A 55-yerar-old St Michael man has been warned to stay out of trouble for the next six months. If he doesn’t, he will spend three months behind bars at HMP Dodds. That was the sentence handed down yesterday by Magistrate Douglas Frederick to Ruel Clairmont Springer, of Deacons Main Road, after he admitted to assaulting […]
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Springer gets in trouble over sex demand
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Probe launched into ‘sex’ tape
The principal of one local secondary school has been alerted to the existence of a video, which today has been making the rounds on social media, showing a young man soliciting sex from an underage girl in school uniform. The mother of the teenager, who has reportedly been identified, has also been contacted by police, […]
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Two get community service for weed
Two St James residents who admitted to having small quantities of marijuana will each have to perform 80 hours of community service. Romario Ricardo Watson, 22, of #2 Morne Close, Thorpes, and Cardinal Courtney Webster, 24, of 1st Avenue Thorpes, pleaded guilty to the offences when they appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Tuesday. […]
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Holder fined for 2011 theft
A Bridgetown magistrate Tuesday found a St James man guilty of theft in an almost six-year-old case. Troy Ricardo Holder, of 3K Central Close, Haynesville was charged on January 28, 2011 with robbing Shawn Straker of a pair of sneakers valued $250 and a chain valued $200. The theft took place at the Pool Hall Arcade […]
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Bail for two accused of crimes against females
Two St Michael men were not required to plead when they appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on separate charges for offences committed against females. They are Donovan Adrian Jones, 46, of Block 4A Fernihurst, Deacons Road and Grantley Clarke, 53, of Headley Land, Bank Hall. Jones is charged with having sexual intercourse with […]
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Springer gets in trouble over sex demand
A 55-yerar-old St Michael man has been warned to stay out of trouble for the next six months. If he doesn’t, he will spend three months behind bars at HMP Dodds. That was the sentence handed down Monday by Magistrate Douglas Frederick to Ruel Clairmont Springer, of Deacons Main Road, after he admitted to assaulting Tammika […]
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Man arrested in connection with ‘sex’ video
Police have held a male suspect in connection with a “sex” video which has been circulating on social media showing a schoolgirl being coerced by a young man into performing various sex acts. Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Roland Cobbler also revealed to Barbados TODAY this afternoon that criminal charges were expected to be laid […]
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Wrong note
A 59-year-old musician who was a big name on the local music scene decades ago, found himself before the court for having cocaine apparatus. Guitarist Linus Yaw, who was listed on the charge sheet as having no place of abode but told the Magistrate Douglas Frederick he lived at No. 1 Marine Gardens, Christ Church, […]
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Not right!
The apparent lack of evidence or movement in the case against Kobia Jamal Robinson, three years after he was charged with murder, is not sitting well with his attorney Angella Mitchell-Gittens. Robinson, of Reed Street, St Michael is charged with the death of 54-year-old Robert Rupert Jones of Speightstown, St Peter, whose body was discovered […]
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Series even
Executive Air Dover can now breathe a lot easier after winning a thrilling 84-81 encounter against Pan American Life Insurance Warrens to level the best of three Barbados Amateur Basketball Association’s Division One semifinal series 1-1 Thursday night. Played at the Young Men’s Christian Association’s hard court at Pinfold Street, St Michael, Dover took charge of […]
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Sibling rivalry
A St Michael woman charged with wounding her sister has been remanded into custody at HMP Dodds. Shenika Melinda St Pierre, 32, of Garden Land, Country Road is accused of unlawfully wounding Princess St Pierre on October 30, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her or do her serious bodily harm. The unemployed woman […]
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Woman admits to having weed
A 23-year-old woman from St Michael recently pleaded guilty to possession of $170 worth of cannabis. According to police prosecutor Sergeant Neville Watson, Ashley Jamila Hewitt of Dukes Alley, Nelson Street, St Michael was arrested and charged on October 28, after lawmen executed a search warrant at the house in which she was staying around […]
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NHC supervisor walks from threat charge
A National Housing Corporation (NHC) supervisor who was accused of threatening a co-worker was allowed to walk free when he appeared in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Winston Alphonso Rock, 55, of Perfection Road, Bush Hall, St Michael had been accused of using threatening words, “You don’t know who you dealing […]
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Community service for drug offender
A 23-year-old man has three months to complete 80 hours of community service. Andre Ramon Blackman of Rock Hall, St Judes, St George pleaded guilty in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Court presided by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant to possession of cannabis Monday. According to the facts presented by police prosecutor Sergeant Janice Ifill, lawmen were […]
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Strict conditions for first-time offender
A first-time offender Tuesday told a Bridgetown magistrate he was not guilty of three charges brought against him. D’Nairo Shaquille Greaves, 22, of Free Hill, Black Rock, St Michael is accused of robbing Kade Mascoll of $35 on September 7, 2015; unlawfully and maliciously wounding Shaquille Layne on July 4, 2016; and unlawfully assaulting Dameion Gibson […]
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Payback time
A St Thomas vendor who pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud has been given one month to repay his victim. Carl Chesterfield McClean, 50, of Lion Castle, admitted to dishonestly obtaining from Caribbean Solutions Limited, a quantity of fruits and vegetables worth $517.50 on July 20, 2011; $700 worth of the produce on October […]
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Woman fined for cell phone theft
A St Michael woman has one month in which to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court $500. If Michelle Rosita Gill, 36, of Vine Street, Nelson Street does not pay the fine imposed by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant Wednesday, she will spend six months in jail. Gill admitted to stealing a cellular phone worth $350 belonging […]
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Businessman accused of theft
A businessman was released on $15, 000 bail after appearing in court on theft charges. Howard Wardrick Charles, 32, of Vauxhall, Christ Church, appeared before the No.1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court accused of stealing $48 000 belonging to Renata Goodman. He was not required to plead to the indictable offence, which allegedly occurred between December […]
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Court orders psychiatric report for Bowen drug-using thief
A 42-year-old man who is recorded as having no fixed place of abode will undergo an assessment at the Psychiatric Hospital during the next three weeks. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant remanded Terrance Sandor Bowen to the Black Rock, St Michael institution Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to theft and drug charges. Bowen admitted to the No. 2 […]
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Case against Jamaicans dismissed
Two Jamaicans were recently handed over to immigration officials after the court dismissed a case against them. Shammare Tevin Cole, 19, and Omar David Smith, 34, who both resided in Suttle Street, St Michael, were charged along with Barbadians Damian Omar Bynoe, 20, of Deacons Main Road, St Michael and Tremaine Dario Yarde, 24, of […]
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