Mitwah posted:The 21-year-old suspect, who resides at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, is said to be cooperating with investigators.
This 21 year old is a product of the 23 years PPP/C Administration.
Are you a product of 23 years of PPP???
Let us keep this thread clean boys, this is not the dumping ground for slop can carriers. This is a crime tracker, let us keep it for criminal activities only.
Yeh dammit, you guys should know by now this thread is only for slopcan connoisseurs.
Drugb posted:Let us keep this thread clean boys, this is not the dumping ground for slop can carriers. This is a crime tracker, let us keep it for criminal activities only.
You are a jackass.
Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Perhaps, the Community Police Group is far more efficient than members of the Guyana Police Force.
Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
According to police, around 21:15hrs, the victim was proceeding south along the Mon Repos School Road, when he was pounced upon by the driver of a motor car, PRR 1787, who placed a knife to his neck.
The man was forced into the back seat of the car where two male suspects relieved him of his footwear, silver jewellery, mobile phone and other items.
Police said that the robbers then pushed the man out of the vehicle which sped away.
It was reported that while the bandits were making their escape, their vehicle came into contact with another vehicle causing minor damage. However, the robbers failed to stop.
The owner of the damaged vehicle summoned a Community Policing Group (CPG) patrol which responded promptly and intercepted the car and its driver in a nearby village, minus the two accomplices.
According to police, the driver was arrested and escorted to the Beterverwagting Police Station along with his vehicle by the CPG members.
The robbery victim who was there to make a report, positively identified the driver and the vehicle as being the one used in the crime.
Police said that a search of the vehicle unearthed a knife fitting the description of the one used to rob the victim.
The 21-year-old suspect, who resides at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, is said to be cooperating with investigators.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.
âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Good work by the CPG. Now if the GPF can do the same.
Demerara_Guy posted:Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Perhaps, the Community Police Group is far more efficient than members of the Guyana Police Force.
Certainly does seem that way. I wonder what power these CPGs have and whether they are trained and armed.
Demerara_Guy posted:Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Perhaps, the Community Police Group is far more efficient than members of the Guyana Police Force.
well its about time guyanese help to protect themselves and crime like this happen in north america
GTAngler posted:Demerara_Guy posted:Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Perhaps, the Community Police Group is far more efficient than members of the Guyana Police Force.
Certainly does seem that way. I wonder what power these CPGs have and whether they are trained and armed.
Powers to arrest and hold the individuals until the police arrive.
It appears from reports that CPGs are volunteers with an interest in this matter. Unsure of the level of training they do receive.
Demerara_Guy posted:GTAngler posted:Demerara_Guy posted:Drugb posted:Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots
Jun 23, 2017 News 0 Comments
He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kidâs mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive Nike Air-Max shoes.
That is exactly what happened Wednesday night to the victim, who was abducted, robbed and then pushed out of a car.
The police lauded the efforts of the CPG members.âThe Guyana Police Force wishes to recognise the swift and professional approach by the members of the Community Police Group, in apprehending and handing over the suspect and vehicle to the police.â
Perhaps, the Community Police Group is far more efficient than members of the Guyana Police Force.
Certainly does seem that way. I wonder what power these CPGs have and whether they are trained and armed.
Powers to arrest and hold the individuals until the police arrive.
It appears from reports that CPGs are volunteers with an interest in this matter. Unsure of the level of training they do receive.
Well, if the GPF is spread too thinly maybe these people should be given some sort of training and at the very least some kind of protection like bulletproof vests and maybe nonlethal weapons like tasers and teargas.
GTAngler posted:Well, if the GPF is spread too thinly maybe these people should be given some sort of training and at the very least some kind of protection like bulletproof vests and maybe nonlethal weapons like tasers and teargas.
Unsure of the equipment and protection they receive.
Agree on formal training and to have protective gears.
This is a great day for Guyana when all I have to report is baby formula shop lifting. On the other hand it demonstrates how desperate the common person has become under jackass Granger's hard guava season when they have to resort to stealing baby formula.
ONE of two alleged serial shoplifters is in police custody, while the other is being pursued following an incident at GST #3 Supermarket, located at Annandale Market Road, East Coast Demerara, on Thursday night.
The business, formerly Pepsi Supermarket is managed by a Chinese couple who was able to fight off the shoplifters, who fled and left behind the motorcar they arrived in on Thursday night.
Commander of âCâ Division Calvin Brutus told the Guyana Chronicle that they are trying to ascertain in whose name the car PTT 8249, a brown Premio is registered to and as such it is lodged with the police.
However, the Guyana Chronicle understands that the car is registered to one Joycelyn Laurie of Laing Avenue, Georgetown. Brutus also confirmed that one of the three alleged thieves is in custody and efforts are being made to apprehend the others, including a woman.
Brutus related that the alleged shoplifter in custody has been identified as Robert Beckles of 45 Victory Valley, Linden, who is out on bail for robbery under arms, simple larceny and carjacking. He reportedly got out of jail a month ago and is known to police in âEâ Division and its environs.
The Commander stated that he was picked up by the police patrol at about 20:50hrs on Thursday night, while he was walking aimlessly in Annandale. He reportedly told cops he was heading to Eastville, the neighbouring village and a search of his person unearthed the keys to the motorcar, which they abandoned on the Annandale Public Road.
Beckles claimed he and the others rented the car from a dealer in the city and he had the keys stashed in his boots. Brutus told the Guyana Chronicle that police carried out a search of the car and found other items in it, which include gold-plated watches, sunglasses and a ladies handbag containing baby milk products and a high-end phonics game.
At about 18:15hrs several customers were inside the supermarket shopping when a woman and two men entered and they proceeded to browse through the aisles. It was when a tin of baby milk (Enfagrow) fell out from under the womanâs dress in the supermarket the Chinese proprietor became suspicious and went into his office to review the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and saw what they were about.
The Chinese man alerted his wife and he confronted the group, after which a scuffle ensued in which he put up a good fight with one of the men. After the shoplifter sprayed mace into the face of the Chinese national and his wife they ran out of the supermarket, but not before he grabbed a bag which contained two jars of marmite.
The Chinese proprietor did not give up and pursued the shoplifters with a piece of wood and was about to throw it on them when they were nearing the getaway the car which was parked nearby causing them to ran off in different directions. By then shoppers became aware of the incident and they too tried to pursue the group, who fled on foot leaving behind the getaway car after which the police was summoned. Ranks fanned out via the patrol vehicles and combed the area and observed a man walking in the village and he was questioned and arrested after a search of his person unearthed the keys to the getaway car he abandoned.
A BRAZILIAN miner of the North West District (NWD), who was heading to his dredge, was robbed of his gold and All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) by two masked gunmen Thursday.
Reports indicate that the two men, armed with a shotgun and a handgun respectively, stopped the 52-year-old Brazilian, who was travelling on an ATV en-route to his dredge operations, which was 10 minutes away from his camp.
The armed bandits then proceeded to rob the miner of cash, raw gold, jewelry and his green ATV before making their escape.
The Brazilian was unharmed and no one was arrested as police investigations continue.
Jun 24, 2017 News 0 Comments
A woman who locks herself in a dilapidated house and prays all day, is the prime suspect in the
Dead: Isaiah Smartt
death of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt, whose body was pulled from a shallow drain on Tuesday night at âEâ Field, Sophia.
A post mortem performed on the ladâs body yesterday revealed that he died from asphyxiation due to Bronchoaspiration and compounded by compression injuries to the neck.
The childâs relatives are convinced that it was a sacrificial murder and as such, investigators have arrested a spiritualist in whose yard the body was found.
The woman was arrested late yesterday and taken to the Alberttown Police Station where she gave a statement and was subsequently taken into custody.
The boyâs body was found in the drain that is about two-feet deep, one day after he went missing
What is strange is that the spiritualist claimed that she did not see the body although the discovery was made right next to her back doorâat the side of her house.
What is even more suspicious is the fact that the woman has to walk right at the side of the house to go to the bathroom and to her motherâs home where she sleeps.
There are three houses in the yardâthe spiritualistâs family lives in the front house, the middle and back houses are abandoned.
It is in the back house that the woman reportedly carries out her sacrificial acts. While the yard is used by some residents as a short cut to get to the other street, some persons are scared to walk there.
âThe house is empty. It only has an altar shelf and she is in there all day praying. She locks herself in and lights candle and pray,â the ladâs mother, Joycelyn Pickett, said during an interview yesterday, while adding that the moment she spotted her sonâs body in the drain, she suspected something was fishy.
âMy son canât drown in 12 inches of water,â the woman maintained.
The spot where the ladâs body was discovered.
When this newspaper visited the area yesterday, a young man said that when the discovery was made, almost everyone knew he was killed and his body was placed there.
âHe had blood coming from his eyes and it looked like someone lifted him and put him in the drain. That lil boy does be swimming in the trench, so he cannot die in a drain with water that didnât reach my knee,â the young man noted.
He said that the little boy walked through the yard a lot to get to the other street where he would usually swim and pick mangoes. âHis family dem didnât had time with this lil boy. Some nights, he alone dey does lef in that house and you does see he walking the streets all day.â
Meanwhile, recalling what transpired, Pickett noted that the lad left home with his sister on Monday.
A relative saw him cutting callaloo with a cutlass in his sisterâs backyard while dressed in a raincoat and long boots. He was using his little sisterâs umbrella.
After cutting the callaloo, he was seen walking through the womanâs yardâthis was the last time he was seen alive.
Pickett said when her son did not return home, she thought that he was at his fatherâs home, since the man lives in the same neighbourhood.
âHis sister thought that he was mad at me, and I thought he was at his father. On Tuesday afternoon, my great nephew went to fill water in the neighbour yard when he saw the umbrella. He picked it up and he saw the coat floating,â Pickett said.
Upon further examination, they discovered that it was the childâs remains. Pickett said that her great nephew took a stick and tried to pull him out.
According to the childâs mother, she was told that when her great nephew took the stick to pull the rain coat, the spiritualist started shouting on him and even when her daughter started crying, the woman asked them why they were crying.
Investigations are ongoing.
Jun 26, 2017 News 0 Comments
â One nabbed, another on the run
Last evening investigators identified the body of a man, who was stabbed to death at âEâ Field Sophia, Georgetown. The dead man was identified as Trevor Dublin, 49, of 385 âCâ Field Sophia.Dublin was found lying in a pool of blood on the roadway Saturday night by ranks of a mobile patrol. He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he died shortly after ranks left.The victim who bore a single stab wound to the left side chest is at Lyken Funeral Parlour. He was clad in dark-coloured shirt, blue long jeans, and black long boots. He is about 5 feet, eight inches.One suspect has been arrested and the police are looking for another individual. A knife and a toque were found at the scene. According to information received, the victim and two men had an altercation during which he was stabbed.This newspaper was informed that someone called and informed the police that a man was lying in a pool of blood on the roadway.The ranks reportedly rushed the badly wounded man to the hospital before revisiting the scene where they found the knife believed to be the murder weapon, and a toque.It was based on the information received that ranks arrested one of the suspects.Investigations are ongoing.
FOUR persons were robbed Saturday morning at Area Q Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, by four armed, masked bandits.
Reports indicate that two of the bandits were armed with handguns and the others with a knife and screwdriver respectively. They were all masked with kerchiefs around their faces.
One of the victims told police that the bandits gained entry into the two-storey building from the lower flat through a window by removing the bolts from an internal grill and prying open the casement window.
The bandits then began to ransack the home and headed upstairs where the four persons were confronted in separate rooms. They were then assaulted and tied up before the men fetched away their valuables that included cell phones, watches, cash and electronics. The suspects escaped by using a motor vehicle.
FIVE persons are in custody after police found an unlicensed semi-automatic .32 pistol with nine live matching rounds during a stop and search of a motor vehicle on the Mabura trail, Upper Demerara River late Sunday night.
Police in a release said the discovery was made around 22:00 hrs and the persons held are assisting with investigations.
A SOPHIA resident was found dead on Saturday night on the âCâ Field, Sophia Access Road, Greater Georgetown.
Dead is 49-year-old Trevor Dublin, called âCorner Manâ, of Lot 385 âCâ Field Sophia. According to the police, Dublin, who was shot in the chest, was found at around 22:00hrs by a mobile police patrol.
The body, which bore a single wound to the left side of the chest, was clad in a dark-coloured shirt, long blue jeans and a black long-boots. Lying next to it was a knife and a toque.
The deceased, an ex-serviceman, had been employed with BK International.
An âEâ Field resident is in police custody assisting with the investigation.
FIVE gunmen early Tuesday morning robbed a Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara grocery of over $1M in cash and jewellery, during which they shot one of their victims and lashed another in the head.
Three robbers terrorised the family, who owns White Shop, a landmark grocery in the community, for half hour before they escaped with $400,000 in cash, two gold chains valued at $1M, two gold bands valued $60,000, two gold rings, two cellphones and other items.
Police said in a statement that they are making âstringent and diligent efforts in apprehending five men who robbed the family of cellular phones, cash and jewellery at their West Minister, West Bank Demerara home this morning and also a driver/salesman of his valuables and that of his motorcar, which was shortly after, found.â
The shot victim, twenty years old, who is in a stable condition, is being treated at a medical institution.
Police said investigations revealed that about 09:30hrs, the forty-eight-year-old self-employed businessman, who operates a grocery shop, was in his shop along with his wife, which is situated in front of their premises, when suddenly; they were pounced upon by three armed men. The bandits escorted the victims into the lower flat of their house, where they also held the victimsâ two adult sons, before ransacking the house and left with an undisclosed amount of cash and valuables aforementioned. Shortly after the bandits departed, the grocer and his sons pursued them, during which encounter, the bandits discharged several rounds, one of which struck the twenty-year-old son, forcing them to abandon their chase.
Further investigation revealed that the bandits, who whilst fleeing, were joined by two other armed accomplices. They stopped a motorcar driven by a forty-seven-year-old salesman, relived him of his cash, cellular phones and that of his vehicle and fled the scene. The vehicle was recovered in the said village. Crime scene investigators have retrieved several latent prints and seven spent shells from the crime scenes.
Scale a fence
Meanwhile, when Guyana Chronicle visited the scene businesswoman, Saroj Singh, related that as per norm, she opened for business and at about 09:30hrs three men walked in and asked to make a purchase of 2lbs of plantains. Mrs. Singh added that before she could tend to them, one of the men drew a handgun and ordered her, two sons and husband into the house. Realising it was a robbery she ran to the back of the yard and scaled a fence and went to a neighbourâs house while screaming for help, but people were afraid to render assistance since the men were armed.
She related that the trio took her sons, Rakesh and Navendra Narine and husband, Takur Dutt Narine into the bottom flat of the house and they ransacked a bedroom for valuables. Mrs. Singh stated that the robbers spent some time in the house searching for money and jewels and in the process lashed her youngest son, Navendra Narine in his head with a gun: her husband was also beaten about the body. The men then calmly left the shop and joined by a fourth man began walking down the street as residents and other onlookers began converging on the scene. The homeowners rushed out behind them throwing glass bottles, to which the men retaliated by discharging a volley of bullets at them, with one bullet striking Rakesh Narine in the left foot.
Eyewitnesses say that when vehicles gathered on the scene blocked the passage of an apparent getaway car, the bandits walked, hijacked a black X-Trail sport-utility vehicle, PWW 1516 driven by Republic Bank salesman, Gary Halley. They took away Halleyâs wallet and two cell phones and ordered him out of the vehicle but exited it several streets away, where a car arrived with two other armed men and they escaped.
A resident said she saw four men exiting the black vehicle which they had hijacked and left it parked in front of her house, but did not take it for anything. It was after sometime she learnt there was a robbery in the village. She explained that she thought the men were
construction workers because they all had haversacks, but noticed one of them carrying a carton of Bristol cigarettes.
Mrs. Singh, the owner of White Shop, told this newspaper that the last incident in which the shop was robbed was about five years ago, when the premises was broken into and some articles were taken, including gas bottles. She said that the bandits in Tuesdayâs attack were not masked, but were not known to her, even though she has been operating the small grocery in the area for the past ten years. In the aftermath of the incident, her shot son, Rakesh, was taken to the hospital for medical attention.
According to âDâ Division Commander, Leslie James, no arrests have yet been made up to press time but they are following several leads.
A SCHOOL teacher was, on Tuesday morning, awakened, threatened and robbed of about one million dollars by two armed bandits just after 02:015hrs at her Lot 39 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam home, Berbice.
Divisional Commander Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, told reporters that the teacher, Melissa Ramdhan, was awakened by the intruders who were armed with knives and cutlasses. The bandits, who are of mixed race and of African descent respectively, carted off gold jewellery, a laptop computer, a wristwatch, a shoulder bag and cash.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that the bandits, after attacking the teacher, gagged her mouth and tied her hands to the bed frame before raising the volume of the television, prior to demanding the valuables.
At the time of incident, the teacher was occupying the lower flat of the two-storey building. After entering the home, the bandits demanded the valuables from Ramdhan then sprayed the woman with an irritant resulting in her becoming unconscious.
After regaining consciousness, the men reportedly untied her before forcing her to the upper flat where her relatives lived.
Sanjeev Rambaran, the womanâs nephew, told reporters that he was awakened following a loud banging at their door, and upon looking through the window, observed that his uncle Khrishna Sukhoo had sustained a wound to his head. âHe said somebody lashed [him] across his head with a cutlass. I called out to neighbours, but no one responded. I then call for the police who came 30 minutes later,â he said.
Meanwhile, neighbours revealed that fear fell over them after being awakened by the noise. â âThis time nah lang time.â We canât take any chances with bandits today. The incident was unfortunate, but we too have families to protect,â says a resident who has been living in the area for over 40 years .
Investigations are continuing.
RESIDENTS of Bartica, in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni administrative region have expressed disgust over a prevailing situation of sexual exploitation in which teenage girls as young as 13 are being gang-raped, some even drugged with ecstasy, by a group of men in the area.
The Guyana Chronicle was alerted by a post on social media by a Bartica man Tuesday highlighting what he called the âreal dangersâ faced by young women, whom he listed as â13, 14, 15 year-old schoolgirlsâ.
âSo in Bartica there is this gang of men, who goes around luring these 13,14, 15 year old schoolgirls, picking them up from school and taking them to various places including hotels, then having a ball with them.. part of the process include giving them Ecstasy,â part of the manâs post read.
When the Guyana Chronicle contacted Bartica Mayor Gifford Marshall Tuesday afternoon he confirmed the reports to be true. Marshall said his office is aware of the situation and has launched an investigation. He is expected to give a statement on the issue in a few days after he would have gathered adequate information.
Another official in Bartica also told the Guyana Chronicle that investigations reveal that some of the same men are involved repeatedly in the series of rape which has been happening for a while. The source said the latest two cases which were reported involved, two teenaged school girls â ages 13 and 14 respectively â who complained of being gang raped on separate occasions.
The Guyana Chronicle understands that one of the girls, a 13-year-old complained that five adult men had gang-raped her before letting her go. Police are investigating the matter. âAround Christmas time there was one that they drugged and she was naked. She ran out of the house and ran out on the road naked,â a reliable source told the Guyana Chronicle. According to the source, a video of the naked girl on the street was also circulating on social media. She was only 15 years old.
âSome of the cases are in court, some are back and forth. Social workers are aware of it,â the source said.
Sometimes the girls are being lured and at other times they are bullied. According to the source, âBartica is a society which is fast pace, so at this stage they might offer them a phone or some time to lure them.â
President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Urica Primus, who is also a Bartician, expressed disgust and said the issue is not a new one. She told the Guyana Chronicle that rape in Bartica is on a steady increase, but few persons report cases, since many of such cases end prematurely.
âRape in Bartica is steadily increasing, with less personâs reporting due to many cases not going to trial. For a number of cases the victims are told that their files are with the DPP and when we check, the files arenât thereâĶ This is a matter that we brought to the attention of the Hinterland Intelligence Committee, which we are a part of, and a complaint that we heard as recent as Saturday during our TIP Sensitization Rescue and Rehabilitation programme at Port Kaituma,â the GWMO President told the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday.
She said too that with little or no support services available to victims in some rural communities, perpetrators walk free and have opportunities to threaten or bribe the victim in many cases. The GWMO is working aggressively with little resource to render as much help as they can to victims of sexual exploitation, and all other forms of abuse against children and women across Guyana, she said.
âWe will continue to assist the communities and the parents in an effort for them to get justice for their children, whether it is relaying between them and the DPP, following up with the police and also following the process all the way through court to ensure that the children and adults, whoever the victims are, get justice for the crimes which happened to them,â Primus told the Guyana Chronicle.
A MAN sitting on the seawall Monday night at Ogle, East Coast Demerara relaxing, was robbed by three armed bandits who also bundled him in his car and took him to a Robb Street ATM to withdraw cash.
Reports indicate that the aircraft engineer was robbed of $60,000 cash and one Samsung cell phone. He was at the time sitting on the seawall at 22:00hrs when the men approached him with a gun pointed in his direction.
The engineer then handed over 20,000 in cash that he had in his possession, along with his cell phone, but the bandits demanded more.
He was then taken to his vehicle PVV 17 32, where he was restrained in the back seat while the men drove to a Robb Street ATM. One of the bandits then exited the vehicle and visited the ATM where a withdrawal of $40,000 was done using the engineerâs bank card.
The bandits then used the vehicle with the engineer inside to go on a joy ride, later abandoning the vehicle with the victim at Regent and Cummings Streets, Georgetown. The matter was reported to the police on Tuesday and investigations continue.
THE body of a man who was beaten to death Monday morning on Third Avenue,Bartica, after refusing to leave the scene of a sexual act that was being performed by three persons is yet to be formally identified, police have confirmed.
Known only by the alias âRadika,â the body is at the Bartica Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination. According to the police, three persons inclusive of a female are in custody assisting with the murder investigation. The incident occurred between 04:00-08:00hrs Monday on Third Avenue Beach, Bartica.
Investigations have revealed that because the victim refused to remove from the beach, the suspects, who were involved in a âthreesome act,â allegedly gave him a severe beating. According to the police, a public-spirited citizen who witnessed the incident summoned the police who responded promptly and arrested the suspects and escorted the victim who was in an unconscious state, to the Bartica Public Hospital where he succumbed whilst receiving treatment.
A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD shop assistant was raped at gunpoint on Tuesday evening, in the vicinity of the Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) Housing Scheme, in New Amsterdam, as she was returning to her Mount Sinai, home, in West Canje.
The woman, who is employed at a popular grocery shop on Strand Road, had moments ago, concluded her dayâs work and had decided to walk home along the newly constructed, all weather roadway that stretches from Shoe Lane to Angoyâs Avenue, on the eastern fringe of the New Amsterdam township, She was suddenly pulled into a nearby clump of bushes.
Her struggles to resist her attackerâs grip on her body, was too weak to ward off the youth who pointed a pistol to her head, before demanding that she comply with his wishes. âI want some sex and I got to get it,â he muttered into her ear. But, she did not submit easily. The woman said she screamed, alerting a passing cyclist, who in turn alerted a hire car driver who was in the vicinity plying his trade. But, the driver was overheard saying, âMe wife and me daughters are at home. Me ainât got no time,â before driving off.
The alleged rape victim said she was sexually violated for over an hour before the rapist left her behind, bleeding and battered. She said, it was another passerby, who came to her rescue and subsequently alerted relatives. At the time of this report, the victim was undecided as to whether she should report the matter to the police, as she claimed it is very difficult for her to relive the life changing incident again. However, she has since issued a call for the M&TC to clear all overgrown bushes along the parapets and open lots, and to place electric lamps along the roadways so as to improve on the security within the community.
âAs woman, I must feel safe to walk. It was not late. Just after 1900hrs. I would hear of similar stories, occurring in this area, but I never believe. I feel so humiliated. I feel so violatedâĶâ
OMA Mangar and her family are still reeling from shock having suffered brutality at the hands of two gunmen who robbed their home on Tuesday night.
Mangar told the Guyana Chronicle that at about 20:05hrs on Tuesday night, she, her parents and two visiting relatives were seated in the bottom flat of their Lot 189 Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara home, chatting.
Her mother, who was facing the window, observed a man jumping the fence and she started to scream, but by then the robber was joined by an accomplice, both of whom were armed with handguns.
Mangar related that the robbers placed them to lie face down on the ground and told them to stay quiet and hand over their valuables.
She said that the men were shouting at them the whole time and threatened to shoot if they did not comply. She added that her father hesitated and tried to resist but he was struck to his back with a gun by one of the two bandits and forced to the floor.
Mangar said that the men were not masked and are not known to them but they carted off with a laptop, cell phones, a blow dryer and an undisclosed amount of cash. She could not say how the men arrived or left the scene, since they were too afraid to look outside after the robbery.
Manger said that neighbours related that they did not see anything but she surmised that the bandits were watching and waiting before they carried out the robbery.
The matter was reported and the police were summoned but the bandits were long gone by the time the police arrived on the scene. Police said no arrests have yet been made but the probe is ongoing.
Jun 29, 2017 News 0 Comments
Akeem Rajkumar
A policeman was forced to open fire on a man he had confronted yesterday afternoon, when the man tried to disarm him.
The man has been identified as 27-year-old Akeem Rajkumar called âBarneyâ of 63 Leopold Street.
According to information received, ranks at the Brickdam Police Station received information that the suspect had a firearm on him at a shop in Leopold Street, and he was carrying out a demonstration for his friends.
When the ranks arrived at the location around 16:30hrs, they spotted Rajkumar and a group of young men liming at the said shop.
On seeing the lawmen, the suspect reportedly passed the weapon to an individual next to him, and then began throwing bricks at the ranks when they approached him.
As a result of this, two of the policemen rushed toward Rajkumar to arrest himâit was during this process that the suspect tried to disarm one of them which resulted in him being shot to the left foot.
When this newspaper visited the hospital yesterday, he was being treated, under police guard, at the Georgetown Public Hospitalâs Accident and Emergency Unit.
Investigations are ongoing.
A SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD security guard was on Friday night shot and killed with his firearm by two identifiable male bandits, at a supermarket located at Lot 8 Block X, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, whilst on duty.
According to police, initial investigation revealed that at about 19:00hrs, the victim identified as Gerald Henry, of âCâ Field Sophia and employed as an armed security of a registered security firm, was on duty at the supermarket when the incident occurred.
Henry was armed with a handgun at the time he was pounced upon by the suspects, who tried to relieve him of the firearm. A struggle ensued, during which the victim was shot and the suspects collected the firearm and fled.
The security guard was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
No arrests have been made at this time. Investigation is in progress
Jun 30, 2017 News 0 Comments
â Elderly couple traumatized
An elderly couple running a grocery store along the Number 46 public road was yesterday
Robbed: Kumarie Kamaldeo
afternoon traumatised by two armed men demanding cash and jewellery.
Brandishing a gun and a knife, the intruders tied up the couple during the 20-minute ordeal. The robbery took place at around 13:30 hrs.
Fifty-seven year-old Kumarie Kamaldeo told reporters that she was in the bottom flat with her husband Kamaldeo, 58, when the men entered the premises under the pretence of being customers.
âOne come up to me with a knife and seh donât scream, donât mek no noise or me guh bore yuhâ.
She said that she attempted to get up, but was pushed to the floor and told not to move.
âDem tell me nah scream or dem guh shoot we and kill we. Den dem tek de tape and tape meh two hand and mouth and he shove meh ah ground again,â she recounted.
The woman recalled that the men then demanded cash and jewellery while also holding her husband at gunpoint.
âMe show dem weh de money deh and me tell dem it get $10,000 upstairs, but dem tell
The coupleâs grocery store.
me how me got to get more jewelleryâ.
At that point she handed over her two gold rings and a bangle she was wearing at the time. Kamaldeo related that she and her husband pleaded with the men to not kill them.
One of the perpetrators then tied up her husband while the other escorted her to the upper flat in search of more valuables.
âMe tell dem tek whaâeva dem want,â she said.
By that time a customer had ventured into the shop, but the two victims were not allowed to speak while they were tied up and hidden in the house. The customer eventually left.
The woman told Kaieteur News that only one of the men was masked, and both kept asking her if she knew them â she told them no.
After robbing the couple, the men left them tied up and calmly walked out the yard. Not long after, another customer came in and they managed to alert him. They were subsequently untied and the police were contacted.
The men reportedly escaped with $43,000 in local currency, jewellery, and $22,000 in phone cards.
Investigations are continuing.
Jul 05, 2017 News 0 Comments
â Dead man had a university degree
Shock, anger and disbelief were some of the emotions expressed yesterday when
three educated young men with good professions were identified as the suspects in yesterdayâs attempted robbery at Republic Bank Limited (RBL) on Water Street, Georgetown.
Elton Wray, a 25-year-old agronomist attached to the National Agriculture Research Extension Institute (NAREI) was shot dead while his accomplice, Jamal Haynes, who worked at the said bank for seven years sustained gunshot wounds to both legs.
Wrayâs cousin, 22-year-old Keron Sanders, who was the last suspect to exit the bank was apprehended and is assisting with investigation.
Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, confirmed that a second bank employee, who has been fingered in the robbery plot, has been taken into custody. Blanhum pointed out that at this point it is only an allegation and investigation is ongoing to determine whether the second person was a suspect.
Kaieteur News was informed that the three pistols the men tried to rob the bank with were recovered by the cops.
Managing Director the Professional Guard Services (PGS), Sean Kirkpatrick, said that three armed men entered Republic Bank before it was open to the public.
The perpetrators wore masks, gloves and carried handguns with which they opened fire on the RBL personnel.
PGS security guards who were on site immediately raised an alarm and armed response teams proceeded to the location.
According to Kirkpatrick, when the team arrived, the gunmen opened fire on them; the guards returned fire.
With the help of the police, the robbery was thwarted.
The plotâĶ
According to information, the robbers had planned the attack on the bank for some time; this was confirmed by one of the captured bandits.
They were dropped off on Robb Street, in the vicinity of the vendorâs mall (opposite the bank) in HC 7778 and walked to the bank with their faces covered and pistols in their hands.
This newspaper was told that the men planned that after robbing the bank, they wound have ran south of the bank and rejoin the vehicle and head to another location where they wound have split the loot among themselves.
However, their plans failed when members from the Professional Guard Services responded to one of their colleagueâs call and cornered them until the police arrived.
How it all startedâĶ
Around 07:20 hrs yesterday, the three men walked to the bank and fired several shots to scare persons away. They went into the ATM and shot open the door to get into the bank.
Investigators believed that Haynes was the individual who plotted the act since he was familiar with the time the vault opens.
âBefore they could have got to the vault, they heard gunshots outside and they panicked. They began running around inside the bank,â a staffer told this newspaper yesterday.
A vehicle with armed guards was in the vicinity and responded to the scene when one of their colleagues called to inform that the bank was under attack.
âThey thought was police. They didnât expect anyone to respond so soon with the traffic around that time,â the staffer said.
Wray ran out of the bank, while firing shots and ended up at the Plaisance Bus Park where he was apprehended. He was shot to the chest and died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Bank staffer Haynes, on the other hand, held a gun to one of the bank employeeâs neck and took him to the vendorâs mall where he allowed the young man to leave. He then ran into a canteen.
âDe bai run in the kitchen, put on an apron and a hat and start cooking but people see when he run in and run behind he so he couldnât hide,â a vendor said. The woman explained that Haynes usually purchased food from the same canteen.
The police held Sanders, a Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident, when he tried to exit the bank.
Haynesâs relatives were the only people to turn up at the hospital. They insisted that the young man was not a bandit but was in fact wrongfully arrested.
His grandmother, who did not give her name, said that he left to go to work as usual and said something went wrong. The woman said that the 24-year-old man worked at the bank for seven years and never got into those activities. His sister also worked at the bank.
Career menâĶ
Wray, whose father is a senior official at Immigrations, went to China on a government scholarship and earned a monthly salary of $186,299.
Only last year, he received a duty free concession and brought in a Nissan Juke, PWW 1452. He parked his vehicle around 04:00 hrs yesterday at the Parking Lot at South Ruimveldt Shopping Plazza. It is suspected that he might have been picked up by the same vehicle that transported them to the scene.
Wrayâs badge with the position, Research Assistant was hanging inside of the vehicle.
His cousin, Sanders, was said to be employed as a machine operator with one of the photo studios in Georgetown.
Haynes on the other hand worked in the support department at the bank. He assisted various departments.
Need for moneyâĶ
Kaieteur News was informed that Wray wanted to travel overseas recently to see his girlfriend but could not afford it. He had asked a number of persons for a part time job where he could have made some extra money.
Another language
Those who were trapped inside the bank said that the men spoke in another language. Some even assumed that the bandits might have been foreigners but this newspaper later confirmed that Wray studied Chinese and might have taught his accomplices a thing or two.
Shock, disbelief and angerâĶ
Haynesâs colleagues were in shock when they found out that he was the one who went into the bank. They described him as a quiet and soft spoken young man who was always willing to assist.
âYou would ask him to go and buy a food for you and he would do it without saying anything. Thatâs how cool he was and he was not a rude person,â a staffer said.
Even the vendors could not believe what they were seeing when the police grabbed the 24-year-old from the market.
âThat bai, quiet and mannerly. He does always be in the market and he always come to buy something and support us so I donât know what happened,â a vendor said.
Meanwhile, the bankâs Managing Director, Richard Sammy, said that âour greatest concern at this point rests upon the safety and well-being of our staff and customers. We have initiated trauma assistance processes for staff and shall continue to work with law enforcement officials in their investigations.â
Drugb posted:Armed bandits invade #46 grocery shop
Jun 30, 2017 News 0 Comments
â Elderly couple traumatized
An elderly couple running a grocery store along the Number 46 public road was yesterday
Robbed: Kumarie Kamaldeo
afternoon traumatised by two armed men demanding cash and jewellery.
Brandishing a gun and a knife, the intruders tied up the couple during the 20-minute ordeal. The robbery took place at around 13:30 hrs.
Fifty-seven year-old Kumarie Kamaldeo told reporters that she was in the bottom flat with her husband Kamaldeo, 58, when the men entered the premises under the pretence of being customers.
âOne come up to me with a knife and seh donât scream, donât mek no noise or me guh bore yuhâ.
She said that she attempted to get up, but was pushed to the floor and told not to move.
âDem tell me nah scream or dem guh shoot we and kill we. Den dem tek de tape and tape meh two hand and mouth and he shove meh ah ground again,â she recounted.
The woman recalled that the men then demanded cash and jewellery while also holding her husband at gunpoint.
âMe show dem weh de money deh and me tell dem it get $10,000 upstairs, but dem tell
The coupleâs grocery store.
me how me got to get more jewelleryâ.
At that point she handed over her two gold rings and a bangle she was wearing at the time. Kamaldeo related that she and her husband pleaded with the men to not kill them.
One of the perpetrators then tied up her husband while the other escorted her to the upper flat in search of more valuables.
âMe tell dem tek whaâeva dem want,â she said.
By that time a customer had ventured into the shop, but the two victims were not allowed to speak while they were tied up and hidden in the house. The customer eventually left.
The woman told Kaieteur News that only one of the men was masked, and both kept asking her if she knew them â she told them no.
After robbing the couple, the men left them tied up and calmly walked out the yard. Not long after, another customer came in and they managed to alert him. They were subsequently untied and the police were contacted.
The men reportedly escaped with $43,000 in local currency, jewellery, and $22,000 in phone cards.
Investigations are continuing.
Someone pointed to me that she might be related to Mr. Ramotar.
Jul 06, 2017 News 0 Comments
Remanded to prison: Akeem Rajkumar
A 27-year-old mason of Lot 62 Leopold Street, Georgetown, who was shot in the foot by police after he attempted to disarm an officer, was remanded to prison, yesterday, after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistratesâ Courts.
Akeem Rajkumar denied the first charge which alleged that on June 27, last, at Leopold and Cross Streets, Georgetown, while armed with a gun, he robbed Dexter France of one haversack containing a pair of Timberland boots, nine and a half penny weights raw gold, and $44,000 in cash as well as a quantity of clothing.
It was further alleged that on the same day in question at Leopold and Cross Streets, he had in his possession 50 grams of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Rajkumar pleaded not guilty to both charges after they were read to him by the magistrate.
Police Prosecutor Simone Payne objected to bail being granted to the defendant on both matters citing the serious nature of the offense. The penalty the charge attracts, the nature and prevalence of the matters and the fact that a gun was used to rob the virtual complainant were among the reasons cited.
The prosecutor told the court that Rajkumar was shot in his left knee on the day in question after he attempted to disarm a police rank that went to a shop in Leopold Street after receiving information.
The prosecution added that a search was conducted on the defendant and a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be narcotics where found in his right side pants pocket.
The prosecutor further informed the court that Rajkumar was wanted by the police for a series of robberies.
Rajkumar was then cautioned by the police, told of the offence and arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station.
The prosecutionâs objection to bail was upheld by the magistrate and the defendant was remanded to prison. He will make his next court appearance on July 26.
Jul 07, 2017 News 0 Comments
The body of a 49-year-old security guard was found early yesterday on a makeshift bench at the victimâs employment site on Robb Street, Georgetown, with the throat slit.
Samuel Prowellâs (inset) body was found on this makeshift bench.
The dead man has been identified has Samuel Prowell called âSammy,â a father of three, of 12 Mocha, East Bank Demerara.
The security guardâs body was discovered at 05:45 hrs in front of the store he was securing, Hai Matadi Ishant Variety Store at 16 Robb Street, Georgetown.
The police suspect that the victim might have been killed by a drug addict who he might have annoyed, as he (victim) had been chasing destitutes from the area since he started working at the store three months ago.
Prowellâs bicycle was missing from the scene and it is believed that his killer(s) might have escaped with it.
Mark Samuels, Operations Manager of the private security firm with which the man was employed, said that Prowell was aggressive and got into several arguments with drug addicts and vagrants who would usually be in the area.
Samuel said that he tried talking to Prowell and advised that he be friendly with the people in the area, since it was lonely. âHe would come over very aggressive and I talked to him many times about this. This murder has to be vendetta-driven.â
Meanwhile, when this newspaper visited the victimâs home yesterday, neighbours said that he lived alone in a dilapidated shack.
He was last seen alive Wednesday morning when he left to go to work.
His niece, Candia Shepard said that she was at home when someone called and informed her that her uncle had been murdered.
âRight away I called my sister to come and pick me up and we went to the scene we didnât get to see him, because they had already moved the body. There was a table and cardboardâĶ and newspaper with blood were on itâ the woman explained.
She added that while at the scene, she received a call from the deceased manâs brother who informed her that he had gone to the Georgetown Public Hospital and identified Prowellâs body.
Up to late yesterday, investigators were checking the area for surveillance cameras, hoping that the image of the security guardâs killer(s) has been captured on CCTV.
While there is a camera in close proximity to the murder, it has been confirmed that the camera was not working.
Investigations are ongoing.
Jul 07, 2017 News 0 Comments
The teenager who is now in police custody for the murder of Deonarine âBabaâ Laljit,
Dead: Deonarine Laljit
a taxi driver of No.72 Village, allegedly killed his neighbour over continuous taunts about his sister. This is according to the father of the accused.
Kaieteur News was told that the accused, whose eldest sister lived next door to Laljit, had separated from her husband sometime ago and migrated. However, according to the father, his teenage son came home a few months ago and complained that Laljit was teasing him about his sisterâs personal problems.
âHe come home and told his mother that the man keep teasing he âbout he sister divorce and wha does go on in she house,â the father of the 14-year-old said.
He stressed that his son would complain that Laljit would insult him whenever he travels with him, doing so in the presence of other passengers.
The ladâs father is of the opinion that his son probably felt overwhelmed and frustrated with the teasing and that spurred him to resort to such an act to defend his sister, an act he said is no excuse to do what he did.
The man told this publication that his son has never had brushes with the law and is usually at home on his computer or assisting with chores when he (father) is out at sea.
âIt is unbelievable what he did, but I donât know my sonâs mind,â the distraught father said. He explained that his son dropped out of the Line Path Secondary School because he was not doing well academically. However, he wanted to enroll at the Roadside Baptist Church for vocational classes when he turned 15.
He expressed his hope that his son will learn from his mistakes and reckless decisions made that cost him his freedom.
Meanwhile, a post mortem examination revealed that Laljit died of shock and haemorrhage with a stab wound to the neck.
The file for the case has since been completed and sent for advice. This was confirmed by the Divisional Commander Ian Amsterdam. The young man is expected to face the courts sometime next week.
Deonarine Laljit was stabbed to the neck and left to die by the 14-year-old on Wednesday.
After stabbing the taxi driver in his car, the teen fled the scene and hid in an abandoned house. He was eventually nabbed by ranks and taken into custody.
Laljit succumbed to his injury after he collapsed at the gate of a villager. He was later rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The murder weapon has since been recovered.
Jul 08, 2017 News 0 Comments
â One nabbed while tying elderly woman; stroke-victim brutalized
Four armed bandits yesterday threatened to put a nine-month-old baby in a freezer, if their
Shivindra Sahadeo and his wife, Shamdai with their granddaughter.
demands were not met, when they gained entry into a house at Lot 1940 Section C Block X, Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD). This was around 10:15 hrs.
The menâthree armed with guns and one with a cutlass âtortured 65-year-old Shivindra Sahadeo and his wife, Shamdai Sahadeo, when they scaled the back fence of the yard and used a table to climb into the back verandah of the house. They threatened to put little Kaylee Jaisingh in the freezer if her grandparents did not give up their valuables.
During the 20-minute ordeal, Shivindra Sahadeo, who suffers from a stroke, was beaten and kicked about the body. The men did not spare his wifeâthey dragged her by the hair and kicked her as she lay on the floor.
While one of the robbers was tying the elderly woman, the police responded after receiving a call from a neighbour, and arrested him. His three accomplices managed to jump off the verandah and escape in a waiting car.
The trio carted off a laptop, jewellery and money.
One of the rooms that the men ransacked.
Deolok Jaisingh, who operates a Spare Parts establishment in the neighbouring village, said that he had just left home when the men gained entry to his home.
According to Jaisingh, when the bandits entered his home, his father-in-law was in a hammock in the front verandah.
âThey went and dragged him out and pulled him into the house and asked for money, so my father-in-law told them that he is a pensioner and he didnât have any money, and they started beating him and kicking him about his body,â Jaisingh related.
He further explained that while the men were attacking Shivindra, his mother-in-law heard and ran to the verandah, screaming for thief, but no one heard, since a neighbour was playing music.
Additionally, most of the neighbours were not at home, as some had gone to work, while the others were attending their childrenâs graduation.
âThey pulled her in and started beating her too and they picked up my baby from the play pen and threatened to put her in the freezer,â Jaisingh said.
Kaieteur News was informed that when the bandits scaled the victimâs fence, a nearby resident saw and called the police.
As the men were searching the house, the police responded and knocked on the door.
âWhen they (bandits) realized it was the police, three of them ran, but (maybe) the fourth one didnât hear (and continued tying the elderly woman) so the police broke the door and arrested him while he was tying my mother-in-law,â Jaisingh said.
The bandit who was held was caught with the elderly womanâs costume jewellery in his pocket and three bags with valuables he had packed to take out. He is currently at the Diamond Police Station being questioned.
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Jul 09, 2017 News 0 Comments
A 49-year-old woman was stabbed and beaten by her boyfriend on Tuesday when she asked
Andrea Brummell
him to borrow $3000 to visit the doctor.
Andrea Brummell, of Lot 465 North East La Penitence, Georgetown suffers from high blood pressure and needed money to visit the doctor.
The mother of five reportedly asked her partner to loan her the cash until she received her salary the following day.
Her request allegedly angered the suspect and this resulted in a bitter altercation which caused him to stab her four times about the body and hit her in the head with a piece of wood. Brummell is now recovering in a private hospital.
The suspect was nabbed on Friday morning and has told the police that he was simply trying to defend himself.
Brummell, in an interview yesterday, said that she can barely recall what transpired. She has even lost track of the days.
The woman said that she remembers asking her partner to borrow the cash but does not recall when he assaulted her.
âI donât remember what happened, all I know is that I got up on Thursday morning preparing to go to work. I was on one bed and he (suspect) was on the other bed,â she recalled.
From her hospital bed, the security guard noted that as she was about to get ready, she felt sick and asked her partner to take her to the hospitalâthe man agreed.
It was at the hospital that she discovered she was stabbedâtwo wounds to the leg, once to the buttocks and one to the spine. There were also black and blue marks on her body.
Kaieteur News was informed that the woman was previously attacked by the suspect, who will be making a court appearance on Monday.
Jul 10, 2017 News 0 Comments
Bartica massacre killer, Mark Royden Williams called âSmallieâ reportedly started the fire at the Camp Street jail yesterday as a distraction to escape. And he did escape.
He was among five high profile inmates who held a prison warden hostage and escaped from the prison shortly after 17:00 hrs.
The other escapees are Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander, who was charged for the April 4, 2015 murder of businesswoman Shevon Gordon, who was shot near her One Mile, Linden home during a robbery.
Dellon Henry called âNasty manâ who was charged for buggery, murder and illegal gun as a teenager was committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of East Ruimveldt resident, Dexter Griffith on September 29, 2015.
Uree Varswyck, an ex-policeman was charged for the December 2014 murder of Sterling Products Limited security guard, Wilfred Stewart and the execution-style killing of GGMC engineer, Trevor Abrams in 2015.
The fifth prisoner could not be identified. The escapees are armed.
The men reportedly hijacked a burgundy car on Bent Street, Georgetown and made good their escape. The last report was that they were spotted in Sophia, Georgetown.
Williams might have been planning his escape from the prison since February, last. A woman, Kelly Ann Martin, was arrested after trying to smuggle a grenade in to him.
Mark Royden Williams called âSmallie
Dellon Henry called âNasty manâ
Prison escapee: Uree Varswyck
Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander
William was recently handed the death sentence after being convicted on eight counts of murder over the February 17, 2008 Bartica Massacre.
Kaieteur News learnt that the fire was set at seven different places inside the prison shortly after 17:00 hrs before the prison warden was held hostage.
Head of Prison, Gladwin Samuels, said that as of Sunday morning there were 1,018 inmates at the prison. However, as of last night, it could not be determined how many prisoners were accounted for.
Prisoners were being transported to the Lusignan Prisons after they opted to leave the burning compound.
They were first taken to the Prison Officersâ Sports Club across from the prison. Not long after that building was also set on fire. Prisoners could be seen jumping from the balcony of the building to the ground below.
When that blaze was extinguished the prison authorities transported them to the Lusignan prisons in large trucks.
Jul 10, 2017 News 0 Comments
By Feona Morrison
Prison Officer Odinga Wickham succumbed to a gunshot wound to the chest and chop wounds inflicted on him by inmates at the Camp Street Prison, while undergoing treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), last evening.
His colleague, Hubert Trim, who was the Duty Officer at the time, is in a critical state having sustained chop wounds to the head. He was undergoing surgery up to late last night.
Up to press time Prison Officers Simeon Sandy, Errol Daphness, Drexel Gonsalves, Jason Maltoy and Dominic Mingo were also receiving treatment for either gunshot or chop wounds or a combination of both.
Keron Cummings, who escaped from the Georgetown Magistratesâ Court lock-ups in 2014, Mark (only name given) and Mohamed Potham, were some of the inmates injured during the fiery ordeal.
They too were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Cummings is facing robbery under-arms charges.
During a press briefing around 23:00hrs yesterday, Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said there were no reports of fatalities among prisoners.
Samuels was unable to give an estimate of how many Prison Officers were on duty at the time. Reports reaching this newspaper indicate that the inmates disarmed Prison Officers and shot them. The inmates also used improvised weapons to inflict chop wounds on the Prison Officers.
As the fiery unrest unfolded at the prisons, several ambulances and Prison Service vehicles transported the injured Prison Officers and inmates to the hospital.
Security officials at the hospital cordoned off a section outside the Accident and Emergency Unit and monitored persons coming into the hospital compound.
KILLED: Prison Officer Odinga Wickham
INJURED: Prison Officer Hubert Trim
INJURED: Prison Officer Simeon Sandy
Several Prison Officers and policemen converged at the hospital. Some of them cried as they recounted the heinous ordeal.
According to a prison officer, one of his colleagues was held hostage by a prisoner but miraculously managed to escape by scaling the prison fence.
Relatives of the injured rushed to the hospital but some of them were barred from entering the compound.
This started an uproar as relatives hurled derogatory remarks at security and police officers who bolted the gate at the pedestrian entrance. Persons however, sneaked into the compound when the guards opened the gate for the ambulances to drive in.
Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence, who was present at the GPHC last evening said that the Emergency Unit is well equipped to deal with the situation since all medical supplies are in stock.
Deputy Director of Prisons: Gladwin Samuels
INJURED: Prison Officer Dominic Mingo
INJURED Prisoner: Keron Cummings
Minister Lawrence stated that adequate doctors, specialist and laboratory technicians are on board. âWe have called out everyone. So the Emergency Unit is well equipped with the staff to be able to address the situation as it continues.â
In addition, the Health Minister disclosed that there are ample medical supplies in place and the hospital has already sought more suitor kits.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) acting of GPHC, Brigadier Retired George Lewis, said that an emergency medical centre has been set up in the parking lot of the hospital to help out.
âWe are not overwhelmed and we wonât be. We have already contacted the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to procure items for an emergency if a need arises,â the acting CEO disclosed.
Lewis stated that the Guyana Red Cross Society has also been called in for support.
Staff from a party rental company was seen assembling large tents just outside the Psychiatric Clinic for the emergency medical centre last evening.
President David Granger during a press briefing last evening extended condolences to the family of Prison Officer Wickham.
FOUR masked, armed bandits on Sunday robbed a Bagotville, West Bank Demerara (WBD) businessman of his firearm, cash and cell phone.
According to reports, the businessman was relieved of a 9mm pistol, $150,000 in cash and an LG cell phone.
The businessman, who, with his wife, operates a liquor bar at La Grange, WBD, reportedly closed his business around 02:00hrs on Sunday morning.
They left together in their car and headed home, but while exiting the vehicle, firearm in hand, when they got there, the businessman was confronted by the bandits who wore toques over their heads.
One held him at gunpoint and relieved him of whatever valuables he had on him at the time before they both made their escape on foot, without firing a shot.
After the ordeal, the businessman made a report to the La Grange Police Station.
Jul 12, 2017 News 0 Comments
â Agricola twins among suspects
A Route-32 (Parika/Georgetown) Minibus driver is now dead after he was shot trying to save his passengers from three bandits yesterday.
The dead man has been identified as 38-year-old Tedroy Neil James of Suddie,
The area where the shooting took place being cordoned off. The minibus that Tedroy Neil James (inset) was driving can also be seen.
Essequibo Coast.
The shooting occurred in the vicinity of Middle Street Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara sometime around 11:30hrs.
According to reports, James was driving minibus BTT 976 north along the East Bank Demerara Public Road â presumably heading to Georgetown â when he was instructed by a male passenger whom he had picked up on the West Coast of Demerara, to stop at Middle Street Mc Doom.
As the male passenger was about to disembark the vehicle, two male suspects, one armed with a handgun, pounced on the unsuspecting passengers and began to rob them.
James upon noticing the ruckus, attempted to drive away, apparently to create some distance between the robbers and his passengers. The father of two was fatally shot by one of the men in the process.
The suspects then made good their escape by hopping the median before running into a nearby street.
Public-spirited citizens subsequently took James to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The police in a press release stated that James was shot in the back.
The release also stated that one of the suspects is in police custody.
Kaieteur News was later informed that two men were being held in connection to the shooting. They have been identified as the Vasconcellos twins from Agricola.
One of the brothers is Curtis Vasconcellos. He is currently out on bail for robbery and an attempted murder.
Curtis Vasconcellos was one of the two men that led the police on a high-speed chase in Georgetown last November after allegedly robbing accountant, Baldeo Seegobin at the Tower Suites Hotel.
Meanwhile, the James family is now contemplating their next move.
The dead manâs sister, Aniki James, said that her brother was a hard worker and would have recently procured the minibus. She said that her brotherâs death came months after she would have lost another sibling.
INVESTIGATORS have reportedly cracked a gun-smuggling ring involving big bikes, following a discovery of guns and ammunition in a barrel on a popular wharf in the city on Tuesday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) was summoned to the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf at Lombard Street, La Penitence, Georgetown, after two guns, a
GLOCK 45 pistol and a GLOCK 47 pistol, and a box of matching ammunition were found concealed in the engine of a CBR motorcycle. The motorbike was in a barrel at the time of the discovery. That barrel was reportedly addressed to Shenella Welcome of Lot 42 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
A source close to the investigation told the Guyana Chronicle that the shipment had arrived in the country last week, but it was only this week that OG Shipping and Delivery Service had acquired the requisite documents from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to clear its shipment of barrels.
OG Shipping and Delivery Service, located at Lot 7, Public Road, La Penitence, ships barrels and other containers to Guyana for its customers utilising the GNSC wharf.
The barrel with the contraband was scheduled to be delivered to Welcomeâs West Ruimveldt residence, but not before it was cleared by Customs. âIt was a door-to-door delivery,â the source told this newspaper.
According to the source, when the barrel was opened around 11:00hrs on Tuesday by Customs in the presence of Welcome, and a search conducted, the contraband weapons and ammunition were
discovered. Officers from GRAâs Drug Enforcement Unit, which has an office on the wharf, were also present when the discovery was made. It was following the discovery that police investigators were called in. Welcome was taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to assist with the investigation.
According to a source, enforcement authorities have been trying to crack the case for some time now. âIt is a big ring smuggling guns in bikes, and most of them end up at a known carwash on Mandela Avenue. So we have been tracking these movements,â the source explained.
It is believed that the U.S. Embassy has been contacted for assistance in the investigation in an effort to trace the origin of the guns.
When this newspaper visited the GNSC wharf, authorities there distanced themselves from the discovery. âCustoms deal with it! Our employees had nothing to do with that,â Head of Admin, Pauline Goodridge, posited. Tight- lipped on the situation, Goodridge wasted no time in directing the Guyana Chronicle to OG Shipping and Delivery Office.
Over at O.G Shipping, business was in full swing. A company representative there told this newspaper that he was out of the district at the time of the discovery, however, he was told that the barrel was sent to Guyana from Brooklyn, New York.
The information provided by an officer appeared sketchy as it contradicted greatly with information provided by a source working closely with the investigation. However, according to the OG Shipping employee, the barrel had arrived in Guyana since last year and it was only on Tuesday that a woman came to uplift it. According to him, the barrel was sent to a man, but a woman came instead. When asked to speak with the person in charge at the shipping company, the employee said that person, whom he identified as âShenella,â was at the Police Headquarters assisting with the investigation.
When the Guyana Chronicle visited CID, officers there refused to speak on the matter; a request to speak with Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum was also denied.
Last February, a Guyanese, who had resided in Georgia, was sentenced to five years in a federal prison after pleading guilty to smuggling dozens of guns to Guyana.
According to the Associated Press, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said 39-year-old Jermine Prosper, who lived in Conyers, legally purchased about 50 guns in Atlanta and smuggled them in shipping barrels to Guyana, where they were sold on the streets. According to the prosecutors, Prosper bought the guns between October 2013 and November 2015. They included 34 x 9 mm pistols, eight x.380-calibre pistols and six x.25- calibre pistols.
A BANDIT was shot and injured, while his accomplice escaped during a blazing gun battle with police in Agricola onTuesday afternoon. An elderly woman who was also accidentally grazed by a bullet during the crossfire is currently receiving medical attention at a private hospital.
In a statement police said acting on information ranks went to 4th Street, Agricola about 15:15h Tuesday where on arrival they were confronted by two armed male suspects, one in possession of a shotgun with its barrel sawn off and the other with a handgun.
âThey opened fire on the lawmen who adapted tactical positions and returned fire,â police said in a statement. According to the police, during the exchange the suspect with the shotgun was injured and was apprehended and the weapon retrieved. However, the other suspect managed to elude the ranks, the police statement added. The injured suspect was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he is being prepared to undergo surgery.
Meanwhile, police said 63-year-old housewife, Parmaldai called Galo, of 124 Caesar Street, Agricola who was resting in a hammock next to where the shooting took place was grazed by a stray bullet. She was taken to the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Hospital at Diamond) where she was treated and sent away. However, her relatives took her to a private hospital where she is admitted. âThe Police Force wishes her a speedy recovery,â the release stated.
The injured suspect was wanted for discharging of a loaded firearm at Grove EBD, on July 5,2017.
Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Mitwah posted:Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Guyana became a more dangerous place,never was like that when i was living there,too many guns in the wrong hands,the country is like the old Wild West.
The country needs trusted undercover law officers to rat out the miscreants,Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes.
Burnham had one they were spying on the People and Politicians,one of my friend brother [an Indian] was with the branch,also experience their activities [in the 80's] while with a Political Party holding meetings in Berbice.
Django posted:Mitwah posted:Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Guyana became a more dangerous place,never was like that when i was living there,too many guns in the wrong hands,the country is like the old Wild West.
The country needs trusted undercover law officers to rat out the miscreants,Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes.
Burnham had one they were spying on the People and Politicians,one of my friend brother [an Indian] was with the branch,also experience their activities [in the 80's] while with a Political Party holding meetings in Berbice.
Can we say Gajraj and the likes of Rajah Khan?
skeldon_man posted:Django posted:Mitwah posted:Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Guyana became a more dangerous place,never was like that when i was living there,too many guns in the wrong hands,the country is like the old Wild West.
The country needs trusted undercover law officers to rat out the miscreants,Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes.
Burnham had one they were spying on the People and Politicians,one of my friend brother [an Indian] was with the branch,also experience their activities [in the 80's] while with a Political Party holding meetings in Berbice.
Can we say Gajraj and the likes of Rajah Khan?
"Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes."
Did you miss the above ??
Wha yuh saying Gagraj [Minister of Gov't] swore in Roger[Convicted Drug Dealer] as a law officer ?? and Ramsammy [Minister of Gov't] assist to get the spy equipment.
Django posted:skeldon_man posted:Django posted:Mitwah posted:Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Guyana became a more dangerous place,never was like that when i was living there,too many guns in the wrong hands,the country is like the old Wild West.
The country needs trusted undercover law officers to rat out the miscreants,Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes.
Burnham had one they were spying on the People and Politicians,one of my friend brother [an Indian] was with the branch,also experience their activities [in the 80's] while with a Political Party holding meetings in Berbice.
Can we say Gajraj and the likes of Rajah Khan?
"Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes."
Did you miss the above ??
Wha yuh saying Gagraj swore in Roger[Convicted Drug Dealer] as a law officer ?? and Ramsammy assist to get the spy equipment.
This did not stop the PNC before. Why is it different now? Maybe your memory is failing.
skeldon_man posted:Django posted:skeldon_man posted:Django posted:Mitwah posted:Django, it could have been your aunt Lucille in that hammock. Guyana is a dangerous place.
Guyana became a more dangerous place,never was like that when i was living there,too many guns in the wrong hands,the country is like the old Wild West.
The country needs trusted undercover law officers to rat out the miscreants,Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes.
Burnham had one they were spying on the People and Politicians,one of my friend brother [an Indian] was with the branch,also experience their activities [in the 80's] while with a Political Party holding meetings in Berbice.
Can we say Gajraj and the likes of Rajah Khan?
"Bear in mind this branch of undercover law officers should not be used for Political purposes."
Did you miss the above ??
Wha yuh saying Gagraj swore in Roger[Convicted Drug Dealer] as a law officer ?? and Ramsammy assist to get the spy equipment.
This did not stop the PNC before. Why is it different now? Maybe your memory is failing.
Watch how the "Jail break Crisis" is managed,Military man is dealing with it.
This conversation should have been on a different thread.
Police on Friday night arrested prison escapee, Desmond James on a dam at Canal Number 1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.
Police said at around 22:50hrs Friday acting on information ranks proceeded to an abandoned house on a access dam at Canal # 1 WBD where Desmond James was arrested. He indicated that he was heading to Essequibo and was found with a knife and a few pieces of clothing, police said in a brief statement.
Security forces were able to confirm on Thursday that six Georgetown Prison escapees were on the run. With James being arrested the five now on the lam are: Mark Royden Durant called Royden Williams or âSmallieâ; Uree Varswyck known as Malcolm Gordon; Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander; Cornelius Thomas and Cobena Stephens, called âOJ.â Police believe that the first four mentioned are travelling together while the other two are separate.
The Georgetown Prison, which was built to accommodate 600, was holding 1,018 inmates on Sunday. But after fire ripped through the correctional facility that day, authorities were forced to relocate more than 1000 of them to a walled field neighbouring the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast.
For much of Friday there was heavy police presence in Victoria, East Coast Demerara where it is believed some of the escapees might be hiding out. A Guyana Defence Force helicopter provided aerial cover while ground troops patrolled the forested backlands. Up to late Friday afternoon no one was arrested, but ranks are convinced that the men might be lurking somewhere in the area.
On Friday Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan sought to assure the nation that every effort is being made to recapture the escapees â all of whom are murder accused and/or convicts. âEvery effort is going to be made to catch those six escapees. The joint services will be doing their best to hunt them down and bring them inâ the minister said.
This was also the assurance of Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, who shared that the joint services are currently conducting several operations to recapture the escapees. ââĶat a joint services level, we have embarked on several operations which are consistent with the plan,â he said. That plan which he referenced, is an operational plan developed by the joint services to be presented to the National Security Committee. The objectives of the plan are to ensure: security of the prisoners; security of the prisons; to recapture the six escapees; and to restore order in the prisons.
According to Persaud, that operation, along with the others, is intelligence-led.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the escapees are asked to contact the nearest police station. It is a criminal offence to harbour fugitives.
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A 78-year-old woman was subjected to a brutal beating early yesterday- all because the two men who broke into her home wanted her gold plated teethâand they did take them.
Roohnee Mithuram at the hospital yesterday.
Roohnee Mithuram of Lot 357 Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was choked, punched, slapped and had a pillow placed over her face around 03:00 hrs yesterday when two men in their mid-twenties to early thirties gained entry to her home from a kitchen window.
To wake her, the men placed a pillow on her face for several minutes and when she got up, she was punched in the face.
They tied her feet and continued hitting her in the face while asking where she had the money and jewelry.
In the end, the men escaped with the elderly womanâs teethâeven the ones that did not have gold, $6,000, three gold rings and personal documents.
A police source said that the men escaped after the pensioner fainted and a possibility exists that they thought she was dead.
Yesterday, one of the womanâs relatives, Chandra Katwaroo, said that after she heard about the incident, she went over to the womanâs home where she met her. The womanâs face was swollen and had black and blue marks.
Mithuram was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where she was treated and sent home to rest.
The pensioner related that she was in bed sleeping when the men went into her bedroom and put a pillow on her face to wake her.
When she got up, they demanded that she tell them where the valuables were as they beat her.
Not satisfied with what they had gotten and upon realizing that the woman had gold plated teeth in her mouth, they started punching her to get them out.
âShe had six teeth in her mouth. Now she has none and I am not finding any in the house so like they take all, even the ones that did not have gold,â an angry Katwaroo posited.
The woman added that the thieves did not spare the 78-year-old womanâthey kicked her in the ribs, choked her and cuffed all over her face.
âThey really brutalize her. They take her passport and ID (Identification card) and even her wedding band that she wore for 62 years,â Katwaroo said.
The elderly woman even passed out and when she got up, she realized that the men had gone. âShe untied her feet and went to call out for neighbours but no one responded,â Katwaroo noted.
She added that someone who would usually check on the woman found her crying sometime after 06:00 hrs yesterday while sitting in her yard.
The police was contacted and finger prints were taken.
Katwaroo is annoyed at the fact that the thieves brutalized such an elderly woman for money when in fact she lives on her pension.
Since the passing of her husband, the 78-year-old woman has been living by herself.
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A misunderstanding between three inmates at the Lusignan Prison has left one prisoner nursing stab wounds about his body.
Eighteen-year-old Allan Basdeo of Lot 4030 Zeelugt Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo was on Saturday evening stabbed to his lower back and abdomen after he was attacked by two inmates, with whom he had an argument. The attackers used improvised weapons to inflict the wounds.
According to information, the 18-year-old who is incarcerated on a simple larceny charge got into an argument around 20:45 hrs which resulted in him receiving several stabs wounds about his body.
Basdeo was treated at the prison by a nurse.
SUNDAY evening ended tragically for 33-year-old Eon Currency, called âMuscleâ and âSlingerz Outlawâ of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank of Essequibo (EBE) after he was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head.
The manâs shirtless body was found tangled on a red bicycle which he was reportedly riding up to the time of his death. He was shot to the forehead and reportedly collapsed along the roadside where he died.
The man, who some claimed to be a vendor, was well known in the village. According to reports, Currency used to collude with other notorious characters and robbed persons at the âBlackaâ dam at Tuschen New Scheme.
Muscle was reportedly involved in a robbery sometime back, during which a policemanâs gun was stolen.
âOh S#%^! His name is muscle. He is a big time bandit. Dem does rob people at the Blacka at night and he does deh selling back their jewellery at Stabroek,â one resident, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, shared.
Investigators have indicated that they will not be ruling out the possibility of robbery as the motive for the killing.
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âĶfour more to go
Wanted: Bartica and Lusignan massacre killer Mark Royden Williams, ex-cop Uree Varswyck, Stafrei Hopkinson, and Cobena Stephens
Cornelius Thomas, one of the prisoners who escaped during the fire at the Camp Street prison two Sundays ago has been recaptured.
The 32-year-old of Lot 36 Guyhoc Gardens was arrested around 15:00 hrs at âCâ Field Sophia, Georgetown.
Kaieteur News was informed that the police on receiving information that the escapee was hiding out there, went to the location and arrested him. He was on remand for murder.
On Friday, another prison escapee, Desmond James was arrested in an abandoned shack at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
He was caught with a knife and a few pieces of clothing and told the police that he was heading to Essequibo.
Those still on the run are Bartica and Lusignan massacre killer Mark Royden Williams, ex-cop Uree Varswyck, Stafrei Hopkinson, and Cobena Stephens, 26, of Buxton. Based on information, Uree, Williams and Hopkinson are together and are hiding out in the backlands.
Just before 17:00 hrs last Sunday, the Camp Street prison surveillance cameras picked up five prisoners exiting the facility and making their way towards Bent Street, Georgetown, while opening fire on Tactical Service Unit (TSU) ranks that were guarding the compound.
It is suspected that Thomas and Stephens slipped away while they were being transported to the Lusignan Prison.
Following the unrest, prison officer Odinga Wickham succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted on him by inmates at the prison. His colleague, Hubert Trim, who was the Duty Officer at the time, is in a critical state having sustained chop wounds to the head.
Prison officers Simeon Sandy, Errol Daphness, Drexel Gonsalves, Jason Maltoy and Dominic Mingo were also injured.
Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force, in its efforts to recapture the prisoners, is appealing to members of the public, relatives and friends to give any relevant information as to the whereabouts of these escapees so that they can be captured and returned to the prison.
Also, an appeal is being made to the escapees to surrender to the police or relevant authority, to avoid any serious confrontation that is likely to result in the use of force.
All information will be treated with a high degree of confidence and also the rights of those escapees will be respected and upheld, the police said.
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Up to press time, police ranks were in the hinterland location waiting on transportation to
Henryâs camp that was attacked.
get to Kartuni, Cuyuni River, Region Seven where it is alleged that at least six heavily armed gunmen are targeting mining camps and brutalizing the workers. This has been going on for the past five days.
Yesterday, Divisional Commander, Rabindranauth Budhram, confirmed that the report has been received and that ranks were on their way to Kartuni.
He said that there is no information as to how many camps were robbed by the bandits, who were reportedly speaking fluent Spanish and Portuguese.
There is information that the gunmen are carrying high powered guns and they reportedly took away weapons belonging to at least two onsite security guards. The men escaped with raw gold, firearm, phones and at least six tractors.
While workers have been attacked, there are no reports of fatalities. At each camp the men attack, they reportedly destroyed the communication system, making it difficult for ranks and even the owner for the camps to get information.
Sheriff Mining Company owned by Mohamed Sheriff Henry was attacked on Monday afternoon.
The gold miner told reporters the bandits escaped with his guardâs weapons and an undisclosed amount of gold after beating his workers.
Henry noted that he heard that bandits were in the area and made contact with the police at the Bartica Police Station on Friday. He said that he was informed that the ranks were already aware of the issue.
He added that on Friday, the police made contact with him and informed him that his camp had been attacked.
âI ask the police how they know and they said that one of my workers were heading to the camp when he saw what was happening and immediately went to the other camp where he called the police at the Landing,â Henry noted.
He said that he had been told that the bandits took a female cook and another woman who were at his camp hostage but when contacted, Budhram said that he had not received that information and will only divulge what had been reported to him.
âLike all the camps these men go to, they destroying the communication system so we donât know what is happening and there is no mode of transportation to get in because they took all the tractors,â Henry said yesterday.
It is unclear when the ranks will be able to get to the backdam. This newspaper was told that they were waiting at the Guyana Gold Fields.
Reports are that the division is expecting the Guyana Defence Force to help them get in by helicopter.
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A taxi driver who was transporting a passenger to Linden was busted with over 16 pounds of marijuana hidden in compartments and in the trunk of the vehicle which was intercepted by ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit
REMANDED: Glenmore Mc Bean
(CANU).
This is according to CANU Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford, who opposed bail being granted to alleged drug trafficker, Glenmore Mc Bean, 34, a taxi driver, of Lot 78 Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden.
Mc Bean, also known as âSmall Manâ, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and denied the allegation that on July 16, last, at Soesdyke Junction, East Bank Demerara, he had 7.388 kilograms of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Prosecutor Sandiford related to the court that on July 16, CANU ranks received certain information at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara and as a result set up a road block at Soesdyke Junction, East Bank Demerara.
Prosecutor Sandiford said that motorcar HC 7963 which was being driven by Mc Bean was intercepted at the roadblock during which he admitted to having a bag of marijuana in the vehicle.
However, upon searching the vehicle the prosecutor said that ranks found parcels of marijuana hidden in a compartment and in the trunk of the vehicle.
Mc Bean is the registered owner of the vehicle, Sandiford disclosed.
Attorney-at-Law Bernard DaSilva who represented Mc Bean petitioned for him to be released on bail citing that special reasons arise from the circumstances under which his client was arrested.
DaSilva stated that on the day in question, Mc Bean was transporting a passenger to Linden when the car was stopped and searched and the alleged narcotics unearthed.
According to the lawyer, prior to the vehicle being stopped and searched, the passenger who was seated in the back disembarked the vehicle a few yards from the road block after receiving a phone call. DaSilva pointed out that the alleged narcotics were found in the passengerâs side compartment of the vehicle and also in the trunk.
The lawyer stated that his client should be granted pre-trial liberty since the alleged narcotics was not found in his possession but rather in the vehicle which had a passenger before it was stopped and searched.
Prosecutor Sandiford contended that Mc Bean provided CANU ranks with certain oral statements admitting that the drug was indeed in the vehicle.
But DaSilva argued that caution statements are subject to being tested by the court since the court is well aware of how they are sometimes extracted from an accused.
The Chief Magistrate refused bail for the defendant citing that no special reasons were raised by the defence to satisfy the court. Mc Bean will make another court appearance on July 13, for statements.
Note a black and a Portuguese are the crooks, not IndoGs as the slopcan crew would have us believe
TWO Essequibo residents who were arrested following an $85M cocaine bust made by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard on a vessel on the Pomeroon River, were on Thursday charged.
John DaSilva, a 45-year-old farmer of Grant Strong Hope, Pomeroon and Kevin Fitz Gordon, 34, of Jim Housing Scheme, Essequibo were jointly charged with drug trafficking before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan.
Particulars of the charge alleged that the duo on July 17, 2017 at Pomeroon River trafficked 94.954 kilograms of cocaine. The men pleaded not guilty to the allegations. They were represented by Attorney-at-law Mark Waldron. An official of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) explained to the court that investigation into the matter is incomplete.
The Chief Magistrate remanded the two men and transferred the matter to the Charity Magistrateâs Court for August 28, 2017.
According to reports DaSilva and Gordon were intercepted on July 17, while heading to Georgetown on a vessel but when they saw the Coast Guard boat they decided to turn around and tried to escape. A substance suspected to be cocaine was found in the vessel.
They were intercepted about four miles off the mouth of the Pomeroon River. The men, vessel and suspected narcotics were handed over to CANU officers. Gordon was previously charged and placed before the court in 2015 for the possession of 1.0854 kg of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. He was acquitted on the charge but in June 2017 he was arrested by CANU ranks for possession of a large quantity of US currency and handed over to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)
RESIDENTS of Mabaruma, Region One, are worried that attempts may be afoot to cover up a robbery which occurred in the Sub-region One on Tuesday last.
Police in the Region One town arrested three persons on Tuesday following a robbery which was committed on the home of gold dealer Geoffrey Hercules at Wanaina Hill, a small community outside the town.
The manâs son who was the only occupant of the house at the time, was beaten and gun-butted by the men during the mid- afternoon robbery.
Residents of the area told the Guyana Chronicle that three men, who were dropped off by a taxi driver near Herculesâs home, were seen entering the yard of the businessman.
Following an alarm, residents were told that the men had attacked and robbed the businessmanâs son.
On Thursday, residents noted that the entire situation appeared pre-planned.
They recounted that less than an hour before the incident, Hercules had left the area by boat for Port Kaituma, another section of the region.
Also, at the time, most persons were travelling to Mabaruma to witness the regional finals of the Digicel football tournament which attracted hundreds of residents. Wanaina Hill is located some six miles from Mabaruma.
Moments before the robbery, a taxi driver, who was later arrested in connection with the incident, was seen sitting at a wharf at Kumaka, the main business community at Mabaruma.
The man had allegedly transported three men to Wanaina Hill and they were later seen entering Herculesâs yard.
Reports are that the police arrested several persons following the incident, including a suspect who was found with a gun.
The men, whose aliases were given as âMikeyâ, âKellyâ and âUglymanâ were picked-up by police.
Another man, said to be of Venezuelan nationality, escaped from the police. Reports are that pieces of rope and duct tape were later found at a farm close by.
Residents told the Guyana Chronicle that one of the men remains in custody, while the alleged gunman was walking around freely at Kumaka on Thursday.
âIs only a matter of time before it sweep away, because money already pass,â a concerned member of the business community noted. âI just see one of the men who they hold in Kumaka and like I get cold right away,â the woman said.
Members of the business community have called on the authorities to investigate the conduct of police ranks stationed at Mabaruma
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âĶditches red dress, wig, bra
The red evening gown and brassiere that Jeffrey left behind
An 18-year-old suspected bandit escaped from the Georgetown Police Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 02:00 hrs yesterday, ditching a red dress, wig and a bra which someone had taken for him to disguise.
The suspect has been identified as Melford Jeffrey. He was shot to the back some time last week by the police. The cop who was guarding him is now under close arrest after it has been reported that he left the prisoner to go and sleep.
According to reports, Jeffrey who recently underwent surgeryâupon noticing that the policeman was not around, pulled out a tube that was inserted in one of his hands and escapedâleaving blood on the floor.
It is suspected that Jeffrey was planning to escape from the hospital for some time.He even arranged for someone to take a red evening gown, a yellow brassiere, a wig and a pampers to shred and stuff in the brassiere to make him appear to be a woman.
âMaybe when he see the police had gone and everyone was sleeping, he just run and leave the dress and wig behind because it would have taken too long for him to get dressed,â a policeman said.
It is unclear when the rank on duty was made aware that the prisoner had escaped but reports are that when ranks went to the hospital to investigate, they found that the keys were in the handcuffs.
The Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan said that it is an embarrassing situation for the Guyana Police Force especially with all the training the police are receiving.
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-95% of items recovered, two in custody
Perpetrators on Sunday evening broke into the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club
(Above): Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club building.
(Below): The house where some of the items were found.
office, located in Area H Ground, Rose Hall Town stole a quantity of cash, appliances, hampers and donated items valuing nearly one million dollars.
Hilbert Foster, CEO/ Secretary of the club, told reporters that on Monday morning he was informed by a market constabulary rank that his office was broken into. He said the grill door which leads to the office was ripped away at the bottom.
Foster disclosed that a businessman had donated a million dollars in back packs. âMy first concern was the school bags, but after checking we discovered that the majority was here. However when we checked we noticed that a grass cutter valued at $100,000, 20 school bags, a music set costing $150,000, amplifier, electric saw, electric drill, ten hampers, a large sum of food supply, more than $60,000 in cash and a cordless phone, among other items were stolenâ.
Club members, he stated, had raised suspicions after the incident about the persons who would have stolen the items.
âThere is a building in front of J.C that was taken back by the bank. We had our suspicions that the materials would have been stored down there. We went with two policemen and I peep through the window and saw a grass cutter standing up next to the wall. When I look I saw (hampers) lying on the groundâ.
He revealed that 95% of the stolen items were recovered. The residents of Rose Hall assisted by returning some. âSome bag packs were seen scattered around the area but residents in Rose Hall brought them backâ.
Two suspects have since been arrested in connection with the break and enter, while police claim that they are on the hunt for two others.
POLICE are hunting for a suspect âChokadagâ following the fatal stabbing of a fisherman at Meadow Bank Wharf, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Thursday night during a fracas.
Police said they are making stringent efforts to apprehend the male suspect who is alleged to have fatally stabbed a fisher monger. A probe revealed that the victim, Chan Wen Wong, 42, of Lot 14 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, and the suspect had a quarrel which resulted in a physical confrontation.
They were parted by onlookers and the victim walked away only to be pursued by the suspect who whipped out a sharp object and stabbed him to the left region of his chest and fled the scene.
Wong collapsed after being injured and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is presently at the Lykenâs Funeral Parlour awaiting a post-mortem examination. A visit to the manâs residence in Campbellville saw no one at the apartment which is occupied by a group of Chinese nationals, who are employed at Mei Tung Restaurant which is located on the second floor of Buddyâs Building on Sheriff Street.
At the Chinese eating house, employees said that Wong was a cook at the restaurant some years ago, but quit and turned to fishing and used to be at sea for long periods.
Employees added that Wong who used to hang around the wharf area when he was not at sea, came to Guyana as a child with his Chinese parents who have since passed away. They related that his parents had a business in the North West and after they died Wong came to the city and he was a cook at the restaurant for some time.
Police told the Guyana Chronicle that the suspect is known to law enforcement officials and efforts are being made to locate him.
Jul 22, 2017 News 0 Comments
â Gunmen escape with $1.5M
Shot: Kwabena Wright
A visiting Guyanese was yesterday trailed from a city bank on Water Street, Georgetown, and shot to the right arm by gunmen who escaped with $1.5M.
Up to press time, 40-year-old Kwabena Wright, a father of two, was undergoing surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Wright, a resident of Campbellville, Georgetown, and his wife, Uldeen, are teachers in the Turks and Caicos Islands. They are on vacation here with their two children and had plans to do some construction work on their home.
According to information received, the couple went to the bank to withdraw money to pay a contractor. The man was at the time driving his fatherâs car.
After making the withdrawal, Wright drove to Hand-in-Hand Trust Company on Middle Street, Georgetown, where he was said to be waiting on the contractor. While waiting, the victimâs wife left the car to go and get something to drink.
It was during this period that two armed bandits walked up to the teacher and demanded that he âpass the money.â
This newspaper was informed that Wright was about to drive away when the gunmen shot the carâs windscreen and also fired a shot at the man before grabbing the bag which was in the back seat.
Kaieteur News was informed that the victimâs wife, who had witnessed the ordeal from a distance, flagged down a taxi and tried to pursue the bandits, but her husband requested that she take him to the hospital instead.
Wright is the second person who was shot in the vicinity of Hand-in-Hand Trust Company. On November 23, last, a female security guard Natasha Williams was shot while trying to fend off two armed men during an attempted robbery at the company.
Jul 26, 2017 News 0 Comments
Up to press time, doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were preparing to operate on a 36-year-old man who was shot by the police yesterday in Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Mistaken for prison escapee, Charles Peters
The victim, Charles Peters of Lot 184 Melanie, East Coast Demerara, and a former rank from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was shot to the right arm and back around 12:30 hrs.
According to information received, the police received information that an âuntidy lookingâ man, wearing old clothes, with what seemed to be mud on his skin, was seen in Annandale.
Ranks immediately went to the location where they saw the individual, who began running from themâthis resulted in the lawmen opening fire and hitting the man. Upon getting a closer look, residents in the area later identified the victim as someone of unsound mind who did odd jobs for persons in the same village he was shot.
One of the manâs siblings, who declined to give her name, said that after leaving the army, the father of two went to neighbouring Suriname to spend some time. It was when he returned to Guyana that he developed mental issues. She could not say what really transpired, other than receiving a call from someone who informed her that the man had been shot.
Ranks from the Guyana Police Forceâs Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) are investigating the matter. At least two ranks were seen visiting the former GDF rank at the hospital, but he was unconscious.
Divisional commander, Calvin Brutus could not be reached for a comment yesterday, but ranks in his division confirmed that OPR is dealing with the matter.
Meanwhile, heavily-armed police ranks and soldiers were called to the Camp Street Prison around 08:30 yesterday after it was reported that the 86 high-profile inmates taken there Monday night from the pasture at the Lusignan Prison, were trying to break out.
The inmates are being housed in the concrete building, which was renovated after the fire on July 09, lastâit was the only standing structure after the blaze was extinguished. It is unclear as to what led to the inmates behaving in such a disorderly manner yesterday.
According to information received, the prisoners removed mattresses from iron beds in the cells and started banging at the walls of the building and threatening to burn the prison once again.
When this newspaper arrived yesterday, fire tenders were seen at the four corners of the prison as well as soldiers and heavily-armed police ranks.
Kaieteur News was informed that four prisoners, who were identified as the ring leaders, were subsequently placed in one cell where they were given mattresses with no frames.
The 86 prisoners were taken to Camp Street after 13 of their fellow inmates dug their way out of the pasture at Lusignan Prison sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.
Seven of those inmates have since been recaptured.
Jul 26, 2017 News 0 Comments
A 24-year-old Crabwood Creek farmer was on Sunday evening reportedly attacked by a gang of seven men, leaving him nursing serious injuries.
Cheddi Eshwar Sawh of 97 Grant 2767, Crabwood Creek, is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital with a severe head injury sustained during the assault.
Kaieteur News was informed by one of the manâs relatives that after spending a few hours at his girlfriendâs house, Sawh, while on his way home along the Crabwood Creek public road, was confronted by a gang of men who dealt him blows about his body and head before escaping.
According to the relative, an eyewitness revealed that Sawh was mostly beaten in the head during the ordeal.
Relatives are of the belief that the farmer was mistaken for someone else, while explaining that a few houses away from where the attack occurred is a âliquor shopâ, âSaturday night dem (assailants) and a boy had a fight at the rum shop, one ah de boy get beat up, so Sunday he come back with he crew,â the relative recounted.
An injured Cheddi Sawh lying helpless after the savage beating
âWhen we check back, de boy dem fight with at the rum shop Saturday night and he (Sawh) look nuff alike, so dem think is the boy and dem beat he (Sawh) upâ. The home of the victimâs girlfriend is located some four houses away from the âliquor shopâ.
From reports gathered, four of the attackers names were disclosed, however âdem people ainât know the other three name, but them say if dem see dem, dem can identify demâ, a relative said.
According to a police source, investigators are presently looking for the other accused, since searches at their known address have come up empty-handed. This publication also understands that Sawh was at the âliquor shopâ Saturday evening, but it is unclear whether he was a part of the fracas. Meanwhile, police have confirmed that one person has since been placed under arrest.
bringing the total of recaptured escapees to eight.
accused was discovered alone. Skeete, who was in prison for the murder of a Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara man back in 2008, has since been transferred back to Georgetown.
Lusignan Prison by digging a hole under the perimeter fence. The hole was about five feet in length and another five feet in depth.
Three female guards, aged 64, 56 and 43, were left traumatised after a seven-man gang tied their hands and feet, during a pre-dawn robbery yesterday at a Busta Beverage Company site at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
The men, who had two handguns, only managed to cart off a flat-screen television set, a digital video recorder, a power saw, and a mobile phone belonging to one of the guards, who are all Professional Guard Service (PGS) personnel.
Police sources said that the robbers gained entry by scaling the fence around 02.30 hrs. They first held a 56-year-old female guard at gunpoint, tied her up, then relieved her of two cell phones.
They then proceeded to the back of the compound and tied up a second guard, aged 64. Police said that one of the intruders went to the front gate security hut, held the third guard at gunpoint, then took her to the back of the compound. After tying up the third guard, one of the men entered a building in the compound and removed a television set, valued at $100,000 and an electric saw before fleeing.
While the facility was equipped with security cameras, police were unable to view the robbery, since the thieves had carted off the digital video recorder.
Jul 28, 2017 News 0 Comments
A Hadfield Street, Lodge resident has reportedly admitted to shooting a 20-year-old man who allegedly burned the shooterâs home some time ago.
The 23-year-old suspect was taken into custody yesterday after the victim, Uborn Blair, of Lot 8 Freeman Street, sustained gunshot wounds to his groin and thighs.
According to reports, Blair was standing with friends in front of his home around 23.45 hrs on Wednesday when two men on a motorcycle rode up to them.
One of the bikers fired three shots at Blair. A bullet passed through Blairâs left thigh, his groin and lodged in his right thigh. The attackers escaped west down Freeman Street.
Blair was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he underwent surgery.
Police subsequently apprehended a suspect, who allegedly admitted to shooting Blair, who he claimed had burned his home down. They are still to apprehend the gunmanâs accomplice
Drugb's home town Camden 2016 homicide count climbs even as number of other violent crimes declined.
KP would you live in a place like Camden?
IN light of the arrest of wanted fugitive, Pascal Smith, who along with 13 others had escaped from lawful custody from the holding area at Lusignan Prison, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday re-appealed to members of the public to provide information which may lead to the arrest of the others, who remain at large.
Pascal Smith was arrested by the police shortly after noon on Friday in a pit latrine in Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown. He along with 12 others dug a hole within the pit latrine in the yard of Lusignan Prison and escaped during a heavy downpour between Sunday night and early Monday morning.
Police said Clive Forde C/D El Sinkie, Paul Goriah, Shawn Harris C/D Shawny, Kerry Cromwell, Mark Royden Durant C/D Royden Williams and Smallie, Stafrie Alexander Hopkinson, Uree Varswyck C/D Malcolm Gordon and Cobena Stephens C/D OJ remain at large and are wanted for Escaping from Lawful Custody (Georgetown and Lusignan Prisons).
The Guyana Police Force in its efforts to recapture the inmates is also appealing to members of the public, relatives and friends to give any relevant information as to the whereabouts of these escapees so that they can be captured and returned to the prison.
Also an appeal is being made to the escapees to surrender to the police or relevant authority, to avoid any serious confrontation that is likely to result in the use of force. All information will be treated with a high degree of confidence and also the rights of those escapees will be respected and upheld.
Jul 29, 2017 News 0 Comments
Remanded to prison: Wayne Griffith
Wayne Griffith, 29, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, yesterday made an appearance before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistratesâ Courts and denied a charge of robbery.
The charge alleged that on July 25, last, at Stabroek Market, in the company of another robbed Rezal Khan of a 25 pennyweight gold band and one 10 penny weight gold chain.
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh objected to bail being granted to the defendant citing that he is a repeat offender and the penalty the charge attracts.
The Prosecutor stated that on the day in question the victim and his wife were in the vicinity of Stabroek Market, heading to the Stelling when they were approached by the defendant who ordered him to hand over his jewelry.
The victim, being fearful for his life, handed over his jewelry to Griffith who then made good his escape. The victim subsequently raised an alarm.
The court heard that police responded promptly and Griffith was arrested while his accomplice escaped.
The prosecutor told the court that when a search was conducted on the defendant the victimâs gold band was found in his pocket.
The prosecutor further informed the court that a confrontation was held between Griffith and Khan. The former was positively identified.
The police prosecutor told the court that the case file is still incomplete. According to information the defendant was currently out on bail after being charged with a $9M robbery at Princess Casino.
It is alleged that on April 29, at Providence, East Bank Demerara Griffith while being in the company of two others, and armed with guns, robbed Daniel Roberts and Alfea Gajadhar of $8,951,000 â property of the Princess Ramada Casino.
According to police, four men arrived at the Ramada Hotel in a white motorcar bearing a fake number plate. They were armed with guns and entered the casino and discharged several rounds.
They relieved a security guard of his shotgun and ordered patrons and staffers to lie on the ground. It was reported that the accused also held a cashier at gunpoint and made off with local and foreign currency.
Three of the alleged bandits reportedly escaped on foot, while police were able to apprehend Griffith since he was allegedly left behind in the casino.
The defendant will make his next court appearance on August 11.
Jul 30, 2017 News 0 Comments
A woman, tired of being abused almost daily, fatally stabbed her partner around 21:30 hrs on Friday at Queen Street, Kitty.
Devon Ali died around 11:00 hrs yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. He was stabbed to the chest. Lisa Hayley, a mother of two, has been detained at the Kitty Police Station.
The woman told the police that she and the deceased have been together for the past three years. During that time, she had been abused frequently.
According to reports, Hayley was forced into prostitution by the deceased who would usually take away whatever cash she made.
Last week, the duo got into a heated argument and Hayley claimed that the suspect beat her and threatened to kill her. Tired of being abused, she moved from her Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home and went to stay with her brother in Kitty.
Last night, Ali reportedly turned up at the womanâs home and demanded to talk to her. âHer brother told him that she wasnât there,â a source said.
The woman was at the time entering her brotherâs yard. The deceased spotted her and reportedly attacked her with two knives.
This newspaper was informed that during the process, Hayley managed to get her hands on one of the knives and stabbed her abusive partner.
The woman told the police that she had no intention killing the father of her two children but she was simply trying to protect herself.
Investigations are ongoing
Mitwah posted:
Camden was a very nice city in the early 1970s. I remember a mall with families and children playing happily.
I believe the only place closely with poverty [like Camden] in Canada would be First Nations reserve. It is not even total poverty with government tax free assistance. But inexperience management of their resources.
Tola this tread really serves no purpose. It does not offer any solutions to the crime situation in Guyana. The Gadaha, Deryck Rugbeer should focus on his own backyard where the crime situation is worse than Guyana. There are many cities like Camden that are worse than "3rd World Countries".
GUNFIRE disturbed the tranquility of East Ruimveldt Sunday at midday as members of the Joint Forces took out Lusignan Prison escapee, Clive Forde, during an armed confrontation.
Clive Forde called âEl Sinkieâ was one of 13 prison escapees who tunnelled out of the Lusignan Prison a week ago.
Police in a statement said Forde was mortally wounded during an operation to recapture him in the East Ruimveldt, Georgetown area.
A 9MM pistol with a magazine and 11 live rounds were found a short distance from his body.
Police said based on intelligence gathered, the escapee was hiding out in a house in the Ruimveldt area and a planned operation was launched.
During the operation, the escapee opened fire on the police who responded while he was fleeing on foot.
The operation and death of Forde were subsequently confirmed by acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine.
Reports indicate that the escapee of Lot 68 Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, had visited his home after escaping and police later learned that he was in the area.
After realising the police were combing the area, Forde decided to flee, but was cornered at the East La Penitence Market, resulting in him seeking refuge on a dam in the squatting area.
He was mortally wounded between a fence and a latrine. His remains which bore multiple gunshot wounds were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital before being transferred to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
âThis man even walked in front of the East La Penitence Police Outpost before and no one recognised him; is either these escapees stupid, or they carefree, because I canât see why all of them feel so confident to return home and not be caught,â one East La Penitence resident said.
One woman in the area told the Guyana Chronicle that when gunshots started ringing out, she dropped to the floor and grabbed her children and stayed there until the entire episode was completed.
She said when the police were finished the area was littered with spent shells.
Another resident said police bullets shattered her louvres and smashed up her plastic tub.
âThe police kicked down the gate and run into the yard, damaged my tub and clothes, shoot at my louvres and even used one of my sheets to wrap the wanted man in to take him away,â the woman of 459 Front Road, East Ruimveldt Phase Two Squatting area, said. She is hoping to receive some compensation.
Meanwhile, acting Commissioner Ramnarine on Sunday evening also confirmed that another Lusignan Prison escapee, Kerry Cromwell, surrendered to police.
Police said that Cromwellâs mother contacted a senior government functionary and related their willingness to disclose Cromwellâs whereabouts and their concerns for his safety.
His mother, along with other relatives, on the advice of the government functionary, took Cromwell to the Brickdam Police Station where he was placed under arrest and is being held.
Mitwah posted:Tola this tread really serves no purpose. It does not offer any solutions to the crime situation in Guyana. The Gadaha, Deryck Rugbeer should focus on his own backyard where the crime situation is worse than Guyana. There are many cities like Camden that are worse than "3rd World Countries".
Mits, compared to the last government, at least this government and the police are more active about the crime situations. Massacres of sleeping people and assassination of a government minister took place during the last government.
What also surprised me during the last government, many of the crimes was against Indians, yet their Indian government did little to prevent it. A lot of talk where I was present, but no action.
As you said, many cities in the US and other countries are much worse with crime and violence than Guyana.
I did not realize Camden became so violent, because I really enjoyed being there, when I worked on ships. It must be why people who live there are so uptight and negative, because negativism breeds more negativism.
Under the PPP watch, their own, Sat Sawh was executed. Jagdeo said he knew the perps. Yet they failed to arrest or prosecute anyone. The crime rate is down. The only difference now is that more crimes are being reported in the media.
Mitwah posted:Under the PPP watch, their own, Sat Sawh was executed. Jagdeo said he knew the perps. Yet they failed to arrest or prosecute anyone. The crime rate is down. The only difference now is that more crimes are being reported in the media.
It was the same with some deaths during the last government that was not reported in some media, to make the government look bad.
Jagdeo was smart to give out the broadcast licence, because who controls the media, also controls what the people hear, thus controlling them [like sheep] to some extent.
Tola posted:Mitwah posted:Under the PPP watch, their own, Sat Sawh was executed. Jagdeo said he knew the perps. Yet they failed to arrest or prosecute anyone. The crime rate is down. The only difference now is that more crimes are being reported in the media.
It was the same with some deaths during the last government that was not reported in some media, to make the government look bad.
Jagdeo was smart to give out the broadcast licence, because who controls the media, also controls what the people hear, thus controlling them [like sheep] to some extent.
The media is giving too much details on many of the crimes. They are responsible for some of the copy cats and the increased brutality. They publish the size of the booty thereby giving the criminal minded that crime pays. Corruption now seems to be an acceptable culture. We need stronger laws; the current laws are archaic.
Tola posted:Mits, compared to the last government, at least this government and the police are more active about the crime situations. Massacres of sleeping people and assassination of a government minister took place during the last government.
Perpetrated by the PNC/AFC who instructed criminals to massacre people for political gain.
What also surprised me during the last government, many of the crimes was against Indians, yet their Indian government did little to prevent it. A lot of talk where I was present, but no action.
Because the police and soldiers were Black PNC supporters and were in cohoots with the PNC to rob and kill indians.
During the PPP days the Blacks were the police and army .when calls were made of a crime in progress many times the law did not show up or if so very late especially in the Indian community. Also it was known that the police was in tie with the criminals loaning their guns and receiving piece of the loot. Today Granger in charge they have to listen in not get fired.
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