BANGOR – A South Carolina man who allegedly hid a Canadian woman in his trunk and tried to smuggle her through the U.S.-Canada border crossing at Houlton was released on bond Wednesday after appearing in U.S. District Court in Bangor.

Martin Ellis Crossno, 33, of Union, S.C., is charged with trying to help Dora Arlene Sauveur, 35, of Amherst, Nova Scotia, sneak into the U.S. after she had been ordered to stay out of the country.

Crossno was released Wednesday on $5,000 unsecured bond and instructed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk to stay with his mother in Mansfield, Ohio, until further court hearings are scheduled.

Sauveur is being detained in Maine and is scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday, July 25.

She faces a charge of illegal entry into the United States after having been removed or deported. Both she and Crossno face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Crossno was with Sauveur on July 14 when officials at the Calais border crossing denied her entry and told her not to enter the U.S. for five years, according to court documents.

Less than a week later, the couple tried again at the Houlton border crossing, with Sauveur hidden behind some luggage in Crossno’s Ford Mustang, the documents state.

Crossno appeared nervous, his hands shaking and voice trembling as border officers questioned him about the purpose of his trip to Canada, according to the documents.

Sauveur was discovered after an officer found women’s clothing and shoes and a key chain labeled “Arlene” in the vehicle’s trunk. Sauveur said she and Crossno planned to marry after entering the U.S., and Crossno told officers it was a violation of his civil rights for Sauveur to be denied entry, the documents state.