Crime

Police said a former employee of Kaieteur News newspaper, who was arrested in connection with a more than GY$6 million armed robbery at his former workplace, gave his child-mother part of the loot and told her that it was a Superbet winning. Investigators said they were able to corroborate the story with the woman, Lorilee Garraway, who subsequently handed over ...

A woman on Monday stabbed to death her abusive common-law husband after he slashed her with a knife  while she began packing up her belongings to move out, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 40-year old Michael Wilson of Lot 109 Sideline Dam, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara where the incident occurred at about 8:15 AM. Police said the 30-year ...

Light traffic is expected across the Demerara Harbour Bridge from late Monday night, the General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Wayne Watson said on Sunday. “We are battling to make it happen late Monday night into Tuesday morning,” he said. Light traffic is categorised as cars, minibuses, canter trucks, cycles and motorcycles. He restated that no laden or unladen ...

A 14-year-old girl, who says a woman was taking her into a gold mining area to sell alcohol, has been rescued and handed over to the Child Care and Protection Agency. Police are treating the offence as Trafficking In Persons. The woman, who was arrested at the Bartica Ferry Stelling, also remains in custody. Police say they found almost 500 ...

A 35-year-old man of Tabatinga, Central Rupununi, has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of more than 8 kilogrammes of marijuana and more than 1 kilogramme of cocaine. Police say early Thursday morning, they intercepted the vehicle that the unemployed man was driving. Also in the vehicle were a woman and their nine-month-old son. Investigators say a search unearthed ...

Two men have been charged with robbing a Guyana Defence Force soldier of several items. Police say that among the items stolen from Private Marlon Reynolds was a motorcycle that belongs to the GDF. Those charged are 32-year-old Junior Jordan, a labourer of Non-Pariel Street, Albouystown and 18-year-old Brandon Robinson of Hunter Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. They were not required to ...

Reproduced from the New York Post What would you do if you won the lottery? A Staten Island Powerball winner, one who struck a $245.6 million jackpot in 2018, has just shelled out $4 million for a home in Westchester — some $305,000 over its asking price — Gimme Shelter has learned. The buyer is Nandlall Mangal, a Guyanese-born carpenter, who bought a ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday accused the government of attempting to silence New York-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke with trumped up allegations of extortion. “The PPP (People’s Progressive Party) , therefore, is waging a campaign to silence him through acts of harassment, intimidation, and character assassination,” the APNU+AFC said in a statement. ...

Well-known New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke is wanted by Guyanese police for questioning about his alleged role in the publication of defamatory libel in order to extort money, according to a bulletin issued late Thursday hours after he released a statement and a recording of part of a conversation purportedly with a businessman. Police said Mr Burke allegedly ...

Two media workers, who police have accused of defamatory libel, were Tuesday charged and and granted GY$100,000 bail each, police said. Alex Wayne,49, of Huntley village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara and 41-year old Marlon Gary Eleazar of 159 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Georgetown were charged jointly on September 27, 2022 with two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony contrary ...