Police/Court Round Up

By Terresa McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com

~~Adz:Right~~BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – SEVEN persons were arrested over the last couple of days and are scheduled to appear before one of the Federation’s court shortly to answer to their charge.

Government Road, Nevis resident Glenville Fahie was arrested and charged with one count of resisting arrest and one count of battery on police while Craddock Road residents Jason Wallen and Ronald King were arrested and charged with one count of obstruction.

Obstruction, resisting arrest and battery on police are the charges preferred against Marlon Mills of Lime Kiln. The offences, according to police, were committed on January 1, 2009.

Lower Monkey Hill inhabitant Beulah Patricia Byron was arrested on December 29, 2008 and charged with one count of being armed with an offensive weapon.

On Monday, January 5, 2009, Upper Monkey Hill resident Denzil Edwards was arrested and charged with a December 18, 2008 offence of possession of cannabis.

Dexter Small of Market Alley, Lower Cayon was arrested and charged for a January 5, 2009 offence of larceny, while Christopher Cross of Prospect, Nevis was also arrested and charged with one count of larceny. However, the two incidents are unrelated.
 

COURT CONVICTIONS

Among the sentences recently handed down at the Federation’s Court was the imprisonment of a Newton Ground resident convicted of making use of insulting language.

Newton Ground resident Amos McIntosh was taken before the District “A” Magistrate Court on Monday, January 5 2009 on the said charge and was convicted and sentenced to spend one month imprisonment at her Majesty’s Prison. The offence was committed on November 9, 2008 against Sherlyn Edmeade-Caines. 

A police press release informs that the man was “also placed on a two-year bond, during which time he is to keep at least 200 feet away from the complainant and was also ordered not to interfere with her”. 

After being convicted of possession of cannabis, Nathaniel Thompson and Granville Dore of Cayon were each fined $2 500. The fine is to be paid within two months or a three-month prison sentence would be imposed on them.

Upper Market Street resident Natasha Jarvis was convicted of possession of cannabis and fined $800 which is to be paid within one month. Failure to do so would result in the imposition of a one-month custodial sentence.

A $500 fine was imposed on Lower Shadwell Housing Project resident Rudolph Jacobs after he was convicted of a wounding offence.