Wild fire
Fifty-eight-year-old Harriett Stuart is counting her lucky stars after she came close to being hit by stray bullets Tuesday night. Stuart of 9th Avenue New Orleans was lying in her bed around 9:30 p.m....
View ArticleMan denies threatening shopkeeper
A 55-year-old man has denied using threatening words towards a shopkeeper on Monday. Irvine Ricardo Rohan Sands of 1st Avenue Holders Land, Brandons, St Michael went before Magistrate Kristie...
View ArticleBishop: Gun crimes will hurt economy
Barbados will pay a steep economic price unless the authorities and community leaders act swiftly to eradicate the “cancer” of crime and violence linked to illegal guns on the streets, one church...
View ArticleMan on cocaine charges here likely linked to UK bust
The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) has all but confirmed that a St James man who appeared before a magistrate yesterday on narcotics charges was linked to a multi-million dollar cocaine find in the...
View ArticleWarrant of arrest issued for Robinson
A warrant of arrest was issued Wednesday for one of the four men accused of robbing businessman Elvis Graham and patrons at his establishment last June. When the case came up for hearing before...
View ArticleMan steals plant pot from Gittens’ home
A 64-year-old man of no fixed place of abode Wednesday admitted to stealing a plant pot from Everton Gittens’ home sometime between July 22 and 23. Stephen Earl Brathwaite pleaded guilty to the charge...
View ArticleDurant warns of hitmen
Government Senator David Durant has made an impassioned appeal to the young people of Barbados to put away the guns and stop abusing illicit drugs. Durant, Senior Pastor at the Restoration Ministries...
View ArticleRape accused gets bail
Dave Anderson Codrington was not required to plead to an indictable offence of raping a woman on July 23. The unemployed man, who resides at Bannister Land, Martindales Road, St Michael, appeared...
View ArticleJustice system broken
Contending that the justice system has “collapsed”, an Opposition legislator is calling for a “radical” revamp in order to make it more efficient. “Our justice system in Barbados has collapsed. We are...
View ArticleNot guilty
A New Orleans, St Michael man today avoided spending time on remand at HMP Dodds after the prosecution said it had no objection to bail for the 28-year-old. Jamal Omar Hackett went before the...
View ArticleDeen to pay for damaging ZR van
The man who Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale advised earlier this week to drink Plus “if you know you can’t hold your liquor,” has been sentenced. Alltap Deen, a carpenter from No 1 Welches, Christ...
View ArticleMascoll jailed for breaching bond
Thirty-eight-year-old Marston Owen Mascoll was jailed for one month Thursday for breaching a three-month bond imposed on him last month. Magistrate Douglas Frederick had ordered Mascoll to keep the...
View ArticleHousekeeper charged
Housekeeper Nyree Crystal Cassandra Lewis was today granted $10,000 bail after she appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on the charge of assisting an offender. The 33-year-old Lewis has...
View ArticleSerial offender remanded on ganja charge
A young unemployed man from Valley, St George will have to spend a month in jail before he gets to know his fate. Akil Omari Tobiere was today remanded to HMP Dodds by Magistrate Douglas Frederick when...
View ArticleIt’s murder
A Christ Church man who was charged last month with serious bodily harm has had the charge upgraded. Omar Leron Haynes, 29, of Green Hill Drive, Silver Hill had appeared before the Oistins Magistrate...
View ArticleMagisterial bench changes
Two changes have been made on the magisterial bench over the past few days. Magistrate Douglas Frederick is now Acting Chief Magistrate while Christopher Birch is on holiday. Frederick continues to sit...
View ArticleYouth remanded on theft charges
A 22-year-old Christ Church man, already facing an indecent assault charge, will spend the remainder of the month on remand at HMP Dodds awaiting his day in court on theft charges. Sean Lenny Randy...
View ArticleRum and turkey ham thief sent to jail
The man who broke into a woman’s home twice in one month has been sentenced to a year in prison on each count. Roy Anthony Harewood admitted to the Oistins Magistrate Court last month that he was the...
View ArticleBurglar ‘miss and brek’ into shop
It was not Christopher Stephen Licorish’s intention but he “miss” and ended up breaking and entering a shop in Oistins. Licorish, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the...
View ArticleUWI student pleads guilty to drug charges
A University the West Indies student pleaded guilty to four drug charges when he appeared before a Bridgetown court earlier Thursdsay. Shaquille Curtly-Ryan Callender of #50 Serenity Hill, Kendal, St...
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