Answers wanted
A former police officer who says he was unlawfully arrested and detained by lawmen more than two years ago is publicly calling for answers from the hierarchy of the Royal Barbados Police Force. What’s...
View ArticleAnother wanted man surrenders and faces court
Wanted man Ron Lionel Hill, alias Cordus or Big Ron, of Block 3B St Matthias, Christ Church has surrendered to police. He appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today charged with using a...
View ArticleSafe and sound
Police are investigating the kidnapping of a 26-year-old businessman, while his family is thanking God that he was returned to them safe and sound. Kemar Trotman of Green Hill, St Michael was up to...
View ArticleWanted woman
A Jamaican woman is being sought by police in connection with a serious criminal matter. Lawmen did not give details, but said Kerreon Kelly, 25, of Barkers Road, Haggatt Hall, St Michael was wanted...
View ArticlePolice constable charged
A police constable has found himself on the wrong side of the law. Thirty-eight-year old Winthea Lynch is due to appear in court today after being slapped with four charges: assault occasioning actual...
View ArticleSeven remanded
Seven people, including a juvenile and a woman, were remanded to prison on multiple counts of burglary and other offences when they appeared in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court today. A 15-year-old from...
View ArticleWanted woman turns herself in
The Jamaican woman who was the subject of a police wanted bulletin last week has turned herself in. Lawmen say 25-year-old Kerreon Kelly surrendered to the Oistins Police Station yesterday. She is...
View ArticleWanted woman charged
Kerreon Kelly has been charged with committing serious bodily harm. The wanted woman who surrendered to police on Monday has been charged in connection with an attack on another woman who is now...
View ArticlePostman and alleged accomplice charged with fraud
Police have charged a postman for stealing several pension cheques between December 2014 and this month, as well as the woman who allegedly cashed them. Dwayne Omar Brathwaite, 30, of Eckstein Village,...
View ArticleShaken and angry
A robbery in a section of the National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) car park last night has left over a dozen members of the Barbados Ball Hockey League, mostly Canadians, shaken and angry. Around 11:30...
View ArticleUPDATE: Murdered man identified
The man who was killed in Westbury Road, St Michael this morning has been identified as 25-year-old Shamir Nicholas. Barbados TODAY has learnt that the Haynesville, St James resident was at 9th Avenue,...
View ArticleMother collapses after learning of son’s death
Shamir Nicholas The family of 25-year-old Shamir Nicholas remains in shock following his suspected murder earlier today. The mother of the man, who was gunned down at around 3 this morning in...
View ArticlePostman and alleged accomplice remanded
Dwayne Omar Brathwaite A postman and his alleged accomplice, who are accused of stealing and cashing pension cheques between last December and this month, have been remanded until February 20. Dwayne...
View ArticleScotiabank robbed
Police are hunting for a man who robbed Scotiabank in Black Rock, St Michael this morning, leaving customers shaken and forcing the early closure of the financial institution. Lawmen have appealed for...
View ArticleMan charged with several burglaries
Police have caught a man who was wanted for several burglaries. Matthew Renaldo Boyce, 27, of no fixed place of abode, is expected to appear in court today on four counts of burglary, one count of...
View ArticleShooting and attempted robbery in Bayville
Lawmen are investigating a shooting and attempted robbery at a minimart in Bayville last night. They say two masked men, armed with guns, entered the Bayville Minimart at St Paul’s Avenue, Bayville, St...
View ArticlePolice need help in shooting probe
Police need help getting to the bottom of the fatal shooting of Shamir Nicholas over the weekend. Nicholas, of Haynesville Housing Area, St James was shot multiple times and his body found at Hawkins...
View ArticlePoliceman, brother and businessman remanded
Special Constable Jimmy Thorne, 37, of Coach Hill, St John, his younger brother Jamal Andre Thorne, 32, of Cherry Grove, St John and businessman Ross Ashton, 37, have been remanded to prison for a...
View ArticleGuyanese remanded
A 36-year-old Guyanese man has been remanded to prison after appearing in court on four drug-related charges. Troy Anthony Erskine is facing the charges of possession of cocaine, possession with intent...
View ArticleMen charged for fishing for sea eggs
Two St John men, who were caught by law enforcement officers with bags containing 368 sea eggs, have been charged. Erskine Adolphus Pollard, 54, and David Orlando Bennett, 43, of Bath Land are due to...
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