Crime

The United States and Guyana on Friday night said their security cooperation was on a firm footing in going after fugitives from justice in each other’s jurisdiction and fighting narco-trafficking. Outgoing American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch remarked that security was a constant effort that has led to a number of people being  sent back to face the justice system. ...

Convicted mass murderer Mark Royden Durant also known as Royden Williams, and “Smallie’ escaped while being escorted back from a visit, with the aid of heavily armed accomplices in a speedboat at Mazaruni Prison around 2:30 PM Friday, the Home Affairs Ministry said. The escort party was fired upon with AK-47 automatic rifles from the boat alongside the Mazaruni River ...

The region-wide leak of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics examination paper 2 originated at an examination centre in Jamaica before that exam on Wednesday, but an amended version of that exam would go ahead,  Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Wayne Wesley said Friday. “The security measures, which CXC has put in place, has led to ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been evicted once again from the building in Lethem, Rupununi that had housed its office for 43 years but party leader said action would be taken against government for trespassing. “The government has been using f0rce. I think they went into the building while people weren’t there and they have occupied it. We ...

The Joint Services have begun preparing for Guyana’s Local Government Elections (LGE) scheduled for June 12, 2023, and the public should not be alarmed, police said Wednesday. “Members of the public are hereby advised not to be alarmed by an increased Joint Services presence throughout the region,” the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. That civilian law enforcement agency ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Wednesday issued wanted bulletins for a man and a woman to assist with a money laundering investigation. They are 39-year old Riaz Ally and 29-year old Jennifer Maria Ally nee Ramnarine both of Lot 9 Block CC, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. No details of the allegations of money laundering ...

An American man wanted for sexually assaulting a child in the State of Colorado was arrested in Guyana and has waived his right to fight extradition back to his homeland, authorities said Saturday. Bobby Allen Stark, 52, was arrested on Friday in the vicinity of Movietowne, Greater Georgetown, a high-ranking police officer said. US federal agents were expected to arrive ...

Police were Thursday investigating a complaint by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh about reported threat based on remarks allegedly made by opposition APNU parliamentarian Coretta Mc Donald, a senior police officer said. Investigators were Thursday preparing to question the lawmaker about the remarks she allegedly made on May 9, 2023 outside GECOM’s headquarters. ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Thursday recommended that a 24-year old man be charged with the murder of prominent Guyanese teacher and actor, Kerwyn Mars alias known ‘Sir Mars’, a senior police officer said. “The DPP advised that the suspect Brian Richards be charged with murder committed on Kerwyn Mars,” police said. Richards,  of John Fernandes Squatting Area, ...

The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday identified the 24-year old man who has admitted to killing prominent secondary school teacher and actor Kerwyn Mars alias Sir Mars, even as a post mortem shows his chest was crushed and he was stabbed numerous times. The civilian law enforcement agency named the suspect as Brian Richards of John Fernandes Limited Squatting Area, ...