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Mum gets $10,000 bail
The St Michael mother accused of harbouring two daughters who were wanted by police, was released today on $10,000 bail when she reappeared in court after spending the past two nights on remand. When...
View ArticleMan charged in connection with three-year-old drug seizure
A 51-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences related to a 2012 drug seizure. Members of the Drug Squad have charged Steel Bender, Gregory Rudolph Grandison, of Proute Hill, St Thomas...
View ArticleTwo remanded for Kadooment Day stabbing
Two men from Codrington Hill, St Michael, have been remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District A Magistrates Court on charges of wounding with intent, in relation to the stabbing of Arnold...
View ArticleGuyanese national on drugs charges
A 27-year-old Guyanese woman was charged with four drugs-related offences after she was arrested on her arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport on Wednesday. Tomika Onessa Gonsalves was...
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Teacher shot dead
A primary school teacher died tonight at Bedford Lane, Bush Hall, St Michael following a shooting, which left one other man injured. The scene in Bedford Lane, Bush Hall, St Michael. Dwight Holder died...
View ArticleGuard collapses and dies
Police are investigating the sudden death of a security guard at the Ernst & Young Building located on Bay Street, St Michael. Barbados TODAY has been reliably informed that the deceased male was...
View ArticleDrug bust
Two men are in custody after police seized over 400 pounds of cannabis off Paradise Beach, St Michael. The drug bust occurred this morning after lawmen intercepted a fishing boat about half a mile from...
View ArticleUpdate – Guard collapses and dies
Police have identified the security guard who collapsed and died while on the job this morning. He is 51-year-old Edward Worrell of Apes Hill, St James. Worrell was working at Yucca Limited in the...
View ArticleJamaican charged for drugs
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time behind bars after pleading guilty to drug charges. Richard Clive Sewell, 46, was sentenced to 18 months each for trafficking and importation of seven...
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Too many guns
A study into gang violence commissioned by Government has confirmed a rise in the number of gangs operating here. While the study is yet to be completed, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite told...
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Forde calls for gun amnesty
Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia Forde today called for a general gun pardon, strategic police searches, and a witness protection system as part of measures to tackle rising crime. Speaking...
View ArticleSt Michael woman charged
A St Michael woman will appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today charged with the illegal possession of a submachine gun. Shakira Nikita Mascoll, 26, of Ashby Alley, Nelson Street was...
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Charged
Eight days after primary school teacher Dwight Holder was gunned down while visiting relatives at Bedford Lane, Bush Hall, St Michael, six men are set to face the law courts tomorrow on charges in...
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Sisters to be sentenced Tuesday
Two sisters who broke into their aunt’s home and stole several items from her will be sentenced next Tuesday. They were further remanded after reappearing in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today. Two...
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Murder accused remanded
The six men accused of murdering Dwight Holder on August 6 have been remanded to HMP Dodds until September 11. The six are Rasheed Jabar Gittens, 20 and Akeem Adrian Gittens, 19, both of Belleview...
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Murder accused warned after alleged threat
Murder accused, Rasheed Gittens, was hauled over the coals by Magistrate Douglas Frederick earlier this morning, after a policeman who was sitting toward the back of the courtroom said the accused had...
View ArticleTeens in gas pump scam
Pre-sentencing reports were ordered on two teenagers who confessed to the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today that they were involved in a gas pump scam. Jamal Kemar Greene 19, of Redman Village, St....
View ArticleShooting victim formally identified
The man who was shot in Bottom Close, Wildey, St. Michael last Friday and died a day later at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been formally identified. Family members today identified Kemar Leacock,...
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Businesses concerned about rising crime
In light of the recent increase in overall crime on the island, private sector officials have expressed “a high level of concern”, and have called for more focus on economic growth strategies in order...
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Gun crazy
Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith has said that persons charged with protecting the island’s borders may be assisting with the smuggling of illegal guns into the country, either wittingly...
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