Police ready for troublemakers during Crop Over
Police leave will be cancelled and the Barbados Defence Force is being roped in as part of efforts by the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) to quash any attempts by troublemakers to create disorder at...
View ArticleJordan jailed for stealing two deodorants
Richard DaCosta Jordan began a three-month jail term Thursday afternoon, after failing to pay an $800 forthwith fine. The fine was imposed by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant after Jordan admitted...
View ArticleSerial crook gets four years behind bars
A 50-year-old man with 59 previous convictions, including 54 for theft, was sentenced to four years in jail Friday for stealing. Robert Neblett of 2nd Avenue, Thomas Gap, President Kennedy Drive, St...
View ArticleFarley gets two years for stealing a television
A 21-year-old man, who pleaded guilty in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court to stealing a television set, was Friday sentenced to two years in jail by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. However, the...
View ArticleTrio released on bail
Three people charged in connection with more than $100,000 in fraud were released on bail Friday by District ‘A’ Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. However, the trio was ordered to re-appear in court...
View ArticleWoman with multiple IDs sent to mental hospital
A convicted shoplifter, who is also at the centre of an immigration probe into multiple identities and nationalities, was Friday sent to the Psychiatric Hospital, Black Rock, St Michael for review and...
View ArticleCase cracked
Ralph Desmond Prince confessed to stealing a 50-pound bag of nuts over the weekend but the 63-year-old was not required to plead to a second charge of causing serious bodily harm to Cheryl Howell on...
View ArticleBlame the Dees
A “more brazen” criminal element that feels “more powerful than the police” has infiltrated the Barbadian society and is tearing it apart, according to former Attorney General and Opposition legislator...
View ArticleThree granted bail for separate offences
Three people were each granted bail Monday on separate offences when they appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court No 2. Andrew Henry Mark Anthony...
View ArticleBrathwaite all for mercy killings
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite believes mercy killings should be an option for persons who are terminally ill in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. Speaking at a workshop on Strategy for...
View ArticleTattoo man held for Silver Hill shooting death
A Christ Church man has been charged in connection with the recent shooting of Greg Trotman. Trotman, 29, formerly of Briar Hill in the same parish, was reportedly shot days ago while riding a...
View ArticleTeen caught with gun and cannabis
A teenager has been remanded to prison after appearing in a Bridgetown Court on a gun charge this morning. Kyle Greg Browne, 19, of Sturges, St Thomas was not required to plead to the indictable...
View ArticleWanted man
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 21-year-old man, who is being sought in connection with a number of serious criminal matters. Wanted is Romario Darren Lashley, alias ‘Bar’, of...
View ArticleCops continue to DARE youth
Law enforcement officials here continue their fight against illicit drugs by working through young people. Twelve new officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) have joined the youth drug...
View ArticleBarbados linked to major UK drug bust
Barbados has been linked to a recent multi-million dollar cocaine bust at the United Kingdom’s Gatwick International Airport. The Express daily newspaper of the UK is also reporting that so far, a...
View ArticleLiquid cocaine found in Thompson’s home
Police have arrested and charged 51-year-old Larrie Chesterfield Thompson of Risk Road, Fitts Village, St. James with three drug offences. They are possession of cocaine, trafficking cocaine and...
View ArticleWanted man shot and killed
The search by police for wanted man Romario Lashley has ended in his shooting death. Lashley, who allegedly shot 35-year-old police officer Shane Newton of Foul Bay, St Philip on July 9, has been on...
View ArticleShot down
Mere hours before he was to surrender to lawmen in the company of his lawyer Andrew Pilgrim, QC, wanted man Romario Lashley was shot and killed by police this afternoon. Lashley, 20, of Downes Gap,...
View ArticleRescue mission
The Freundel Stuart administration has embarked on a major project aimed at rescuing the island’s youth from a life of crime and violence. Minister of Youth Stephen Lashley announced on Monday the...
View ArticleNo idle threat!
A 28-year-old man was today issued with a stern warning after he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court charged with using threatening words to a woman. Jason Oneal Brathwaite of Pipers...
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