Schoolboy on $1,500 bail
A teenaged student accused of damaging a minibus was granted $1,500 bail today. When he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today, Keymar Startto Clarence Holligan, 16, of Block 16J Crest...
View Article‘Terrible mistake’
Even though he thought it was “nothing much” before, a Polish visitor came to the realization today that having marijuana in Barbados is serious business. Kajetan Jersy Pochron also assured magistrate...
View ArticleShoplifter gets help with drug habit
A middle-aged woman with a long record of shoplifting will have to undergo drug rehabilitation. Erlinda Aleasha Maughn got her wish when she reappeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the...
View ArticleAccused cop back in court
The preliminary inquiry into the death of Selwyn ‘Blues’ Knight, which began on March 1, continued today before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. Forty-four-year-old Everton Randolph Gittens, a police...
View ArticleWiltshire accused of assaulting teen
A 50-year-old unemployed man has been remanded to jail after pleading guilty to assaulting a teenaged girl. However, in giving his version of the events, Garcia Ian Wiltshire of Brownes Gap, Sargeants...
View ArticleBail delivered
He entered the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today in chains and handcuffs and under the escort of prison officers. However, to Wayne Sylvester Harewood’s relief, the only escorts he had on the way...
View Article‘Jah’ sent to Dodds
Jah Rastafari Jones is now behind bars after pleading guilty before the District ‘C’ Magistrates Court to breaking into Glen Jones’ home sometime last week. Both the complainant and the convicted man...
View ArticleMurder accused remanded
The man charged with the murder of Dwayne Jason Omar Gooding of My Lords Hill, St Michael appeared in the District “A” Magistrates Court today and was remanded to prison until May 24....
View ArticleCassava thief held
A 40-year-old man who confessed to stealing 15 pounds of cassava from a plantation in St Philip last week, has been remanded to prison. Last week, police spotted Henderson Sylvester Burgess of no fixed...
View ArticleSt Peter man accused of cursing cop
A 27-year-old Mount Brevitor, St Peter man appeared in court today charged with using indecent language to a police officer during Sunday’s Reggae on the Beach show. Kwesi Rasheed Ramsay was granted...
View ArticleLopez caught with drugs in his left shoe
If Abayomi Yohhannes Lopez does not come up with $750 within the next month, he will have to do the alternative of six weeks in prison. Lopez, a 24-year-old student, admitted to Magistrate Kristie...
View ArticleCop gets warning from magistrate
A police witness who failed to turn up in court today after being previously warned to do so, could look out for another warning to appear before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant on September 15 in...
View ArticleCoppin accused of assaulting officers
A man accused of assaulting two police officers and who thought his long-time friend whom he called as an eyewitness would help his case, was badly mistaken when he appeared in the District ‘A’...
View ArticleConductor charged with unlawful sex
A public service vehicle (PSV) conductor who is accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his alleged girlfriend, was denied bail today by District ‘A’ Criminal Court Magistrate Kristie...
View Article‘Guilty is my plea’
A self-employed resident of 3rd Avenue, Long Gap, Spooners Hill, St Michael who was a passenger on a vehicle which police intercepted on the ABC Highway on Monday, pleaded guilty to three drug offences...
View ArticleFamily not dropping charges
The last time Ryan Clairmonte Benn attended the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, he pleaded with the presiding magistrate to grant him bail. He also insisted that his relatives no longer wanted to...
View ArticleJah gives thanks
It was another of those cases where the rehabilitative arm of the law reached out to make a difference in the life of a youngster. After Jah Rastafari Jones entered the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court...
View ArticleJordan steals bottle of rum to pay for motorcycle
For stealing a bottle rum, a Christ Church man was given a three months prison sentence today when he went before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Ryan O’Neal...
View ArticleCouple jailed after drug find
Police originally went to a Bridgetown apartment on Wednesday to investigate a domestic violence report. However, they ended up arresting and charging a couple for marijuana possession, intending to...
View ArticleMurder accused acquitted
A 29-year-old Christ Church man on trial for allegedly murdering another male almost five years ago, was declared not guilty yesterday. The case against Reco Omar ‘Frost’ Grimes, who was accused of...
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