.S. District Court. A detention hearing has been scheduled for Friday, September 10, 1999. Brooks remains held in Cameron County Jail.
Extradition is pending.
Brooks entered the U.S. from Mexico yesterday morning via Gateway International Bridge driving a maroon 1986 Honda Accord. Brooks displayed an ID that showed several inconsistencies to a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Inspector and he was referred for a secondary exam. During the exam, Customs Inspectors asked Brooks to exit the vehicle. Instead, Brooks restarted the engine and attempted to speed away. Brooks crashed his vehicle into a pole a block north of the bridge.