ARRESTS
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – OVER the past couple of weeks, scores of individuals were arrested and charged with criminal offences ranging from bestiality to causing malicious damage.
A 15-year-old Taylor’s Housing Project resident was arrested and charged for “unlawful carnal knowledge”, an offence he allegedly committed on December 29, 2008.
Buckley’s Estate resident Tandra Fyfield was charged with one count of “possession of cannabis with intent to supply” while Government Road resident Joseph Williams was arrested and charged with “possession of cannabis”. The incidents are unrelated.
William Gift of The Alley in Sandy Point was arrested and charged with the offence of “bestiality” which, according to police, took place on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) last year.
Three females, Kim Jeffers of Roxborough Street, Iesha Sutton of Mc Knight and Joycelyn Hazel of Camps Village were charged with the offence of “disorderly conduct by fighting”.
“Obstruction”, “resisting arrest” and “battery on police” were the offences with which Shawn Mills of Ponds Pasture was charged.
In unrelated incidents, Trevor Mulraine of Cole Hill, Nevis and Wilkin Lorenzo Dias of Craddock Road, Nevis were arrested and charged with one count of “larceny” and “building breaking and larceny” respectively.
“Malicious damage” was the offence with which Basseterre resident Cyril Brookes was charged.
COURT CONVICTIONS
Despite reports of persons being sentenced to serve jail time as comeuppance for their crimes, others still seem to be taking their changes with breaking the law and are finding themselves behind bars.
Wilkin Lorenzo Dias, a native of the Dominican Republic who resides at Craddock Road, Nevis, appeared before one of the Federation’s Magistrate courts on two counts of “larceny” and was sentenced to six months imprisonment on each count. The sentences are to run consecutively.
Also, by order of the court, after he would have completed serving his sentence, Dias is to be deported to his native land.
For his part in a “building breaking and larceny” offence which was committed on January 19, 2009, a 16-year-old of the Basseterre area was sentenced to serve six months at Her Majesty’s Prison.
A 14-year-old, who was found to be “beyond care and control”, was taken before the District “A” Magistrate’s Court in Basseterre and had a number of strict restrictions placed on him.
He is to attend counselling, observe a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew, refrain from being found in the company of undesirables and not to be found in the Half Way Tree area.
Because of his conviction of “building breaking and larceny”, a Newtown 14-year-old was placed on a two-year probationary period in the sum of $1 500. By order of the court, the juvenile is to observe a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew for a three-month period and is not to be found in the company of undesirables.
He is also to attend school programmes, continue active membership of the Police Boys Club and is to attend counselling.
For committing a “wounding” offence, Akeem Francis of Sandown Road, Newtown and New Road Housing Project resident Hami Lake were convicted and placed on a $1 000 two-year bond and to stay 100 feet or more from the complainant.
At the District “C” Magistrate’s Court, Oniel Doyling was convicted of “possession of marijuana”. He has three months to produce the $1 000 fine he was ordered to pay. Failure to do so would result in him having to serve a six-month prison sentence.
Cotton Ground, Nevis resident Eston Leader was fined $1 000 as punishment for having marijuana in his possession. The sum is to be paid within three months or, in default, serve three months imprisonment.
A $900 fine was imposed on Rodney Estridge of Tabernacle for his part in a “wounding” offence which took place on October 17, 2008. He has three months to pay the fine or serve one month imprisonment.
