The men accused of the January 8th murder of Shaquille Toppin were today remanded to HMP Dodds. Brian Oneal Hurley, 22, of Brathwaite Gap, Sion Hill, St James and Andrew Ramon Watson, 27, of 6C Field Road, Wildey, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant at the District “A” Magistrates Court this morning. They were […]
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a man wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. He is Gabriel Shando Hayde, alias Sheriff or Red Man, whose last known address is Colleton Tenantry, St John. Hayde is approximately five feet, ten inches tall, slim and has a light brown complexion. He has an […]
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Two men have been arrested and are set to appear in court in connection with the attack of a Canadian visitor last month. Police say Travis Campbell, of no fixed placed of abode and Alexander Alleyne of Ealing Park, Christ Church— both 19—have been charged with aggravated burglary. On February 23, Kenneth Elliott, a 65-year-old […]
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Four people are scheduled to appear in court today to face criminal charges. They Kyle Chad Rasheem Archer, 26, of #59 Bayview Avenue, Bayville, St Michael; Jamar Darnelle Mottley, 32, of Lower Dayrells Road, Christ Church; Leeann Sasha King, 22, of Scotts Gap, Britton Hill, St Michael; and Shaneka Avonda Clarke, 27, of Scotts Gap, […]
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Barbados has recorded a 13 per cent drop in overall crime so far this year. Deputy Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce attributes much of the decline to the existing national curfew designed to halt the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic which has so far claimed five lives in Barbados. Boyce revealed to Barbados TODAY […]
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The Attorney General in the Freundel Stuart administration on Wednesday charged current authorities with failing to institute comprehensive interventions to address the root causes of juvenile delinquency and rehabilitate offenders. With an apparent uptick in violent crimes committed by minors, Adriel Brathwaite, in a statement suggested that the public apologies recently issued by offenders barely […]
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Yet another Government Minister has condemned the scourge of gun violence plaguing the country and has called for a total society approach to the nagging issues. For Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sandra Husbands, the issue hit home on Wednesday night when gunshots rang out in Haynesville St. James, a stone’s throw away […]
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Employers have a new partner in stamping out corrupt practices in the workplace. Crime Stoppers Barbados today announced plans to roll out its Integrity Line, an anonymous and confidential whistleblowing service which it said is “highly effective in addressing issues of theft, bribery, harassment, embezzlement and other forms of wrongdoing in the workplace”. The 800-service […]
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Police are on the scene of a shooting incident at 1st Avenue, Garden Land, St Michael. Barbados TODAY understands that the victim is a male. He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by private vehicle. (more details as they come to hand.)
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Three St Michael men accused of murder have been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds.
Anthony Francis Lerius, 38, and Jayde Ivaughn Germain, 19, both of Wellington Street as well as Michael Sharad Connell, 22, of Country Park Towers, White Park Road are charged with murdering Mekail Harding on December 29, 2020.
The trio was not required to plead to the indictable charge when they appeared before Magistrate Alison Burke in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court moments ago.
Lerius is separately charged with entering as a trespasser the home of Jason King and stealing nine curtains worth $250. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of $2 000 on that charge.
They have been remanded to reappear in court on April 8.
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An off-duty police officer, the driver of Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith, responding to a report of an armed robbery was gunned down by unknown assailants near his home late Saturday night in Rose Hill, St Peter, the first officer gunned down in the line of duty in over 30 years.
Remembering his fallen colleague he added: “[Lewis was] an acting station sergeant, very young and exuberant officer, [a] very good officer and it is sad that we would lose one of our own or anyone in these circumstances.
Another who had mere moments earlier visited the shop said she fears for children who normally visit the shop.
She recalled hearing a barrage of gunfire.
“There were so much I can’t even count, I know there were more than 10,” she told reporters. “I heard crying and screaming and then when I came out everything was chaos.”
A man at the scene described Station Sargeant Lewis as friendly and said he would be missed. He urged authorities to seriously tackle crime.
“The Prime Minister has to step down on it and hang these youngsters,” he declared. “If they don’t do something about it, it will continue.”
One distraught woman who described the fallen officer as a friend expressed her disbelief at the incident.
“He was my friend, it is very sad to see my friend is gone,” she said. “I spoke to him on Tuesday. I am very distraught to see my friend lying down in the road now and I can’t even say hi. I am very, very distraught.”
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The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) says a wanted persons media release being circulated on social media is fake.
In a statement today police said: “From our records, these persons were the subject of a Wanted Persons Media Release issued by the Police Public Relations Department on January 4th, 2015.
“This bulletin has not been recirculated to any media from the Public Relations Office of the Royal Barbados Police Force nor have we sent out any media releases pertaining to Wanted Persons within the last 48 hours. This we deem as another matter of fake news designed to create confusion.” (RBPF)
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Police are investigating a shooting incident near the Grotto, St Michael.
Two persons have been reportedly injured.
(more details as they come to hand.)
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A 44-year-old man is nursing gunshot injuries after a shooting incident that occurred around 8:10 a.m. in Massiah Street, St John.
Police said the victim, whose name has not been disclosed, was walking through a track when he was approached by two armed men who fired at him.
The assailants ran away from the scene.
The victim was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance.
When Barbados TODAY visited the area, operator of the Golden Shottz Bar, Claudette Alleyne said she heard about ten gunshots around 8 a.m.
“I didn’t see what happened with the shooting, but I heard the shots. There were about ten shots.
Police are continuing investigations.
( read the full story in Tuesday’s Epaper)
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Little island, big disappointment is how one Welcome Stamp visa participant says she is feeling about the police response to complaints of menacing behaviour toward her.
But the New Yorker claims her complaints are being echoed by other expatriates who are here under the one-year remote work visa.
The visitor, who asked not to be named, has been on the island since December and said she has been harassed on two occasions by a man behaving aggressively and threateningly toward her. She complained that her report was not taken seriously by the Royal Barbados Police Force — even though officers joined her in search for the assailant.
The visitor who is staying in the Dover area told Barbados TODAY: “Less than two weeks ago I’ve seen the same guy yell at me and then run after me terrorizing me in The Gap over and over. The second time that it happened was the night before last. I ran into The Gap convenience store. There was a woman there who I asked to call the police.”
She said she filed a report and drove around with the police trying to identify the man but he wasn’t found.
But she said when she followed up with the police, she was disappointed by the turnaround, which has left her to wonder if it would take an escalation of attacks for them to act more decisively.
“I don’t expect that when you know I’m facing some kind of threat of danger or harm that it is downplayed, swept under the rug,” said the woman. “I am dismissed as a woman and I’m angry, I’m not happy with the level of attention they’re giving this. I don’t want anybody to get hurt.”
She said the police were very dismissive of her concerns. The woman said that she is forced to stay in her house afraid. “This happened on my street,” she said. “I was locked in my house all last night afraid to go outside twice this guy found me and started running after me. What needs to happen for the police to be interested in something here?”
The woman said the man has a very distinctive mark on his face with a black tattoo on his left eye and is sporting dreadlocks.
“I don’t know how some person with this description could not be found in Barbados,” she said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”
She claimed she was prompted to go public with her story after sharing her tale with a group of other Welcome Stampers who reported a similar experience.
“One woman said it sounds like a person who attempted a home invasion; she also had a terrible experience with the police.”
When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss said he could not provide a comment on the matter.
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A 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with murder.
Accused Brian O’Neal Alleyne from Babylon Road, Belleplaine, St Andrew appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court, on Monday August 16, charged with murdering Rupert Alleyne on May 28.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
The accused was remanded to Dodds to reappear before the District ‘F’ Belleplaine Magistrates’ Court, Cane Garden, St Thomas on Monday, September 13.
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Former senior manager at the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd. (ICBL) Alex Tasker, should be handed over to United States authorities to stand trial on money laundering and conspiracy to launder money charges.
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes handed down that decision moments ago in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, saying that the action would not be taken until 15 days have passed.
But Tasker’s attorneys, Andrew Pilgrim Q.C. and Neville Reid said the wheels are already in motion to appeal the decision.
US authorities want Tasker extradited to stand trial for money laundering in the cash-for-coverage scandal involving former Government minister Donville Inniss.
Prosecutors allege that between August 2015 and April 2016, Tasker conspired with others to launder money in the US from outside the country, in violation of US law.
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale who prosecuted the case with Senior Crown Counsel Oliver Thomas put forward no objection to Tasker remaining on bail pending his extradition.
More on the decision in tonight’s EPaper.
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Police are on the scene at Three Houses, in St Philip where the body of a man has been discovered.
Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss said officers at the District “C” Police Station were notified about the grim discovery around 7:55 a.m in an area near the embankment of the waterway of Three Houses River.
“An unnatural death investigation has been launched. At this stage, we are appealing for information regarding this matter. Anyone who might have witnessed or have any knowledge of this incident is asked to contact the District “C” Police Station at 416-8200/ 8204 or the Oistins Police Station 418-2612 / 2610 or any Police Station,” Inniss said.
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Justice Randall Worrell handed down stiff sentences to serial rapist Kinchar Mascoll in the No. 2 Supreme Court today.
Mascoll, alias Rhino or Monkey Man, of Drax Hall Jump, St George, was sentenced to 30 years, 259 days for buggering a woman on December 17, 2015. He also received 24 years and 15 days for raping the same person.
He was also sentenced to 24 years and 15 days for raping a 15-year-old girl on December 1, that same year.
The sentences will run concurrently. (RB)
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Police report that one man was critically injured during a shooting that occurred at Bush Hall Yard Gap, St Michael around 9:15 p.m.
The victim was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
Investigations are continuing.
( more details as they come to hand.)
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