‘Stolen’ iPad lands teen in trouble
An 18-year-old waitress of 9th Avenue, Durants, St James is on trial charged with dishonestly receiving an iPad between November 10, 2011 and December 9, 2011, knowing it to be stolen. Renisha Madisa...
View ArticleTwelve months for pointing ‘gun’ at officer
A young man, who is four months away from ending a 15-month jail term, got 12 months added onto that when he went before District ‘A’ Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant this afternoon. Romario Lewis,...
View ArticleForde ordered to keep off alleged victim
A District ‘A’ Magistrate today ordered a man accused of physically assaulting a woman to keep far from her as a condition of his temporary freedom. Dennis Michael Forde, 56, of Jackson Tenantry, St...
View ArticleTyson arrested with drugs on pleasure boat
Kelvin Tyson walked into the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today with three previous drug convictions to his name and pleaded guilty to a fourth. The 38-year-old of Spooners Hill, St Michael chalked...
View ArticleCar chase ends
After leading police on a car chase through the City earlier this month, a St Michael man now faces hefty fines for committing several road traffic violations. Denver Victor of Jemmotts Lane who had...
View ArticleBourne must answer for forged cheque
Shakira Dawn-Marie Bourne appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court earlier today on a fraud charge. Bourne, 25, resides at #214 Browne’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael. The unemployed woman was...
View ArticleLandscaper to pay for nine weed whackers
A landscaper, who rented nine weed whackers from Williams’ Equipment Limited five years ago, was ordered to repay $6, 935. Noel Ryan Washington of Tudor Bridge, St. Michael admitted to Magistrate...
View ArticleChase and Griffith accused of loitering
Two Christ Church men, who are charged with loitering, entered the Oistins Magistrates’ Court together this morning. However, while 22-year-old Oneill Alistaire Chase was freed on $2,000 bail, Acting...
View ArticleClarke guilty of 36 charges of theft
A man who confessed to 36 charges has been remanded until September 15. Anderson DaCosta Clarke, a 40-year-old of no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to several counts of breaking and entering...
View ArticleHigh-speed chase
A St Michael man appeared in court today on several traffic offences after leading police on a high-speed chase. Ato Makennan Simmons, 27, of Bullens Avenue, Dalkeith, St Michael was fined $1,750 by...
View ArticleFast track for juvenile criminal cases
Minors who are complainants in serious criminal matters should no longer have to wait for lengthy periods before their matters are heard by a judge and jury. Director of Public Prosecutions Charles...
View ArticleConfusion in court
After he pleaded not guilty to using threatening words towards Antoinette Roberts on July 20, Andre Jamal Clarke was remanded to prison until the court can verify his record. Clarke, of Scarborough,...
View ArticleTeen ‘intended to maim’ Gamble
A 16-year-old appeared in a Bridgetown court today on a charge of intending to maim, disfigure or disable Jalani Gamble or to cause him serious bodily harm on April 25 this year. Michael Shaquan...
View ArticleWoman admits to damaging cell and watch
Karen Fernell Jordan pleaded guilty to one of two charges when she went before the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today. Jordan, of Marshall & Parkinson, Tudor Bridge, St Michael, pleaded not...
View ArticleHusband warned
A man who admitted to using threatening words towards his wife over the weekend, was today told by a magistrate that after “20-something years of marriage” he ought to settle down and change his...
View ArticleClarke to be granted bail
Andre Jamal Clarke’s particulars have been verified and he should be granted bail later this week, once his outstanding $2, 000 fine is paid. Last Friday, Clarke of Scarborough, Christ Church went...
View ArticleWilkinson fined and told ‘don’t come back’
A self-employed man has been fined $1,500, payable in eight weeks time, after confessing to having cannabis over the weekend. Marlon Mervin Wilkinson of #31 Lower Crescent, Gall Hill, Christ Church...
View ArticleTwo held for Christ Church burglaries
Two Christ Church men are due to appear in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court today in connection with series of burglaries and other crimes which occurred in the parish. Michael Anthony Brathwaite,...
View ArticleDrunk man cuts ZR seat
“If you know you can’t hold your liquor, do like me. Drink Plus!” That was not a free advertisement, which came from Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale this afternoon, but a stern piece of advice to a...
View ArticleSt James man faces drug charges
A St James man was due to appear in the Holetown Magistrates Court this morning on a number of drug related offences. Larrie Chesterfield Thompson, 51, of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James has been...
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