Crime

Calvin Reid, Raymond Reid, and Leron Blaize were today remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for three armed robbery charges. The first charge read that on March 24 last year at Arrow Mountaintop in the Cuyuni River, armed with a gun, they robbed Carlotta Harris of one yellow metal chain valued $50,000; a yellow metal ring valued $40,000; a yellow ...

Timothy St Hill, a local taxi driver from Diamond Housing Scheme, was today fined $15,000 or two weeks in prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The charge against St Hill read between January 15, and January 16, 2017, he did not present himself to an immigration officer when he entered Guyana through Springlands, Berbice. Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers said St ...

Four spanish-speaking women today came before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where they were charged for a number of immigration offenses. The women were first picked up during a recent raid on the popular Rio Nightclub in Queenstown, Georgetown. That night club has been subjected to many raids, and was once shut down officially, but later reopened its doors. The first ...

Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery committed on a man and his wife at West Coast Demerara, police said. Excavator operator, 24-year old  Hanson Forde and his 40-year old mother, Dawn Martin, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara told police that at about 8:20 Tuesday night four men, including two armed with handguns, invaded ...

City Magistrate Renita Singh today sentenced 41-year-old truck driver Greg Stewart to three years imprisonment for causing the death of 19-year-old Dustin Crawford in July 2015. The July 2015 hit-and-run occurred along the Flour Mill Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara. Stewart was also found guilty of failing to stop at the time of the accident, and also ...

A homeless man, Mark Angus, was today remanded to prison by city magistrate Leron Daly when he answered to the charge of breaking and entering a Bourda Market stall, and stealing some $863,000 in groceries. The charge read against the homeless man was that between January 15 and January 16, 2016, he broke and entered the stall of Nadia Persaud, ...

Deon Griffith of North East La Penitence today came before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to a Charge that on July 3rd last year at Kitty Railway, he stole some $16M in aeroplane parts from Trisha Persaud. Griffith, 40 years, made a passionate plea to be granted bail in the court, saying he is the breadwinner for his family. ...

62 year old Dennis Jones today came before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where he was remanded until February 14 on kne charge of illegal possession of 10 kg of cocaine, and another charge of forging a national ID card. Jones, of South Ruimveldt Park, also answered for the charge that between. September 1 to September 30 last year, he forged ...

Anti-narcotics police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at 5:30 Tuesday morning arrested a female outgoing passenger who was on a flight to Toronto, Canada.   She was arrested after four parcels of what is suspected to be cocaine was found in her suitcase. “The substance was weighed and amounted to 4.178 kilograms, she is currently in custody assisting with ...

A 15 year old fisher was Monday arraigned for the alleged rape of 14-year old female school drop-out and he was granted GYD$100,000 bail. Guyanese laws prohibit the release of the names of persons allegedly involved in sexual offences in an effort to conceal the identity of the victim. In this case, both parties are also minors. Police said the ...