BANGOR – A Robbinston man was released on $5,000 unsecured bond Thursday after making his first appearance in U.S. District Court.

Terrill G. Dwelley, 50, is charged with threatening a federal officer. He was arrested at his home Monday after allegedly threatening to assault and kill an immigration inspector and other federal law enforcement officers.

Dwelley spoke to an immigration inspector on Sunday about U.S. Customs not allowing his wife to enter the United States, according to court documents. Dwelley told the officer that he was sick, had a limited time to live and had a God-given right to be with his wife during his last days.

Because of previous convictions, Dwelley and his Canadian wife aren’t able to cross the United States-Canada border to see each other.

During the conversation, Dwelley apparently became agitated and threatened to “come down and blow a few people away.” He also allegedly threatened a Washington County sheriff’s deputy on Monday when he was told a federal warrant had been issued for his arrest and a deputy would be coming by to arrest him.

On Monday evening, Deputy Michael St. Louis went to Dwelley’s Robbinston home and waited for him to come out. When Dwelley left his residence, St. Louis saw an object in his hand the size of a handgun. Dwelley threw the object toward the ocean. It was not recovered.

St. Louis arrested Dwelley and recovered a loaded handgun and an 8-inch hunting knife from the man, according to court documents.

Under his bail conditions, Dwelley may have no direct or indirect contact with Border Patrol or customs officers without permission of pretrial services. He also may possess no weapons and is not allowed to drive because he has no valid driver’s license.

Brenda Densmore, Dwelley’s wife, is prohibited from entering the United States after a 2001 conviction for lying to customs agents. She was arrested at the Milltown border crossing in March 2001 after she stuffed her prescription pills down her bra. Initially, Densmore reportedly told a customs inspector she had no drugs to declare, but later admitted to concealing them.

Dwelley is prohibited from entering Canada because of a previous conviction for drunken driving.

In an unrelated matter, Dwelley was fined $400 last fall in 4th District Court in Calais for possession of scheduled drugs.