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Ex-con busted on gun charges
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September 12, 2017
Even though he has been granted bail, Devon Ashton is back in a familiar place – Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), charged with illegal possession of a ...
Court summons surety, as man misses court date
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September 8, 2017
The person who signed the EC$50,000 bail bond for Gershon Calvin Cole-Woods will appear in court today, Friday, September 8, to explain certain things...
Will ‘Cocoa’ David beat latest charge?
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September 8, 2017
Colin ‘Cocoa’ David, who is charged with the illegal possession of a firearm, will return to court on Tuesday, September 19 to answer his charges....
Man jailed for stealing 12 flats of eggs
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September 5, 2017
Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias did not tread on eggshells while reprimanding egg thief Camilo Wilson yesterday. “Lift your standards man;...
Trio arrested on drug charges
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September 5, 2017
Three men will return to court tomorrow, Wednesday, in relation to the seizure of 272 pounds of marijuana. Yesterday, September 4, David Hepburn of Si...
Youth jailed for wounding Peace Corps volunteer
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September 1, 2017
A young man of Diamond has been sentenced to three months in prison for unlawfully and maliciously wounding a Peace Corps volunteer. On Wednesday, Aug...
Man goes missing while on bail
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September 1, 2017
Police are carrying out investigations into the disappearance of Belair resident Gershon Calvin Cole-Woods. Sergeant Rochelle Smith of the Police Publ...
Burglar of Code Red’s van  jailed for 18 months
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August 29, 2017
One month after a burglar was given seven days to return the stolen goods he took, he was sent to jail for 18 months for the offence. Jeffrey Gordon, ...
Labourer gets five years for gun, ammo possession
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August 25, 2017
“This is not the Wild Wild West, we cannot allow everybody to have firearms.” This was magistrate Bertie Pompey’s warning to Kimron Thomas at th...
Mason charged $5,000 for cannabis cultivation
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August 18, 2017
A mason of Vermont could see himself spending the next four months behind bars. Wesley Simon, on Monday, was charged that on August 13, 2017 in the Ve...
More charges laid against former police officer
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August 15, 2017
Elron Lewis may very well have counted his chickens before they were hatched. Last Tuesday, shortly after prosecutors withdrew 25 charges of deception...
Union Island man wants justice for slain father
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August 11, 2017
Jason Alexander wants justice for his slain father. Jason’s father, Lawrence Alexander, 72, died at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Milton Cato...
Murder accused to stand trial at High Court
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August 11, 2017
“I am innocent of this crime, I did not kill nobody. Evidence is being fabricated against me.” These are the words from Danneke Billingy, as the p...
Magistrate gives teen a chance to do good
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July 28, 2017
Magistrate Rickie Burnett has placed a 16-year-old Fancy resident on a one-year bond in an attempt to keep him out of trouble. Mocasa Bowman was charg...
Case against Jarvis put back to September 12
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July 28, 2017
Murder accused Junior Jarvis will return to court on September 12, 2017. Jarvis, 44, is charged that on February 14, 2017, at Arnos Vale, he did with ...
Man ordered to pay $350 to elderly neighbour
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July 25, 2017
A Langley Park man says he was confused when he pushed an elderly man, causing him to bruise his elbow. Yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Cou...
Rum thief fined $300
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July 25, 2017
Allison Edeavour was yesterday ordered to pay EC$300 by the court after he was caught stealing two 6 oz bottles of Sunset Very Strong Rum from Massy S...
Man nabbed with 105 lbs of marijuana
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July 25, 2017
A Rilland Hill man was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $60,000, after being charged with having 105 pounds of cannabis in his possession. Asordo ...
Police officer slapped with another charge
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July 21, 2017
The police officer charged with theft of $75,000 from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporation has been slapped with another charge and re...
Wife charged with husband’s murder
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July 18, 2017
Hermina Jackson is expected to spend the next two months behind bars, pending the outcome of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of her husband ...
Biabou man  remanded on wounding charge
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July 18, 2017
A Biabou man was remanded in police custody yesterday after being charged with hitting his fellow villager with a bottle. When Jamesy Harry appeared b...