BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – TWO men are in police custody charged with the kidnapping of Gilda Rawlins-Vaughan and two others are in remand at Her Majesty’s Prison for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Speaking with the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with Responsibility for Crime, Ian Queeley, SKNVibes was told this afternoon (Nov. 2) that Clayton ‘Yellow’ Laws of Nevis Street, Basseterre and Jahnana ‘Sky Juice’ Walters of Parsons Village were recently charged with the kidnapping of Rawlins-Vaughan.
The ACP also said that the two men, who were subdued and arrested in the unoccupied house within which Rawlins-Vaughan was held captive, were charged with possession of firearms and ammunition and were remanded to prison.
“The two men found in the house, Jermaine Riley of Soho and Ali Percival of Cardin Avenue, were remanded to Her majesty’s Prison and will also be charged in connection with the kidnapping incident,” Queeley said.
He added that investigations are ongoing and another suspect is being sought.
On request for photographs of the four men, ACP Queeley indicated that the Force’s Public Relations Officer would soon have them disseminated to the various media houses.
On the morning of Friday (Oct. 28), two men had entered the Sea View Housing home of Larry Vaughan and his wife Gilda and removed them from the premises. And at about 5:30 a.m. the husband was release on the Kim Collins Highway.
Information reaching SKNVibes on the morning of the incident indicated that criminals had kidnapped the Vaughans and demanded that the husband go to the CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank where he is employed and return with an undisclosed sum of money before his wife would be released.
However, at approximately 3:15 a.m. on the following day, a joint operation, which comprised members of the Delta Squad, Strategic Intelligence Unit, Criminal Investigations Department and the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force, was launched at an unoccupied house at the junction of East Park Range and Park Street and the kidnapped victim was rescued.
She was immediately taken to the Joseph N. France General Hospital, where she was medically examined and later released.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Stafford Liburd noted in a release that during the operation, members of the security forces subdued Riley and Percival who were in the house with the victim.
He also noted that three firearms and more than 70 rounds of assorted ammunition were found in the house.
