Best fails to appear, loses freedom
A man in his 20s lost his freedom today after he was escorted into the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court by a court marshal. A warrant had been issued for Devon Shaquire Nicholas Best, of 1st Avenue...
View Article‘Danger to society’
Reputed thief Victor Michael Sylvester Hobbs will spend the next five years at HMP Dodds for going on a year-long burglary spree involving 13 houses. The 52-year-old, of no fixed place of abode, whom...
View ArticleBest admits to drugs in speaker
A 31-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to having 253 grammes of marijuana in her possession on Monday is expected to know her fate when she returns to court on June 3, 2019. Miriam Nakita Best of No....
View ArticleAccused says he ‘flipped’
Not only did he have too much alcohol to drink but a 59-year-old man said he also “flipped” when some people said certain things to him yesterday. Floyd Clarke, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded...
View ArticleFighting extradition
It apparently came as an absolute shock to 64-year-old Errol Vivian Jones earlier this year that Canada was seeking to have him extradited from Barbados. When members of the Royal Barbados Police Force...
View ArticleNo pardon for church thief
Christ Church resident Euston O’Neal Harmon received no pardon yesterday as he was sentenced to eight years in prison for breaching the sanctity of one of the island’s churches. The man who is in his...
View ArticleGill sentenced for Nokia
A St Michael man who was found guilty of handling stolen property has been sentenced to two years in prison. However, Teddy Orlando McDonald Gill, of No. 77 Wanstead Gardens, St James, only has 120...
View ArticleHelp me please!
In desperate need of help for his cocaine addiction a 31-year-old man today confessed that he would continue to steal if he does not receive professional intervention. “Once I smoking cocaine I does...
View ArticleYouths get chance to keep clean records
All but two of seven young men between the ages of 16 and 20 who found themselves in trouble with the law on a joint burglary charge will have to perform 160 hours of community service for their crime....
View ArticleBail for first charge
A first-time offender who pleaded guilty to drug possession has been referred to the Probation Department for help. Thirty-year-old Lemar Devon Renaldo Small, Odessa McClean Avenue, My Lord’s Hill, St...
View Article‘Suspicious’ motorcyclist
Lawmen were patrolling Holetown Road, St James last Friday when they spotted a man who was later identified as 22-year-old Jai-quan Dimitri Maynard riding a motorcycle. At first glance there was...
View ArticleSt Peter man back in court May 3
When police “bore the block” last Friday 33-year-old Derwin Myron Worrell ran away but was quickly apprehended with cocaine and marijuana in his possession. Worrell, of Lot 15 Maynards Housing Area, St...
View ArticleMan admits to wounding
Compensation in the sum of $460 or three months in prison was the sentence imposed on a Christ Church man who was charged with wounding last year. The forthwith sum was not paid and he is currently at...
View ArticlePlant thief fined, placed on bond
A 53-year-old man must be on his best behaviour for the next six months if he wants to avoid a forthwith fine of $750 or serve three months behind bars at HMP Doods. Magistrate Douglas Frederick...
View ArticleGuilty, not guilty
A suspected marijuana grower withdrew his guilty plea today just moments after admitting to four drug charges. When 25-year-old Kyle Tito Wesley Lovell, of St Stephens Hill Landing Scheme, St Michael...
View ArticleDeejay pleads guilty to cocaine possession
His ticket for his trip to the Big Apple this Saturday has been purchased but a 25-year-old who believed he could make fast money selling cocaine will not see those bright city lights anytime soon....
View ArticleShop Hill man to return to court next week
A 40-year-old vendor who admitted to pushing a woman will return to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court next Wednesday. Nealson Oneal Mason, of Shop Hill, St Thomas had been charged with assaulting...
View ArticleStabbing lands teen in court
An ongoing dispute between two teenagers on New Year’s Day landed before the law courts today. Seventeen-year-old Renako Robin Holder, of Whitehall Tenantry Road, St Michael appeared before Magistrate...
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Bus stop brawl
Two Jamaicans who have been living here illegally were handed over to immigration officials this afternoon after admitting to assaulting a female compatriot. Twenty-four-year-old Shelly-Ann Shareace...
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‘Double trouble’
Two men who were allegedly involved in a shooting incident on the very day that a one week gun amnesty went into effect in Barbados have been remanded HMP Dodds for 28 days. They are 21-year-old Kareem...
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