PLATTSBURGH -- American courts get first crack at suspect Glen D. Race, who was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of Darcy Manor.

"Your jurisdiction would take precedence over ours," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Joe Taplin, media relations officer with the Halifax District in Nova Scotia.

Race, also charged with murdering two men in the Halifax area sometime between May 1 and 9 and sole suspect in the May 10 homicide of Mooers resident Darcy Manor, remained in custody in Texas on Thursday.

A warrant for Race's arrest was issued by Mooers Town Justice Jeff Menard. Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said he didn't know when Race would be brought back here for arraignment.

"We're in the process of speaking with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas to work on whatever means we can to get the defendant brought to New York," he said.

Wylie has asked that office to dismiss the federal assault charge for which Race was arraigned on Wednesday, brought due to the struggle that ensued when he resisted arrest by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent in Texas on Tuesday morning.

According to an affidavit made by Ryan Flint, an FBI agent who investigated the incident, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Ramon Vargas Jr. approached Race near a highway close to the Mexican border and asked for identification. Race showed him a Nova Scotia ID that identified him and gave his birth date as May 3, 1981.

Race opened his bag to get his passport at the agent's request, and Vargas saw what he thought was the stock of a rifle. He asked Race to put his hands on the Border Patrol car.

"Race turned toward Agent Vargas and attempted to grab Agent Vargas's sidearm," the affidavit reads. "A struggle ensued, with Agent Vargas using one hand to hold his weapon in his holster and the other hand to detain Race.

"During the struggle, Race bit Agent Vargas on his left cheek and right hand. Agent Vargas forced Race to the ground, and Agent Vargas was on top of Race's back. Agent Vargas unholstered his weapon and pointed it at the back of Race's head until backup arrived."

MORE CHARGES LIKELY

The DA's Office is considering whether evidence would also support a charge of first-degree murder, Wylie said, which can apply when a homicide results during commission of a robbery or burglary.

Other charges will likely be levied for the theft of the rifle police believe fired the shot that killed Manor, for his pickup truck and for a credit card that belonged to the Mooers man that was found in Race's possession.

Wylie didn't think Race had used the credit card during his flight south.

TRACING HIS PATH