Six months for breaking curfew
Ricardo Antonio Agard, confessed to being on the road during the imposed national curfew even though he knew it was “a serious thing”. However, the 26-year-old, who has no fixed place of abode, told...
View ArticleWeed lands farmer in jail
When he saw the police on April 9, a 40-year-old decided to run. And when police apprehended farmer Kevin Antonio Clarke, of Roach Village, St George moments later they found $835 worth of marijuana in...
View ArticleThief strikes during curfew
Convict Peter Anthony Barnes admitted that he burgalrised a restaurant of several items during the Covid-19 curfew but contested the “impossible” amount listed on the charged sheet. “I plead guilty but...
View ArticleCouple gets time for breaking curfew
A same sex couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the country’s COVID-19 curfew. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Jeremiah Browne and Shiamar Tashaka Callender, 34, both of 8th Avenue...
View ArticleSealy charged almost three years after allegedly committing crime
A 29-year-old man accused of placing the lives of four people in danger when he discharged a firearm in a public place almost three years ago, appeared in court for the first time today and is now on...
View ArticleTeen: Drugs for relaxation
A 19-year-old found with a quantity of marijuana over the weekend said he had it for relaxation. Jadiah Malik Marcus Barton, of Lucas Street, St Philip pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of...
View ArticleWalker’s plea
Robert DaCosta Walker today tried to convince a Bridgetown magistrate to grant him bail because he “ain’t went nowhere and rob nobody,” and was the “most perfect husband”. His application was denied....
View ArticleLawyer urges court to hear complainant in indictable matter
Legal counsel Arthur Holder has described as “malicious” a 2016 indictable charge leveled against a 30-year-old man, saying that the complainant in the matter had informed police that his client was...
View ArticleGanja grower placed on a bond
Farmer Selvin Kingsley Maynard who was discovered growing illegal herb at his residence has been placed on a bond for the next six months. If the 56-year-old first-time offender from Workhall, St...
View ArticleTeen faces court on multiple charges
A 17-year-old accused of committing several criminal offences some dating back to 2019 was granted bail by the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today. Ethan Jumani Watson, of Harlington, St Philip is...
View ArticleHealth worker remanded to Dodds on firearm offences
A female nurse was remanded to Dodds Prison today on gun and ammunition charges. Forty-eight-year-old Donna Melissa Lee, of 11B High Park, St James is alleged to have had a .25 pistol in her possession...
View ArticleTeen admits to stealing wallet
A 14-year-old girl from St Lucy is currently awaiting her fate at the Government Industrial School after pleading guilty to theft. The child admitted before Magistrate Alison Burke today to stealing a...
View ArticleThief ‘picks’ prison stay
Scaling the walls of another man’s residence twice in a bid to steal limes during the Covid-19 curfew has landed a 45-year-old man in jail for the next six months. Tony Ricardo Harris, of Lower Carters...
View ArticleAlleged arsonist remanded
An alleged arsonist has been remanded to prison until May 19. Christopher Stephen Licorish, of no fixed place of abode, appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today accused of destroying the...
View ArticleThree on serious bodily harm charge
Two tree trimmers and a soldier were today granted $9,000 bail each on a joint criminal charge. They are 48-year-old Rene Orlando Pilgrim and 24-year-old Raheem Akeem Grimes both, of 5th Avenue North...
View ArticleTeenage girls appear in court
Two St Michael teens appeared in court today on a joint charge and were granted bail. Eighteen-year-old Adrianna Lana Marshall McCollin, of 2nd Avenue Alleyne’s Land, Bush Hall and 16-year-old Destiny...
View ArticleScotland returned to hospital after appearing on harassment charge
An accused was not happy to learn that he would be returning to the Psychiatric Hospital for another three weeks. “I now come from spending five months at the Psychiatric Hospital. That is not an easy...
View ArticleDavis remanded to Dodds on wounding charge
An allegation that a 50-year-old man wounded a woman with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her or to cause serious bodily harm landed him on the remand block at Dodds for the next 28 days at least....
View ArticleSt Philip man accused of cultivating marijuana
A steel bender was granted $500 bail when he appeared in a Bridgetown court today on several drug charges. Now the surety who posted bail for Wayne Davidon Harewood, of Ducans, St Philip must ensure...
View ArticleDefence attorney questions magistrates’ ‘islandwide’ jurisdiction
Prominent local attorney-at-law Arthur Holder has raised the issue of “jurisdiction” for magistrates as it relates to recent “taking of guilty pleas”, a situation which could have implications for...
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