Theft spree
A 41-year-old man will know in the next three weeks what punishment he will face for carrying out nine thefts earlier this year. Tuesday morning, Magistrate Douglas Frederick remanded Ricardo Anderson...
View ArticleWoman on assault charge
A St Michael woman was granted bail Tuesday on a charge of assault. When she appeared in court Tuesday morning, Aquilla Vanessa Ricanda Charles, of #17 Evelyn’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael was not...
View ArticleMason punished for receiving stolen toolkit
A mason will have to find time in between carrying out his trade for payment to complete 120 hours of community service. Magistrate Douglas Frederick Tuesday handed down the order on Clairmonte Dacosta...
View ArticleTraffic offences cost mechanic
A 51-year-old mechanic had to part with $700 Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to several traffic offences. Alwim Evan Graig, of Belmont Road, St Michael admitted to unlawfully driving a car on...
View ArticleWaithe warned to stay away from woman
A general worker has not only been warned to stay away from a woman he hurt, but he must also be on his best behaviour for at least the next six months. Caleb Nathaniel Waithe, 24, of Small Land,...
View ArticleFor the pain
Peter Dacosta Fields told a Bridgetown magistrate that the marijuana police found in his home Tuesday wasn’t intended for sale, only to help him manage the pain he has been dealing with ever since...
View ArticleLewis awaits sentencing for theft
A Christ Church man who is currently housed at HMP Dodds Wednesday pleaded guilty to three offences committed in 2015. Ramorio Shane Lewis, of #89 Hillside in Gall Hill admitted to stealing three...
View ArticleAbusive men
Pregnant women in Barbados are increasingly being abused by their partners, who set out to inflict as much injury as possible to both mother and unborn child, according to a recent survey. The European...
View ArticleSealy remanded on burglary charge
A bail application made by a 44-year-old tree trimmer in a Bridgetown Court was not persuasive enough to gain him his freedom. Carl Sheldon Matthew Sealy of Nurse Land, Waterford, St Michael was not...
View ArticleStill no bail for youth who allegedly robbed tourists
A Bridgetown magistrate Wednesday said it was still too soon to grant bail to a 22-year-old man accused of robbing tourists earlier this year, even under restrictive conditions. Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleLeave her alone!
Jamel Hackett’s former girlfriend broke down in tears in a Bridgetown court Thursday as she told a magistrate of being harassed by a man she wanted nothing more to do with. “I don’t want he, I don’t...
View ArticlePhone theft lands Alleyne behind bars
A 23-year-old who is known to the law courts was remanded to HMP Dodds Wednesday after pleading guilty to theft. Kishman Shaquille Alleyne of #2 Whitehall, St Michael admitted before Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleNo bail for Lewis
A young St Michael man lost his freedom Thursday morning when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on two serious charges. Raheem Jaque Lewis, 23, of 8th Avenue, New Orleans is accused of...
View ArticleGreen set free
High Court judge Randall Worrell Friday ordered the release of a 46-year-old Guyanese man who had been serving a 15-year sentence for drugs. And the man’s lawyer has indicated he will be suing the...
View ArticleFields admits he needs help
After admitting Thursday that he needed help, James Ricardo Alexander Fields was transferred from HMP Dodds to the Psychiatric Hospital for assessment. The 26-year-old resident of Bank Hall Main Road,...
View ArticleTeen remanded for his own protection
Prosecutor Station Sergeant Neville Reid Friday successfully argued for an 18-year-old accused of shooting at another man to be remanded to prison. As a result, Kriskoff Reddonie Temar Puckerin of...
View ArticleFatal offense
He spent 51 months on remand charged with a capital offence and was only granted bail in February of this year. Tuesday, however, Ian Anderson Parke of Belair, St Philip lost his freedom again after...
View ArticleWeed whacker thief to pay back business
Magistrate Elwood Watts Tuesday ruled that a man who admitted to stealing a weed whacker from a local business must reimburse the company if he wants to avoid some jail time. Ryan O’neal Little, of...
View Article‘Stalker’ remanded to prison
A 32-year-old deliveryman was remanded to HMP Dodds pending sentencing Tuesday, hours after he trespassed on his ex-lover’s home. Alberto Montebreen Hinds, of Phillip Road, St Stephen’s Hill, St...
View ArticleTwo injured in shooting at Eden Lodge
Two men have been left nursing gunshot wounds, following a shooting incident which occurred at Middle Lane, Eden Lodge, St Michael sometime after 7 p.m. Tuesday. The victims are 43-year-old Shawn Payne...
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