Teen remanded pending sentencing
A teenager who was remanded to jail Thursday will know next month what punishment he will face for a theft he committed earlier this week. Kevon Odane Forde, 17, of Upper Collymore Rock, Brittons Hill,...
View ArticleDeported
A Bridgetown Magistrate Friday ordered the deportation of a Guyanese woman after she pleaded guilty to stealing from her place of employment. She is Varshanie Doodnauth, who was living at 1st Avenue...
View ArticleLoose women
A local magistrate has lashed out at women who give themselves easily to men whom they know nothing about, often not even their names or where they live. And, said Wanda Blair, when children are born...
View ArticleJamaican woman now facing murder charge
A 26-year-old Jamaican woman who was charged last month in connection with the stabbing death of a fellow countrywoman will spend more time at HMP Dodds after her serious bodily harm charge was...
View ArticleLandscaper accused of fraud
A 49-year-old landscaper is facing fraud charges. It is alleged that on April 2, with intent to defraud, Stephen Christopher Julian Maynard of #13 Chelston Avenue, Culloden Road, St Michael forged a...
View ArticleVendor has a month to stave off prison stay
A 29-year-old vendor has four weeks to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court a $2,000 fine for drug offences. If Hezron Joseph Williams, of Mason Hall Street, St Michael does not pay the money, he...
View ArticleDrug discovery
A 35-year-old man will spend a week on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds after appearing in court today on several charges in connection with the discovery of $28,000 worth of marijuana plants....
View ArticleDuo remanded
Two young men on joint drug charges were remanded to prison today, but for different periods. Melenik Marcus Armstrong, 19, and Shakier Adika Edwards, 20, both of Mount Hillaby, St Andrew appeared...
View ArticleFarrell told behave or be sent to jail
A Bridgetown Magistrate recently warned a 25-year-old man to be on his best behaviour for the next six months. If Atiba Oneal Farrell of Brathwaite’s Gap, Hindsbury Road, St Michael breaches the...
View ArticleBad choice
After four years in denial, Renee Keith Gilkes today admitted to several drug offences stemming from the discovery of almost $40,000 worth of marijuana and cannabis plants. And a Bridgetown magistrate...
View ArticleAlcohol theft lands Jordan in prison
A 41-year-old man lost his freedom today over a bottle of alcohol. Troy Ryan Oneal Jordan of Block 16A, Silver Hill, Christ Church was sentenced to three months in HMP Dodds for stealing a $97.75...
View ArticleMore time
Thousands of policyholders of CLICO International Life Insurance Limited and British American Insurance Company (BAICO) will have to wait a bit longer to receive their long-awaited pay out. A sales and...
View ArticleFather and son face Bridgetown court
A father was prepared to sacrifice his freedom today to keep his son out of jail. But in the end, Renair Andre Ifill, charged jointly with his son in connection with an incident in March, could only...
View ArticleStudents yet to know fate
Magistrate Ian Weekes has ordered pre-sentencing reports into the lives of three of the four Lester Vaughan Secondary students charged for beating a schoolmate last month. The order was made when the...
View ArticleSquires get six months for stealing children’s clothing
A 44-year-old man will spend the next six months in prison for theft. Roderick Blair Squires of Lower Estate, St George pleaded guilty Thursday before Magistrate Douglas Frederick to stealing two packs...
View ArticleBest accused of assaulting women
A 52-year-old man was granted bail Wednesday after appearing in a Bridgetown court accused of harming three women. MacDonald DaCosta Best of Well Gap, Cave Hill, St Michael is accused of unlawfully and...
View ArticleStowe jailed after row with police
Changa Shaquille Stowe Wednesday admitted to threatening Police Public Relations Officer Inspector Roland Cobbler, but denied assaulting or resisting him. And while he awaits sentencing for some...
View ArticleConvicted
The man who was behind the wheel of ZR125 when it overturned on Nursery Drive two years ago, resulting in a schoolgirl losing her forearm, has been found guilty of dangerous driving. However, Matthew...
View ArticleDrayton remanded to HMP Dodds
A 21-year-old man has been remanded to prison after appearing in a Bridgetown court charged with an offence in which firearms were allegedly used, along with several traffic offences. Romono Anthony...
View ArticleHarding gets two years for theft
A 41-year-old man who admitted to carrying out nine thefts earlier this year will spend the next two years in prison at HMP Dodds. Magistrate Douglas Frederick handed down the sentence on Ricardo...
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