Man pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in multiple cases

Steve Shand, a Florida man charged with human smuggling related to the deaths of four migrants near the Canadian border, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of bringing two people into the country illegally and illegally transporting them once in the U.S. His trial has been set for July 17. Shand has not been charged in the deaths of the migrants. Federal authorities have said that the case is believed to be linked to a larger smuggling operation along the Canadian border.