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Pastor arrested for raping church member

A 37-year-old pastor is now in Police custody following an accusation made against him by a female member of his congregation, who alleged he raped her at his Diamond, East Bank Demerara home last month.
According to information received, the man, who is said to be attached to a full gospel church, had provided counselling to the young adult and her mother two years ago, after the passing of a loved one.
However, the young lady told Police that the pastor invited her to his home where she was stripped, pushed onto the bed and was sexually violated.
Guyana Times understands that the man committed the act on several occasions, but the victim was threatened hence she did not lodge a complaint with the Police. After the last encounter, the victim came forward and confided in the Police.
She reportedly told detectives that before committing the act, the pastor would drink a Guinness and perform a ritual before raping her.
Apart from the young woman, another church member reportedly told detectives that she ended her relationship with the pastor after his wife found out about the affair, but the pastor continues to stalk and make sexual advances towards her.
Police have since launched an investigation into the matter.

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Bandits Snatch $1.2M from Rosignol Cambio Dealer


 

A money changer of Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice, while plying his trade at Rosignol was robbed of $1.2 million in cash, along with his cellular phone and his car keys.

Where Hiralall was robbed in front of the NBS office.

Jaipaul Hiralall, 38, who has been a Cambio dealer for nearly eight years, told Kaieteur News that the robbery took place around 9:45AM on Sunday.
He said that he was standing in front of the New Building Society branch at Rosignol when two recognisable men, who were armed with guns, ran over to him and pressed a gun into his ribcage.
β€œDem she, hand over the money! Dem start cuss and seh β€˜Give we the effin money’ and meh give dem,” Hiralall recounted.
He stated that the other bandit shoved his hands into his pocket and grabbed his BLU cellular phone while the other took the loot, still holding the gun to his side. Hiralall stated that after the men took what they wanted, they ran to a waiting silver Toyota 212 car bearing licence plate number PPP 5951, jumped in and sped off.
The bag of money that was stolen included $1.2 million in local and foreign currency together with Hiralall’s car keys.
No one has been arrested and police are continuing their investigations.

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Policeman accidentally shot pursuing bandit

 
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A POLICE constable is receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being accidentally shot in his upper right arm by one of his colleagues on Tuesday. His condition is considered stable.

Reports indicate that a robbery suspect was apprehended at Leopold and Breda Streets, Charlestown, about 15:30hrs and residents in the area turned out in their numbers, resulting in confusion that caused the alleged robber to flee.

Back-up was summoned and two armed policemen began chasing the suspect, when the one of the officers in pursuit stumbled, resulting in his M70 rifle falling onto the ground and a round being discharged, hitting his colleague who was ahead of him.

This resulted in the alleged robber making good his escape. The police are investigating the incident.

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Lone gunman targets Lamaha Park shop

 
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Ingrid’s Grocery, where the hold-up occurred early Tuesday morning (Photo by Michel Outridge)

–relieves delivery boys of β€˜petty-cash,’ valuables

TWO unsuspecting Guyana Beverages Inc. employees were robbed by a lone gunman on Tuesday morning at Ingrid’s Grocery at Lot 338 Lamaha Park, Georgetown.

The incident reportedly occurred at around 09:40hrs, and according to the owner of the small shop, Ingrid Kennedy, the beverage people had just arrived to take her orders and were about to go get the stock when the man pulled out a gun and relieved them of whatever little β€˜petty-cash’ they had on them, as well as their wallets and cellphones.

According to one of many eyewitnesses, the bandit had the gun hidden under his shirt.

On seeing that, the shop owner began shouting, β€œThief! Thief!” But by that time, the gunman had already got what he was after and made good his escape on a CG motorcycle which was being ridden by an accomplice.

Ms Kennedy said that from the time she laid eyes on the strange young man, she somehow knew he was up to no good.

And her hunch proved right when he whipped out the gun; but the poor delivery boys were too traumatised to put up a fight and just handed over the goodies.

The Guyana Beverages Inc. yesterday confirmed that two of their employees called in to report that they had been robbed, but was unsure of the amount, since they had not returned to the office and were said to be with the police.

In response to calls for help from Lamaha Park residents, Head of the Forensic Laboratory, Superintendent Philip Azore himself turned up on the scene, while ranks were dispatched to hunt down the two criminals, who were observed riding round and round following the robbery as if they were not yet satisfied with the day’s β€œpickings” and were in search of more easy prey.
And, as luck would have it, within hours the police were reporting that one of the two suspects had been arrested and is assisting with the investigation.

They’ve also reported impounding two CG motorcycles, one of which was allegedly involved in the hold-up.

The two victims were able to positively identify the motorcycle as the one that was used in perpetrating the robbery that morning.

Frustrated residents gathered at the shop following the incident told the Guyana Chronicle that they cannot sleep at nights for fear of being robbed.

Just recently, the home of Ministry of the Presidency’s photographer, Ms Sandra Prince, was broken into, and important documents among other valuables were carted off.

Residents say the area has seen a series of break-ins lately, mostly at nights, by what appears to be a well–organised gang of criminals. Many are afraid to be on the streets after dark, as almost every night there’s a hold-up.

Superintendent Azore told the Guyana Chronicle that following a community meeting with Lamaha Park residents two Sundays ago, the police have been doing some work in the area, including regular mobile patrols.

He told residents on Tuesday that based on information garnered, the bandits who operate in the area are being harboured by a few bad eggs in the community, and urged them to remain vigilant and report all incidents of criminal activities, since the police can only do so much.

He is expected to hold another community meeting with residents shortly.

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Intelligence rank held for β€˜Saga’ murder

– allegedly loaned firearm to killer

Detectives have detained a police Intelligence rank who allegedly loaned a handgun to the individual accused of robbing and killing Godfrey Scipio called β€˜Saga’ last month.
The police constable was taken into custody yesterday and has been grilled about the whereabouts of the firearm. He is said to be a friend of the accused, who has since been charged with murder.
Scipio, 58, of D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, was shot in the chest and relieved of a gold chain on October 12, last, shortly after leaving a hotel in Kitty. He succumbed at the Woodlands Hospital.
The killer had allegedly borrowed the gun from an associate.

Dead: Godfrey Scipio called β€˜Saga’

Police have since charged Aubrey Bobb, 26, of Kitty, Georgetown, with Scipio’s murder. He resides a short distance from the hotel where the victim was shot

 
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PNC fund raising?

Woodlands Hospital cashier charged in connection with alleged GY$1 million fake robbery

 

Woodlands Hospital (photo from Simply Guyana)

A  cashier attached to the Woodlands Hospital Susan Daniels and a man, who she allegedly falsely claimed had robbed her of GY$1.4 million belonging to the health institution, were arraigned on a charge of simple larceny.

The cashier, 33-year year old Susan Daniels, and 32- year old Anif Peters, denied the joint charge after it was read to them by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman.

the charge alleges that the Canal Number One and East LaPenitence resident on August 31 stole GY$1.4 million dollars from Woodlands Hospital, property of the hospital.

Daniels was also charged with  giving false information to police at Brickdam Police Station on September 1,  alleging that she was robbed knowing such information was false after an investigation was carried out.

To that charge Daniels pleaded her innocence by denying the charge.

The court heard from Police Prosecutor Inspector Gordon Mansfield that on the day in question, Daniels was responsible for taking the daily sales to the respective holding area but did not do that.

Afterwards, a report was made to the Brickdam Police station and an investigation was carried only to find out that found that the information given was allegedly false.

Peters was arrested due to the fact that Daniels had reported he was the person that had robbed her of the money.

Magistrate Latchman granted bail to Anif Peters in the sum of $100,000 while Susan Daniels was granted $200,000 bail.

Both defendants were ordered to return to court on December 4

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More evidence of pnc drug cartel.

Guyanese busted in Barbados with cocaine

A gang inclusive of a Guyanese man and two Barbadian women who were busted with some $625,000 worth of cocaine were jointly charged Tuesday in Barbados.
The Guyanese, 34-year-old Kwanza Canterbury, was charged, along with Barbadian entertainer Betty Griffith-Payne, 38, of Lot 8 West Terrace Heights, St James and her 35-year-old sister Marie Alexa Griffith, of Phillips Road, Cleavers Hill, St Joseph.

Barbadian entertainer Betty Payne

The charge against the three stated that between November 7 and 10 at West Terrace Heights, St James, and Mason Hall Street, St Michael, Barbados, they had in their possession 12 kilograms of cocaine with intent to supply, traffic and conspire to traffic.
The Bajan women, however, had another charge of β€˜handling the cocaine’ brought against them.
Canterbury, who was also found with cannabis weighing one kilogram valued at Bds$8000, had that additional charge instituted.

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Bandit robs police at Stabroek Market

 
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A 26-year-old police constable stationed at the Turkeyen Police Station was robbed of his valuables by an armed bandit Tuesday night at Stabroek Market Square, Georgetown, in the vicinity of the Digicel Booth.

Reports indicate that the policeman was robbed of over $50,000. Investigations revealed that he was walking south, through the Stabroek Square when the robber, who was standing between two vehicles blocked his way, demanding he hands over his valuables.

The suspect then took out a weapon from his waist, pointed it at the victim and relieved him of the cash.

In the process, he dealt the victim a lash to his left ear and made good his escape along Water Street; no shot was fired. Police are continuing their investigations.

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Fake police raid Diamond home, seizes amplifier


 

The ransacked bedroom

Friday night around 22:00hrs, a man, who identified himself as a policeman raided the home of an East Bank Demerara couple. When it was over, he escaped in a car, taking with him an amplifier, among other items.

The man shouted, β€œPolice, open, open!” at the woman’s Lot 16, Diamond Public Road home for her to open the gate before entering her home. He even went on to explain that he is there because her husband, Faiban Valenzuela, 52, was in the lock-up because he was found with an unlicensed gun.

According to the victim, Chandusmani Ramah, 57, β€œI come home from work around 3 0’clock and take a sleeping tablet and was drowsy.” She said she was awakened when she heard a male voice shouting at her gate.

Ramah said she got up and opened the door. A man in a grey jersey and black pants pushed her aside and immediately began searching her home.

She said she had even requested a search warrant from the man who pulled a document from his pockets and said, β€œIt here”.

Ramah said he ransacked her home before finding a screw driver.

With the man approaching her with the screw driver in his hand, Ramah said she became fearful for her life.

The man, whom she said she can identify, then took her amplifier, saying that the neighbours complained about noise.

She stated that the man had initially requested $50,000 so that her husband could be released from the Police Station.

The woman said she explained to the thief that she does not have any money at home. The sly burglar then informed her that the neighbours complained about her loud music.

Ramah said before she could have done anything, the man sped out of her home with the amplifier, her phone and the screw driver.

She added that her neighbours heard the commotion and saw a car in front of her home with men inside who took off with the so called policeman.

Her husband was at work when the robbery occurred .

She said she has been living there for 10 years and never had such an experience.

In a shocked state, Ramah said she was unable to call her husband, but subsequently made a report to the Diamond Police Station after she took a taxi to her husband’s workplace. The matter was transferred to the Grove Police Station.

Ranks reportedly visited the home of the victim some 12 hours after the incident took place to investigate. The woman said she was however told by the ranks that they cannot take any fingerprint tests since the man touched nothing but her clothes. Investigations are ongoing.

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Bandits rob Kuru Kururu businessman

 

A Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway business was on Thursday afternoon robbed of $634,000 in cash, $50,000 worth of phone cards, and four mobile phones after three unmasked and armed men barged into the entity.
Police reports indicate that the bandits entered the R&T Variety Store and demanded cash and other valuables as they held the owners at gunpoint.
However, during the ordeal, the elderly woman managed to escape the bandit’s clutches and ran next door to a neighbour’s home where she raised an alarm and sought refuge.
However, her elderly husband was severely beaten. The bandits dragged the man to the house where the men continued the assault him while demanding valuables. After some time, the men ransacked the house and found the money.
Before leaving, the men snatched the phone cards and escaped in a waiting silver grey Toyota Premio.
The matter was reported to the Police and an investigation was launched.

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Man shot over alleged love triangle

 
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TWENTY-seven-year-old, Fazel Haniff, a mason of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is nursing a gunshot wound in the region of his stomach at a private city hospital.
According to the police, Haniff was shot by his friend, Ron Robertson, after he accused him of having an affair with his wife.

The incident reportedly occurred at around 21:00hrs on Friday night at the victim’s home.
Police sources say that Haniff had reportedly picked up a knife and turned to speak with his wife, when the assailant whipped out a gun and shot him before making good his escape.

The police have since launched a manhunt for Robertson. They’ve also recovered a live .32 round and a .32 spent shell at the scene of the shooting.
Haniff, meanwhile, is said to be in a stable condition.

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Armed bandits rob gas station at Vreed-en-Hoop

 

Police are investigating the robbery of G Sridat Service Station at Lot 1 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), which left staff members traumatised but thankful for their lives.
According to information, around 18:15h on Saturday, two men, one armed with a gun, placed the night shift pump attendant and two security guards to lie face down and took their cell phones along with approximately $50,000 in cash before making good their escape.

The G Sridat Service Station at Vreed-en-Hoop

The pump attendant, Raja (only name given) told Guyana Times that he was at the other end of the gas station selling diesel when one of the men entered the premises, while the other was on the road, and began enquiring about the price of lubricants. He added that the man first approached the security guards who told him to wait, since they were unaware of the prices.
β€œHe wait till me come here to ask me, but me tell he to wait that me have two cars to sell and when me done sell the two cars, the other man on the road come in and he take out the gun and put the two watchman to lie down on the bench. Then the other one come and grab me hand and take me on the bench too and them clean me (money from pocket) out,” he related.
β€œThe man them take about $40-$45,000 from me and them take one cell phone from the watchman and some money. It had a customer there that them man take $5000 from and he cell phone then them run out,” Raja added.
The man further stated that he has been working at the gas station for approximately five years and this was the first time that the facility has been robbed. He added that the entire ordeal lasted a mere five minutes.
He told this publication that the men were of African descent and medium build, while one was tall and the other short. Additionally, he said that it was the first time he saw the men, but he could identify them if they crossed paths again.
The Police also came in for some criticism since they demanded that the gas station be closed and the attendant venture to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station to make a report before the commencement of their investigation. The pump attendant related that he denied the request and the Police arrived on the scene approximately 30 minutes after the ordeal.
The Police say that their investigations are ongoing.

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Bandits rob women, escape through manhole

 
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BANDITS on Saturday stormed the South Ruimveldt-based Ultimate Image Unisex Beauty Salon, robbing the employees of over $100,000 in cash and electronics.

According to a report from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), two men who were masked entered the salon around noon and with the use of a gun, robbed Charis Hazel, 40, a hairdresser and two other women– Wonda Mundy and Pauline Swan.

A sum of $68,700 in cash along with a Samsung J7 cellular phone were taken from one of the victims, while Mundy and Swan were relieved of cash amounting to $16,000 and $25,000, respectively.

The report further stated that the robbers, after committing the crime, made their escape through a manhole at the southern side of the premises.
The police have confirmed that an investigation into the robbery is ongoing and a manhunt has been launched for the suspects.

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Bandits rob security guard

 
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ARMED with a handgun and a knife, two bandits on BMX bicycles on Sunday robbed a 47-year-old security guard on the Rome Access Road at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara.

The man, who lives at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, was on his way to work when the incident occurred.
He told the police that it was around 20:00hrs when it happened, and that all he knew was that he felt a chuck from behind.
He said that it was after falling to the ground that he saw the men, who were still on their bicycles.

As he lay there, the man said, he saw one of the men `whip out’ a black handgun and the other a knife, and together they demanded that he give them whatever money he had on him and his cell-phone.

They also rummaged his pockets and relieved him of other personal belongings before making good their escape.
He estimates he has lost close to $97,000 in valuables

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Spurned suitor hacks off salesgirl’s fingers in brutal cutlass attack


 

Allegedly furious that she had rejected his advances, a 58-year-old man hacked off a salesgirl’s right thumb and forefinger, while inflicting other wounds on her body.
Narainie Gopaul, of 74 Railway View, Meter-Meer-Zorg, was attacked around 23:00hrs on Sunday in her yard.
Police said that her cutlass-wielding assailant chopped off the index finger and thumb of Gopaul’s right hand.
She was also chopped on the neck, arms and legs.
She was admitted to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where her condition is said to be stable.
According to a police official, the injured salesgirl has alleged that the suspect had made several advances to her, which she repeatedly rejected.

Narainie Gopaul

Police said that Narainie Gopaul, a sales clerk was returning home from work when the suspect, who was armed with a cutlass, chopped her on her arms, right foot and neck then fled the scene.
Photos on social media showed a bloody Gopaul lying on the ground.
The suspect was arrested the same night and is expected to appear in court today.

 
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Pastor, contractor robbed after separate bank withdrawals

 
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A 66 year old pastor of Haslington, East Coast Demerara was on Wednesday robbed of $1.8M in cash on Church Street, Georgetown, in the vicinity of Assuria Insurance by three bandits.

The pastor was identified as Eldon Anderson. According to reports, the victim left his North Haslington home about 08:45hrs with $400,000 in his possession, using motor vehicle PVV 3830. He then visited a city bank where he withdrew $1.4M which was to be sent overseas.
Upon visiting a bank on Camp Street to send the money, the pastor was told that he needed additional information before the transaction could have been honoured.

The pastor who was hesitant to leave the bank with the money, left the bank and was driving in the vicinity of Church Street when a silver grey Toyota Spacio reversed into the rear of his vehicle.

Upon exiting his vehicle to inspect the damage, the two armed men reportedly approached the pastor with guns pointed at him, demanding the money which was in his vehicle.
The pastor was assaulted and his car was searched. Upon finding the cash, the bandits discharged a round in the air before escaping in their vehicle. Police recovered a spent shell from the scene.

Investigations are ongoing. Meanwhile, a contractor was also robbed after visiting a bank in Diamond, East Bank Demerara on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Richard Maughn. After withdrawing $400,000 from the bank, Maughn was accosted on the public road in front of the bank by armed bandits. Police are requesting CCTV footage, as investigations continue.

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Isn't there a member of the slop can crew that is said to be a cow thief?

23 head of stolen cattle found on Corentyne ranch

 

…ranch owner flees from police

A cattle farmer who owns a ranch in the backlands of Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Region 6 fled with his employees on Sunday last (November 19) upon seeing a party of Police approaching; but one of his workers, a 27-year-old labourer of Tain Settlement, Corentyne, has been apprehended by the Police and is currently in custody assisting with investigations.
The police say they had gone to the Bloomfield ranch after cattle farmer Nandkishore Tagram of Number 62 Village, Corentyne, Berbice had gone to the Number 62 Police Outpost on Friday last (November 17) and lodged a report that forty (40) head of his cattle, including calves branded with his registered brand β€” DON14 – had gone missing after they were left to graze outside of his ranch at Number 62 Village Backlands.
Acting on information received, Police then proceeded to the Bloomfield ranch in the company of Tagram, but the ranch’s owner prevented the police party from gaining entry to the ranch to check if the animals were there.
As such, on the following day, a larger party of police ranks returned to the Bloomfield ranch, owned by a resident of the neighbouring village of Letter Kenny, Corentyne; and on seeing the officers, the owner and some workers fled.
According to the police in a statement, β€œtwenty-three (23) of the missing cows, including three (3) calves, eighteen (18) of which bore the victim’s brand number, were recovered at the ranch.”
The owner of the Bloomfield ranch is currently being sought by the police.

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One of Granger's angels

Escaped robbery suspect recaptured with gun

A 17-year-old robbery suspect was on Wednesday morning recaptured by ranks in A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara), some three days after he escaped from Police custody.

The .40 Smith and Wesson Pistol found on the teen

The teenager, who resides at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was charged with four counts of armed robbery and was scheduled to appear before a magistrate earlier this week, when he escaped from a city Police station on Sunday last.
However, about 10:50h on Wednesday, the robbery suspect was recaptured at Middle Road, West La Penitence, inside a hire car. A search of his person revealed a .40 Smith and Wesson Pistol without any ammunition.
The teenager was taken into custody, He is being processed for court. Additionally, the 35-year-old hire car driver, of South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, was also taken into custody and was assisting with the investigation.
Meanwhile, the probe which was launched into the circumstances surrounding the teenager’s escape is ongoing.

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Another PNC supporter from their stronghold in Sophia busted. He will be out in a flash in time to rob for the upcoming Christmas season as Granger has the power to cut him loose. 

Sophia man nabbed with gun, ammo

Ranks in A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) arrested a Sophia, Greater Georgetown resident after he was found in possession of an illegal firearm along with matching ammunition.

The vendor was found in possession of an unlicensed revolver and four live matching rounds

The incident occurred during an intelligence-led operation on Wednesday morning at D Field, Sophia.
The vendor was found in possession of an unlicensed revolver and four live matching rounds.
The 28-year-old suspect of D Field, Sophia Reserve was taken into custody and was being processed for court.

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Imagine dat, de police man is hitman. Under the PNC we thought we would see decrease in crime, but it looks like dem PNC police man hiring out them govt issued guns to the highest bidders.

Sagga’s murder…Cops remanded


 

Lawyers seek protective custody as β€˜Best Cop’, colleague enters jail

With a hostile crowd outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, two cops accused of ordering the murder of a prominent businessman, were yesterday refused bail after being charged with murder.
Corporal Derwin Eastman who was once Best Cop for β€˜A’ Division and his colleague, Constable Jemison Williams, who are both attached to the Brickdam Police Station, arrived at the Court shortly after 14:00 hrs yesterday and were remanded to prison for the murder of Godfrey Scipio known as β€œSagga”.
The men both shackled and handcuffed were sent through the prisoners’ chute and into Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman’s courtroom.
While seated in the dock, relatives of Eastman were seen interacting and touching his head, causing Assistant Superintendent of Police, Telford to tell the orderly to let them desist from touching and speaking with him.
A relative of Eastman was heard crying during the court proceedings and had to be escorted out of the courtroom by another relative.
The men were not required to plead to the charge which read that both of them on October 12, at David Street, Kitty, Georgetown, murdered Godfrey Scipio known as β€œSagga”.
Corporal Eastman was represented by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes. The lawyer told the court that he is concerned about the safety of his client since he has over the years successfully investigated numerous crimes. His life has been threatened since the matter became public, Hughes said.
The lawyer added that while his client was being escorted into the court compound an identifiable member of the public, told his client, β€œYour days are number and persons are awaiting your arrival in prison. Remember you try to shoot me.”
Hughes added that the same individual that said those words to his client was previously charged and remanded to prison and it was his client that did the investigation.
Williams was represented by Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd. Todd asked the court for the relative authorities to take the necessary steps in insuring that the men are protected while in prison.

Derwin Eastman’s relative in the court yard.

He added that his client’s life is in jeopardy since he has conducted a series of investigations.
After the defence attorneys’ raised concerns about their client’s safety, Magistrate Latchman asked ASP, Steven Telford to address the issue of safety.
In turn, Telford told the court based on the nature of the charge he would have to speak with the persons in charge of the prisons and he would have to further the information to his superiors.
The prosecutor added that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has advised that there be further investigation in the murder.
Both men were remanded to prison until December 5 when they will make their next court appearance before the Chief Magistrate for assignment.
While Eastman was being placed into the lock-ups he shouted three names. People identified those three as policemen.
Scipio, 58, was shot dead shortly after leaving a Kitty hotel. He was also robbed of a gold chain.
Aubrey Bobb, 26, of Kitty, was subsequently charged for his murder and remanded to prison.
Eastman recently started making headlines few weeks ago when Kaieteur News was informed that Eastman would plot with criminals to carry out robberies and would later use his radio to misdirect his colleagues from the getaway. He has been linked to a number of other killings and robberies.
Reports indicated that the policeman would befriend ex-cons he would have arrested and once a friendship is formulated, he would approach them with β€œjobs.”
β€œHe gives them jobs for a salary; he would tell them that once they do the job, then they safe for life.”
In the Republic Bank Limited botched robbery, the Corporal was supposed to use his handset to mislead ranks but his plans backfired when a security firm that was close-by responded promptly after the alarm went off.
October 12, lastβ€”Eastman reportedly met with the hitman at William and Queen Streets, Kitty. Constable Williams was driving Eastman’s car.
Eastman allegedly informed Bobb that the victim will be at the Kitty hotel shortly and handed him the gun. He (Eastman) also told Bobb that when he completed the job, he will receive a salary.

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Bandit flees after β€˜victim’ relieves him of gun

A would-be bandit found himself on the receiving end at around 15:45 hrs yesterday, after the businessman he attacked and two civilians relieved him of his firearm.
The 46-year-old businessman had just dropped off someone at a city bank and was about to enter a South Road store when the gunman confronted him and demanded his money.
The two men began to struggle for possession of the gun. Two civilians came to the businessman’s aid and they wrested the weapon from the bandit.
The would-be bandit then escaped with an accomplice on a motorcycle.
The firearm, a 9mm Ruger pistol with 12 rounds, was handed over to the police.

FM

Berbice businessman critical after attempted execution

 
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Businessman Rajindra Prasad

POPULAR Rose Hall Town businessman, Rajindra Prasad called β€œBobby” of Bobby’s Boutique, located obliquely opposite the Rose Hall Town Market was shot twice
around 15:00 hrs on Saturday.

According to eyewitnesses, the business was about to reopen after closing for lunch when two persons, one dressed as a female and another wearing a full face helmet, both armed with handguns, stormed the entity, demanding that everyone lie on the floor.
The robbers then approached the businessman in the cashier’s booth and opened fire on him and fled the scene.

Eyewitnesses said they heard three gunshots. The businessman was shot twice and was rushed to the Anamayah Hospital before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where doctors are battling to save his life.

A vendor who operates a confectionery stall nearby recalled hearing
the gunshots, but at first thought they were explosives.

β€œWhen I see people running, then I left my stand and run too,” the vendor said.

While details of the shooting are sketchy, Guyana Chronicle was informed
that the businessman who operates the clothing and footwear store, was shot in the region of the abdomen and neck.
At the scene, residents and family members gathered while police were seen busy combing the Rose Hall backlands for the suspects who fled in that direction.

Police in March had arrested Cordell Fraser, 24, with a .38 revolver with four matching rounds and during interrogation he revealed that he was allegedly hired by a Jamaican to execute Prasad over unpaid debts.
The plan, according to Fraser, was to execute the businessman and make the hit appear to be a robbery.

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Man admits to robbing Brazilian, taxi driver

 
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FOUR suspects are in police custody after a Brazilian woman and the driver of a car she hired were robbed on Friday at Oleander Gardens, Bel Air Park, Georgetown, as they were about to disembark the vehicle.

The suspects were all arrested in a house at Circle Front, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Police recovered most of the stolen items and one of the suspects has since admitted to committing the robbery.

Police said the victims positively identified the suspect, who later admitted guilt. The other three found in the house are being questioned.

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Bandits hijack taxi

 
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THE car of a 46-year-old taxi driver was hijacked Saturday after two females lured him to a location in Mocha Road, D’Urban Back Lands, where he was pounced upon by a waiting gunman.

According to a police release, the victim was forced out of his car by the gunman who took possession of the vehicle. As the victim was in the process of fleeing, the male suspect discharged several rounds in his direction.

The taxi driver was struck once in the upper right thigh and was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he had to undergo surgery to remove the bullet.

His condition is said to be stable. Police have launched a search for the stolen vehicle and the robbery suspects.

The stolen vehicle is a silver grey Premio bearing registration number HC 6296.

FM

The pnc news crew should be commenting on why crime so high. The jackasses only now seeking "solutions". 

iNews reporter robbed during pre-wedding photo shoot

 

A pre-wedding photo shoot ended on a sour note after bandits broke into the car of the soon-to-be wed couple on Saturday afternoon and carted off hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables.
Left counting their losses are iNews reporter Ramona Luthi and her fiancΓ© as well as the photographer, all of whom are members of the media.

iNews reporter Ramona Luthi

Based on information received, the trio had parked the car on Battery Road, Kingston, Georgetown about 15:45h after which they ventured into the compound of the Georgetown Marriott Hotel, a short distance away, to conduct the shoot.
A mere 30 minutes later, they returned to the vehicle, only to discover that their possessions were missing. It was then that an investigation was launched, during which they realised a section of the back left side window of the car was shattered, presumably to gain the robbers entry.

A section of the back-left window of the car was shattered, to gain entry

According to Luthi, the thieves managed to escape with a brand new Asus laptop computer, valued approximately $300,000 along with two camera lenses, a battery pack and several storage devices.They also carted off the handbag of the iNews reporter which at the time contained several important documents as well as a quantity of cash. The brazen robbers even took a set of clothing which was left in the car.
Meanwhile, Guyana Times understands that the trio had noticed a woman dressed in red joined by two cyclists within close proximity of the car, but failed to pay much heed. Given what had transpired, they are now of the opinion that the suspicious individuals may very well have been the perpetrators of the crime.
Shortly after the robbery was discovered, a report was made to the Police. The car was taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), where it was dusted for fingerprints and several were lifted.
As such, the media operatives are calling for the assistance of anyone with information that can lead to the recovery of their possessions and ultimately, the apprehension of the criminals.

FM

Looks like drug smuggling under pnc in full swing. 

Suspected cocaine-trafficking semi-submersible seized; Guyanese, Venezuelan arrested

 

Guyanese authorities seized a semi-submersible vessel believed to be used in the smuggling of large quantities of South American cocaine to other countries.

The Guyana Police Force said a 40-year old Venezuelan man and a 40-year old Guyanese who was conducting welding repairs at the time they were found have been arrested. β€œThe vessel is about 25 meters long ,2.7 meters in width and 2.8 meters in depth,and at the time the Guyanese national who is a welder , was effecting repairs on it, on the bank of the creek where it had been brought up,” the law enforcement agency said in a statement.

The vessel was discovered Saturday at a creek at Annbisi River,Port Kaituma ,North West District as a result of information received, the Guyana Police Force said.

The submersible vessel is currently under guard.

A team of Investigators from Criminal Investigations Department’s Headquarters,  with assistance from the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guards will be deployed to the location early Monday morning to continue investigations.

Guyana has in the past located and seized a semi-submersible in that same North West Region. That illegal vessel had been sent to the United States for further analysis by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

A DEA office, with assistance from polygraphed Guyanese law enforcement agents, has been working to go after drug barons.

FM

Neighbour sneaks into home, shoots sleeping grandma, five-year-old girl


 

 

– accused occupant of β€˜interfering’ with his wife

A gun-toting neighbour shot a sleeping 52-year-old woman and her granddaughter, after clambering up a ladder and sneaking into the victims’ Number 72 Village home at around 03:30 hrs yesterday.
Savitri Hassan, aka β€˜Sita’ and her granddaughter Renuka Hassan, sustained shotgun pellet injuries, and were treated at the Skeldon Hospital, but were not admitted.
Police said 13 shotgun pellets were removed from the child’s left leg, while her grandmother was shot in the lower abdomen.
Mrs. Hassan told Kaieteur News that they were fast asleep at around 3:30 hrs Sunday morning when the intruder, whose name was given as Suraj Singh, also called β€˜Akash,’ entered their home.
β€œThis guy living at the back, he set a ladder at the back of my house and climb and pass through the zinc at the top and he come in. My daughter was here sleeping with her baby and me and meh husband and granddaughter was sleeping on the bed on the ground when all meh hear is gunshot and then meh feel burning at the bottom ah meh belly”, the woman said.
According to the woman, she got up and began to scream for help.

The injured five-year-old

Hassan’s husband showing how the ladder was placed and left by the intruder

β€œMeh get up and meh start holla because meh want know where this bullet come from, meh son binna sleep hay to and meh open the front door and start holla fuh neighbours. I go and check me granddaughter and meh son tek she off the bed but she couldn’t walk. The whole bed had blood and then when meh turn around, meh see the bai run through the back door”.
The woman believes that the shooting stemmed from an issue where the intruder accused her husband of β€˜interfering’ with his girlfriend.
β€œHe does stand up pon he veranda and cuss all kinda nasty things, we went to Springlands Police and give a statement, they seh they gon come, dem never show up. We go back again two days after and dem send two neighbourhood police and dem go to he, but he start cuss up and had cutlass and dem police frighten and go away”, the woman divulged.

Injured grandmother,
Savitri Hassan

Hassan also disclosed that last Thursday, the individual had attempted to chop her husband at a nearby shop but her husband used his bicycle to ward off the attack. That matter was also reported.
β€œDem seh when dem see the man, dem go come”, Hassan said.
Police are on the hunt for the suspect.

FM

Contractor robbed at Success koker

 
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TWO armed bandits on Saturday robbed a 45-year-old contractor while he was at the Good Success koker, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Reports are that the contractor, who hails from Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, was at the koker to pay his workmen, when he was accosted by the bandits.
They relieved him of two cell-phones, one silver cricket band, his ID and GBTI bank cards, and $300,000 in cash.

Before making their getaway in a silver-coloured Toyota 212 motorcar, the bandits discharged two shots in the air so as to discourage anyone from pursuing them.

Police were, however, unable to find any spent shells at the scene of the crime as investigations continue.

FM

Imagine that, hard times under the PNC, people stabbing each other over a lemonade. 

Two critical over $60 lemonade


 

Two Albouystown, Georgetown residents are in critical conditions at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after attacking each other over a bottle of lemonade worth $60. The lemonade was taken on credit

The shop where the stabbing occurred.

on Sunday.
Shop owner, Lester DeYoung was stabbed to the chest and right thigh with an ice-pick while Terrence Bastiani was stabbed to the left back, neck and both legs. Both men underwent surgery yesterday afternoon.
A third individual, Bastiani’s younger sibling, Colin is on the run. The stabbing occurred shortly after 09:30 hrs yesterday at DeYoung’s shop located at the junction of Hunter Street and Independence Boulevard, Albouystown.
According to information received, on Sunday night, Colin Bastiani went to DeYoung’s shop and took a bottle of lemonade on credit. He promised to pay the following day (yesterday).
Kaieteur News was told that yesterday, Colin Bastiani returned to the shop with $200 to purchase a bottle of small soda.
β€œLester tell he (Colin) that he gon take out the $60 that he owed him but Colin grabbed back the money and tell him that he ain’t owe nobody any money and then he run away,” an eyewitness explained yesterday.
The eyewitness further added that after Colin Bastiani ran away, the shop owner ran behind him and started pelting bottles at him.
β€œLike Colin went home and tell his brother that Lester run he and pelt him with bottles without telling his brother what he had done,” the eyewitness said. He added that shortly after the young Bastiani ran away, he returned with a cutlass and started firing chops at persons who were at the shop.
β€œHe didn’t chop anyone but he was just firing chops like a mad man and Lester come out and start pelt he down again with bottles and then Terrence come with bottles, an ice pick and a knife and started firing stabs at Lester,” the eyewitness indicated.
According to information, the shop owner managed to overpower Terrence Bastiani and stabbed him a number of times. Colin Bastiani, upon seeing this, ran awayβ€”leaving his brother behind him.
Persons in the area were allegedly scared to come between the two men since one person claimed that they seemed determined to kill each other. Reports are that when the stabbing became too much, Terrence Bastiani attempted to run away but collapsed near the scene.
The shop owner himself collapsed. They were both taken to the hospital in the same vehicle. Investigation is ongoing.

FM

More slackness under the PNC. They said they would stomp out human trafficking but the beat goes on unabated. 

Teen girls kidnapped, trafficked in Berbice River


 

-abused, starved and sexually assaulted at camp

Two teenage girls who were reportedly kidnapped by a female New Amsterdam market vendor in the vicinity of the New Amsterdam Market, have finally engaged the attention of the Ministry of Social Protection after five months.
The girls, age 12 and 13 were taken to a β€œganja farm” up the Berbice River by a woman and her two adult sons.
One of the teens who was rescued by police in β€˜B’ Division a month after she went missing, relayed the harrowing details of torture and ill-treatment that she and her 12-year-old friend endured at the hands of the two brothers and their mother.
She disclosed that on June 16, 2017 she accompanied her father, a vendor, to the New Amsterdam Market to uplift some vegetables.
β€œI go with me father to the market and it was raining so he told me stand up and he go in the market and this lady come up to me and ask me if I get the perfume and vaseline fuh my mother so I tell she my mother don’t collect ting from anybody only clothes.
β€œThen she tell me go with her to Stanleytown to collect money for my father and I go”, the teenager said.
She recounted that the car took her and the woman to a lonely spot at Kordbradt Village, East Bank Berbice and stopped. β€œIt had a motorbike waiting with a boy on it and he had a gun.
β€œShe start to slap me up and tell me jump on pon the bike and I go because I was frighten.” The teenager said that herself, the woman and her son travelled further up the East Bank to the Mara Foreshore when she saw her friend lying on the ground bound by the hands and feet.
She had on a short dress. Dem carry the two ah we in the boat to a camp and the lady other son meet we and dem start beat we fuh come out the boat because both ah dem had gun. Me school friend was crying”.
She stated that they were kept at the camp by the brothers and were sexually abused, beaten and even starved while the mother of the boys visited on Sunday’s to ensure that her sons were doing well.
Attempts were made to escape she said but were unsuccessful. β€œWe use to try to get away with the boat dem does got deh when dem sleeping but the other girl couldn’t paddle.
β€œDem ain’t use to feed we till afternoon. When dem do give we food is tennis roll till in the afternoon, no breakfast and lunch”.
The tortured 13-year-old told this publication that it was weeks after that police rescued her but failed to rescue her friend. β€œDem come and rescue me but dem ain’t get she because the boy grab she and run and go in the bush”.
Meanwhile, mother of the teenage girl still in captivity by her alleged kidnappers relayed that her daughter left to make a purchase at a nearby shop in her area on June 16, 2017, the said day the other teen was nabbed.
β€œShe seh she goin and buy icicle at the shop so I tell she go by her grandmother when she finish”, the mother said.
She said that it was not until the teen’s grandmother contacted her later that evening telling her to send the teen home, that she realised her daughter was missing.
According to her, with the help of friends, family and neighbours, flyers and posters were printed and circulated across Berbice with her daughter’s picture in the hope of someone with information comes forward about her whereabouts.
She stated that she reported the matter to the police. It was during one of their searches that someone told her that another teen who is friends with her daughter went missing the said day.
She was given directions to the teens’ home. By that time, the teen was already rescued and told her where her daughter was being kept. The woman told this publication that they were back and forth with the police and were not seeing any progress in locating her daughter. Desperate for her daughter’s safe return, she is pleading with the relevant authorities to intervene.
Persons expressed their concern that even after five months brandishing the teen’s face across Berbice, the matter had not engaged the Ministry or social workers within the region.

FM

Bikers hold woman at gunpoint, steal car by Russian Embassy


 

 

Carjackers struck again last night, making off with a woman’s Toyota Allion after holding her at gunpoint in Pere Street, Kitty, in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy.
Kaieteur News understands that the woman, who was accompanied by a friend, had just stopped in the area, at around 20:00 hrs, when two men on a CG motorcycle rode up, pointed guns at them, and ordered the occupants out of the vehicle.
One of the men then entered the car and drove off, while his accomplice fled on the motorcycle.
The stolen vehicle is a white Toyota Allion, PVV 4879.
Meanwhile, police are still trying to track down a carjacking gang which includes two women, who shot taxi driver Phillip King, and stole his car on Saturday.
The 46-year-old King, of North Ruimveldt, was parked outside Demico House when two women asked him to take them to D’Urban Backlands. They then told King to pick up a male friend in the area.
But when King approached the area, the β€˜friend’ drew a handgun and ordered him out of his vehicle, a silver-grey Premio, HC 6296.
As King was fleeing, the gunman discharged several rounds in his direction. One of the bullets struck the driver in his upper right thigh.
King was admitted to the GPHC where he underwent surgery.

FM

More and more trafficking in humans under the PNC

Girl, 12, missing after abduction

 
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…other recalls horror of being kept a sex slave

SEVERELY beaten, raped, and starved near to death, the last person she expected seeing was her father, accompanied by a policeman, coming through the door of the East Bank Berbice house where she’d been left while her captors went about their business.

And while she did not elaborate on how the rescue unfolded, she clearly recounted how, surviving on just bare tennis rolls and tea, she was held captive for about a month on what in her young 13-year-old mind appears to be a β€˜ganja farm’ somewhere up the Berbice River, where she befriended a 12-year-old, who, like her, was made to do domestic chores by day, and play the wife to their captors at night.

As she speaks, there’s no mistaking the haunted look in her eyes at the mention of her young friend, who she feels is still being held against her will.
The whole sordid affair all came to light recently when the mother of the still missing 12-year-old paid a visit to the office of the Prime Minister in Region 6, seeking their assistance in finding her after making several reports to the police to no avail.

The child reportedly left home on June 16 to run an errand at a nearby shop. It would be the last her parents and siblings would ever see or hear of her.

Her mother told the Guyana Chronicle that besides filing a missing person’s report with the police in Berbice, family members had also distributed flyers all across the County, in the hope that someone would recognise the child and come forward with information as to her wheresabout.

She said that about a month after her daughter had gone missing, the 13-year-old reached out to her, and what she had to tell her not only gave her goose bumps but moved her to tears.

THE MEETING
β€œShe ask if I know where my daughter at. I said, β€˜No, I am looking for her.’ She then tell me where she is, and that she is being beaten; forced to do things against her will,” the clearly distraught woman said, adding:

β€œIt’s been six months already; I never gave up on her. I am calling on the President, the Police, and all organisations who can help me find my daughter.
β€œI praying to get her home alive; I run to the police here almost every day for an update, but no help.”

Picking up the story from there, the 13-year-old told how she came to be kidnapped. She said that it was while she was at the New Amsterdam Market that she was approached by this strange woman, asking after her mother.

And while her story is a bit hazy, as far as the Guyana Chronicle could gather, the woman was somehow able to coerce her into accompanying her, by vehicle, to an unnamed village some distance away so she could get the $200 she ostensibly owed her father and give it to her. She even promised the child that she would take her safely back to the marketplace where she’d picked her up from.

The child said she began to panic when the journey seemed to be taking longer than anticipated. She would become even more suspicious when they did finally arrive at their destination, there was a youngster, who had what appeared to a gun in his waist, waiting there on a motorcycle.

Things would get even more dicey, she said, when she asked what they were up to, as both parties immediately set upon her, slapping her around. She would later learn that the boy was the woman’s son.

A SHORT RIDE
After being forced to take a short ride on the motorcycle, the child said they finally stopped at a house with several other male occupants. And possibly to prevent her from trying to escape, someone had the presence of mind to bound her, hands and feet.

But that was just the beginning, as the horrifying journey would continue late into the night with a long boat ride upriver. And when they did finally reach their destination, she was taken to a camp, where she saw the missing 12-year-old tied to a post. A closer look would reveal she had marks of violence about her body.

That night, she said, she lost her innocence, as both she and the 12-year-old were beaten into submission. She said they tried on many occasions to escape, but never succeeded.

FM

Former Guyana’s β€œmost wanted” gunned down

 

…while sleeping in hammock at Better Hope

Roger Bunbury, also called β€œDon Dick”, whose name had been inscribed on the list of Guyana’s most wanted criminals in 2002, was gunned down on Friday morning as he slept in a hammock in the verandah of his home at Lot 724 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.
The now dead 57-year-old had been named in a list of 42 most wanted men for whom the Guyana Police Force had issued bulletins 15 years ago. Others on the list had been the infamous five from the February 23, 2002 jail break: Dale Moore, Troy Dick, Shawn Brown, Andrew Douglas and Mark Fraser.

Dead: Roger β€œDon Dick” Bunbury

The most wanted list had also included names such as Premkumar Sukraj, also known as β€˜Inspector Gadget’; Christopher Belle, Romel Reman and Dillon Ackra, among others.
Bunbury had been wanted for questioning in connection with a series of robberies under arms, and had been named in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of taxi driver Vivekanand Nandalall in October 2003.
Bunbury had been recaptured in November 2007 in Sophia, but had been released without charges being instituted against him.
On Friday at about 00:45h, the self-employed man was shot in the verandah of his home, and he ran towards the kitchen, where he collapsed and died. His relatives converged at his home on Friday morning, and were evidently in mourning as they make preparation for a wake. His reputed wife, with whom he had shared the flat concrete house, was being grilled by detectives; but his sister, Clair Bunbury, explained that she received a telephone call informing her that her brother was shot and killed.
The aggrieved sister recounted that at about 1:15h, she and other relatives rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she saw the doctor attending to her brother, but from all indications, the news was devastating. After some time, the doctor informed them that her brother was dead. She was, however, asked to identify her brother’s body.
β€œHe was lying on the bed and I recognise a bullet wound to his right side jaw, and that might have been the fatal wound,” she stated.
The sister said she subsequently spoke with the dead man’s wife, who explained that prior to the shooting incident, she had heard someone calling several times for Bunbury, who was asleep in the hammock.
β€œShe told me that after a few minutes she heard a commotion, and then three gunshots. She said she was afraid to come out, but after the place went silent, she went to check…” It was then that the wife saw a trail of blood leading from the verandah to the kitchen.
As she looked closer, she saw her husband lying in a pool of blood. Without hesitation, he was picked up and rushed to the hospital.
Further asked if the shooting might have stemmed from a pending court case wherein her brother had been charged for unlawfully wounding another man, the sister said the family thought about it but was not sure, and as such would leave the Police to conduct their investigations.

The mourning sister explained that her brother had had previous brushes with the law, but she believes that since that incident he had been a changed man. The now dead man had operated a business at home.
Meanwhile, one of the man’s step daughters told Guyana Times that after the shooting incident, a man was seen scaling the fence. The man, she explained, was wearing dark clothing and a tope covered his head.
The man was subsequently spotted by another resident riding towards the backdam in a state of panic. This bit of information was passed on to the Police as they launched an investigation into the execution-style killing.
Police have confirmed that three spent shells along with a warhead were found at the scene. At the time of the shooting incident, several persons were at home, including the man’s 11- and 13-year-old children.
His body is at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination slated for Monday.
The police are continuing their investigations.

 
FM

Police man helps themselves to spare parts, life in Guyana under the PNC who claimed they were the party of change.

Impounded vehicles, motorcycles stripped at police stations


 

These are some motorcycles which would have been seized over the years

It seems as if traffic officers throughout the country are having serious issues when it comes to preventing theft of parts from motorcycles, cars, buses and even bicycles that were impounded in their respective stations compounds.

From batteries, lights, windscreen wipers and decks, to mirrors, gear sticks, bicycle chains and even windscreens have disappeared from these vehicles.

Some of the affected persons have refused to make reports because of the slow pace of the investigations and the amount of time that is wasted.

Kaieteur News has been informed that the majority of reported cases are from the Brickdam, Ruimveldt, Grove and the Sparendaam Police Stations.

Countless incidents have also reportedly occurred at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)’s Headquarters, Eve Leary.

When vehicles are involved in any illegal activities, they are impounded as exhibits in a station compound, closest to the scene of the crime until the matter is resolved in the courts.

Because these court matters take time, some ranks allegedly β€œtreat” themselves. Toyota Allions, Premios, and 212 cars, and motorcycles are the most targeted.

A police rank told this newspaper yesterday that when vehicles are impounded, some of his colleagues start putting their names on parts the same day.

β€œSo what happens is if a car is involved in a robbery? They (ranks) know it will be at the station for a long time so what they do is start indicating what they need.

β€œI remember one time a rank examined a 212 and said he needed the deck for his car since his was stolen,” the rank said.

Kaieteur News has been informed that very senior ranks in the Guyana Police Force have taken parts from impounded vehicles.

β€œIf one of them was involved in a li’l jam up, they does come around and see which vehicle deh long and then they gon ask for the light and when you have such a senior person asking for something, what can the junior people do?” the rank stated.

In a recent case, a motorcycle was impounded at the Grove Police Station. The following day, traffic ranks noticed it had disappeared. It later turned out that a junior rank had taken the cycle, claiming that he had borrowed it.

Kaieteur News has had a similar experience at the Brickdam Police Station.

One of its motorcyclists was involved in a minor traffic offence early this year. Although the matter was settled, the company had a difficult time getting back its motorcycle because it was purchased from a private individual and had not been transferred as yet.

As a result of this, it took some four months for the company to get back the motorbike. On the day it was returned, the rider couldn’t even recognise the motorcycle, since the headlight, trafficator box and battery were missing. Nothing came out of that matter.

Yesterday, a senior officer at the Brickdam Police Station said when drivers notice parts are missing from their impounded vehicles; they need to make a report to the Criminal Investigation Department and finger prints will be taken.

While he admitted there have been reports of stolen vehicle parts from the station compound, he stated that there were no recent cases. Additionally, he said that traffic ranks hardly impound vehicles now for the same reason

FM

Bandits hijack car after robbery

 
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TWO bandits robbed a man of his black Toyota Premio motorcar PVV1678 on Lamaha Street Kitty, Georgetown, on Tuesday.

Reports indicate that the 30-year-old labourer of Triumph, East Coast Demerara parked his vehicle on the western corner on Lamaha Street and was sitting inside it in the vicinity of β€˜Rams Bar’ when the robbery occurred.

He was in the company of two females–a gold miner who was standing outside the vehicle and another who was sitting in the back seat of the car, but who later exited, leaving her purse containing cash, ID card and a cell phone.

The woman went into the bar to make a purchase while two men–one armed with a handgun–approached the car from a southern direction on foot.
One of the robbers approached the female gold miner and pointed a gun at her while grabbing her bag. She resisted but was gun-butted in the head.

The robbers then ordered the man out of the vehicle and made good their escape in it.
Police said no shot was fired and statements were taken as investigations continue.

 
 
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Bandits pounce on Ruimveldt residents

 
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A 55-year-old telephone technician of the Ministry of the Presidency was robbed by two armed bandits at his Soufriere St, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown home in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.

Reports indicate that the victim resides with his family in a two-flat wooden and concrete structure which is secured in a fenced yard.
About 03:00hrs Tuesday morning, he was awakened by a strange noise. Upon checking he saw a man entering through the eastern window of his bedroom.
The robber held him at gunpoint but he resisted and was gun-butted in the face. The other robber came through the same window and commanded the technician and his family to sit.

The two bandits then collected the valuables that were in the bedroom and escaped through the western door.
The armed bandits then mounted a motorcycle and fled the scene. They escaped with laptop computers, video cameras, cell phones, gold jewellery and other values.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, two armed bandits with handguns and riding a pedal cycle robbed an 18-year-old on Front Road, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Reports indicate the youth, who lives in East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was walking on the front road when he was approached by the two men.

One of the men brandished a handgun and demanded his valuables. The youth, frozen with fear, did not comply and was searched by the bandits who relieved him of his cell phone and $40,000. The robbers then made good their escape.

 
 
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CG bandits blitz cambio dealer

 
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A South Ruimveldt cambio dealer was robbed of almost half a million dollars in local and foreign currencies when two masked men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, robbed him on America Street on Sunday.

Reports indicate that the cambio dealer was standing on America Street when the two bandits who were on a red CG motor cycle, rode up to him.

The pillion rider who was armed with a firearm, then pointed it at him and demanded that he hand over the money. The cambio dealer complied and the CG bandits escaped west on America Street then north into Water Street. The matter was reported to the Brickdam Police Station. Police are reviewing CCTV cameras in the area.

 
 
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Burglary at Eccles business… Cops nab tattooed, nine-fingered bandit seen on security camera


 

Captured bandit: Steve Singh

A Ruimveldt resident with a string of criminal charges to his name will have to prove that he’s not the tattooed, nine-fingered burglar caught on video camera raiding the office of Sueria Manufacturing in Eccles, East Bank Demerara last week Thursday.
Steve Singh, 24, of Yarrow Dam, Ruimveldt, was arrested at around 14:00 hrs yesterday in the vicinity of Riverview, Ruimveldt. At the time of his arrest, Singh was driving a white Toyota Allion. While he reportedly said that the car belonged to him and an aunt, neither the suspect nor the aunt have a driver’s licence, insurance or other documents for the vehicle.
Confronted by detectives, Singh, who has a tattoo on his right arm, and a missing finger on his right hand, reportedly denied any knowledge of the burglary at the Industrial Site premises last Thursday.
But he reportedly became silent when investigators showed him photographs of a man with a tattoo like his, and with a missing finger, picking up cash and cheques in the same building.
The suspect was also questioned about a spate of other breakages at other business places. At around 01:00 hrs two Thursdays ago, three men, who were all barefooted, broke into Sueria Manufacturing and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and a safe. The bandits spent about five minutes ransacking an office. In a video provided to Kaieteur News, three men are seen at a desk, which is located in one of the offices.
While one of the bandits searched through drawers and took money out of several envelopes, an accomplice placed the cash into a black plastic bag while the third held a flashlight.
One of the intruders has a distinct tattoo on his right shoulder. According to information, this is the fourth time that robbers have targeted the business in the past two years. On October 7, last, three armed men escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and cheques after storming Sueria Manufacturing and holding the employees at gunpoint.
The gunmen entered at around 08:15 hrs, ordered workers to lie on the floor, then began searching for valuables. While the business has surveillance cameras, the bandits escaped with the DVR (digital video recorder). No one was ever detained.
Proprietor of Sueria Manufacturing, Frank Sanichara, has offered a substantial reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects in both incidents.
Anyone with information can contact Sanichara on telephone number 604-6108. They can also call 624-6456, or the Providence Police Station. All information will be kept confidential.
In September 2015, the now detained Steve Singh was charged for allegedly stealing a boat valued $200,000 and trying to sell it. He was remanded to prison by City Magistrate Faith McGusty on a simple larceny charge. He denied that between August 19 and September 2, 2015 at Riverview, he stole the boat from R&S Fishing Enterprise.
During his address to the court, Singh begged the Magistrate to show leniency. He claimed that he was offering prayers at the riverside, when an unknown man asked him to help bring in a boat ashore. He claimed he was helping the man when he was arrested. In March, 2016, Steve Singh and four others were charged with attempting to break into the MP Insurance and Brokerage Company in Brickdam. They were released on bail.

 
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Cuban robbed, wife raped in Kitty
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A CUBAN businessman was robbed and his wife raped in their Kitty, Georgetown home in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

Seven armed men with masks forced their way into the property through a bedroom window. Reports indicate that the 49-year-old businessman and 34-year-old wife were robbed of electronic devices and US$8,000 and GYD $60,000 and four cell phones.

According to a police source, the couple lived at the bottom flat of a two-storey wooden and concrete building in Kitty.

The two-bedroom apartment was accessed by the bandits through the husband’s bedroom while he was asleep. Upon hearing a noise, the businessman was confronted at gunpoint as the other suspects entered and ransacked the apartment.

His wife who occupied the next room was also held at gunpoint by one of the bandits. She was then raped. The seven bandits all armed with handguns left through the front door. The businessman’s wife was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was treated and sent away.

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Gunman opens fire in Herstelling

 
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A 39-YEAR-OLD employee of the Ministry of Business and his 36-year-old wife who is an assistant clerk at Parliament Office were the victims of a drive-by shooting in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

The couple of Block β€˜V’ Herstelling Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara live in a two-storeyed concrete structure, which is monitored by CCTV cameras.

Reports are that the couple was asleep when they were awakened by the sound of gunshots. Peering through their window, they reportedly saw a silver motor car driving away. Police responded promptly and the couple’s white Toyota Axio motor car PWW 496 rear glass was shattered. Police recovered five .32 spent shells at the scene.

 
 
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Four arrested

 
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The compressed β€˜ganja’ found Thursday in Alberttown

–in Alberttown β€˜ganja’ bust

RANKS of the Guyana Police Force’s Major Crimes Investigation Unit on Wednesday unearthed a whopping 125 pounds of compressed cannabis in an Alberttown house during a β€œsting operation”.

During the operation, which was conducted around 10:30hrs, four males who were in the Third and Albert Streets, Alberttown house at the time were taken into custody.

 
 
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Detectives charged with stealing $500k from gold miner


 

 

Two Detective Constables attached to the Bartica Police Station were yesterday charged and taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly stealing $500,000 from a gold miner.
Delon Sobers, 24, of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, and Tevon Headley, 23, of Lot 39 Republic Avenue, Mackenzie Linden, were not required to plead to the charge which alleged that on October 11, last, at Bartica, in the Essequibo Magisterial District, stole $500,000 from Rayad Atkinson.
Neil Yaris, the third detective who is accused of stealing the money did not show up in court for the charge to be read to him.
The Magistrate after inquiring from the arresting rank why the number one accused was not present in court, he replied that all three of the accused men were on an open arrest and Yaris failed to show up at the Tactical Service Units (TSU).
The accused men were represented by Attorney-at-Law Mark Conway. The lawyer told the court that his clients have been in the Guyana Police Force for several years.

Charged Tevon Headley

Charged Delon Sobers

He added that the money was not found in any of his client’s possession, and since the incident occurred his clients were still conducting duty.
Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers made no objection to bail being granted to the accused men but asked that condition be attached.
The Chief Magistrate, in return, ordered the men to post $70,000 bail each. Condition of the bail is that they are required to report to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary every Friday until the completion of the trial.
They were instructed to make their next court appearance on December 15, next, at the Bartica Magistrate’s Courts.
According to reports, the victim who is the Operation Manager of his father’s gold mining business which is located in Karrau, Region Seven, was arrested by the three accused after his father made a report to the station stating that he stole his money. The victim at the time of his arrest was in a shop purchasing a phone when the three accused approached him and arrested him.
The accused at the time of his arrest had a total of $1.2 M in his possession, money which he obtained from selling gold to his father. It was while he was being escorted to the Bartica Police Station that the trio conducted a search on him and found the money. He handed it over to them.
While at the station it was observed that $500,000 was missing from the $1.2 M.

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Puran Bros. staffer robbed at gunpoint


 

 

– suspect held, car impounded

Police have impounded a car and detained a suspect following a heist that was carried out last Wednesday on two Puran Brothers employees who were relieved of money and cheques while heading to a bank.
According to reports, the two employees were driving in the vicinity of Bella Dam, Poudroyen, West Bank Demerara around 10.00 hours, when a car blocked their path.
Two men exited, held the driver and his colleague at gunpoint, and relieved them of an undisclosed sum of money and cheques. The robbers then escaped.
β€œWe interviewed a number of staff members and made an arrest and impounded a car which fitted the description (of the one the robbers used),” a senior official said yesterday.
The suspect is in his thirties and is from La Grange, West Bank Demerara.
Meanwhile, police in β€˜G’ Division are investigating a similar robbery which occurred at Goed Fortuin, West Coast Demerara.
The two victims were driving a Canter truck in the vicinity of Cuthbert Street, Goed Fortuin, around 04.30 hrs yesterday when a car blocked their path. Three men who were armed with cutlasses and a gun then exited, relieved the occupants of $200,000 and the keys for the Canter truck, then escaped.
No arrests have been made.

 
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Elderly taxi driver held at gunpoint, carjacked in Eccles

As incidents of carjacking continue to increase in and around Georgetown, another taxi driver has fallen victim.
The latest incident has left Police searching for one male and one female suspect who, on Friday last, lured 65-year-old Albert Hunte into Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and made off with his white Toyota Fielder Wagon, HC 6999, as well as a quantity of cash.
Based on information received, on the day in question, Hunte was stationed at the Stabroek Market car park when he received a call from an unknown number around 22:45h, requesting a pick-up at Regent Street and Orange Walk, Bourda, Georgetown.
At the location, the taxi driver received two passengers – a male who sat in the front passenger’s seat as well as a female who sat in the back. The duo then indicated that they were heading to Flamboyant Street in Eccles.
When they arrived at the location, the male passenger exited the vehicle and proceeded to the driver’s side. It was then that the suspect pulled out a gun and demanded that the driver abandon his car.
In fear of losing his life, the taxi driver complied and surrendered to the gunman, who immediately took control of the vehicle and escaped with his accomplice northerly.
In addition to the vehicle, the bandits also managed to cart off a cellular phone, along with approximately $12,000 in cash.
Hunte is now left counting his losses, which were beyond the value of that which was stolen, given that the vehicle was his source of income.
Police investigations are ongoing.

 
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Mutilated Qualfon teen found in cemetery

 
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Dead: Raynelle Benfield

FIVE persons are being questioned following the brutal murder of 18-year-old Raynelle Benfield whose body with her face mutilated was discovered in the Muslim Cemetery along Beterverwagting main road on Monday morning.

Police said she was last seen alive by her colleagues at 18:00hrs on Saturday.

Detectives are of the opinion that she was the victim of a heinous crime in which she knew her attacker(s) and was probably held at gunpoint or knifepoint and taken forcefully into the cemetery where she was beaten to the point where her head was smashed in.

The body was found with her hands resting on her stomach near one of the many tombs in the burial ground.

The Muslim Cemetery in which the body of Raynelle Benfield was found on Monday morning

Sleuths said a handbag which relatives said belong to the teen was retrieved near the body but her cell phone was not among the items in it.

Police are optimistic that they will soon crack the case since her relatives are assisting with the investigations. The body was found shortly after 08:00hrs on Monday when a passer-by decided to check after experiencing a strong stench emanating from the cemetery.

After that individual made the discovery the police were summoned and they cordoned off the scene and the body was removed.

As news of the young woman’s homicide began to spread in Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, residents were thrown into a state of grief and shock.

The Qualfon employee of Lot 66 Republic Drive, Beterverwagting was last seen alive when she left home for work on Saturday morning by her relatives, who told police that it was unlike her to stay away from home.

When she failed to return home Saturday night they launched a search for her and began making enquiries.

The home of Raynelle Benfield

However, they were of the opinion that their loved one was working an extra shift and she would eventually show up.

Family members only learnt of her murder when the police showed up at their home after which the elder Benfield upon hearing the dreaded news of his daughter’s demise collapsed.

He was taken to the Beterverwagting Health Centre where he received medical attention and was later escorted to the nearby police station where he gave a statement

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Bandits hijack businessman’s car

 
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–right under his nose

A BUSINESSMAN who got out of his car to open the gate of his Block X, Westminster, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home on Sunday, got the shock of his life when he was accosted by two bandits, one of whom had a gun.
Their mission was to relieve him of his Toyota Allion motorcar, PVV 8590.

Reports are that the one with the β€œshiny handgun” held him at bay, before entering the car and driving off. According to the police, no shots were fired.
Meanwhile, last Friday a 65-year-old taxi driver of Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara (WBD)was robbed of his Toyota Fielder Wagon bearing registration number HC 6999. The incident reportedly occurred at Flamboyant Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Reports are that the taxi driver was plying his trade at the Stabroek Market car park when he received a call via his cellphone from an unknown number.
On the other end of the line was a female requesting to be picked up at Regent Street and Orange Walk, Bourda, Georgetown.
Upon arrival at the location, the taxi driver collected two persons: A man, who sat in the front seat, and a woman who sat in the back seat of the vehicle. They both requested to be dropped off at the said Flamboyant Street where the hijacking occurred.

On arrival at the destination, the man exited the vehicle, walked over to the driver’s side of it, took out a handgun from his pants waist and ordered the driver out.
Fearing for his life, the pensioner complied. The robber then jumped into the car and made good his escape.

 
 
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Venezuelan boat captain killed during fight at Eteringbang

 
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AN argument between two friends resulted in the death of a Venezuelan boat captain on Friday at Eteringbang Landing, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

Dead is Owen John, of San Martin, Caracas, Venezuela. Police have arrested a 37-year-old suspect of Kuru Kuru, Linden/Soesdyke Highway. Police visited the scene on Monday and statements were taken. Reports indicate that John and his friend were consuming alcohol at a shop when an argument ensued over a request for a loan. It is said that John refused to loan his friend some money and he was allegedly cuffed in the face, resulting in him bleeding through the nose.

John then fell onto the ground and the suspect stomped him several times and kicked him to the head until he became motionless. The body was left lying on the ground with blood gushing out his ear and nostrils. Persons in the area reported the matter to the police.
The body is to be transported to Georgetown.

 
 
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Man shot by bandit remanded for illegal gun and ammo possession


 

Remanded to prison: Paul Chow

A businessman who tried to defend himself against a bandit who tried to rob him of his jewellery, was yesterday remanded to prison for having in his possession an unlicensed firearm and matching rounds.

Paul Chow, 33, of Lot 10 Railway Line, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

It is alleged that on November 9, last, at Avocado Square, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he had in his possession 13 live rounds of .32 ammunition.

It was further alleged that on the same day in question at the same location he had a .32 Pistol when he was not a licensed firearm holder.

The defendant denied both charges after they were read to him. The defendant was represented by Attorney-at-law Glen Hanoman.

The lawyer asked that bail be granted to his client since on the day in question he was shot by a bandit who attempted to rob him.

The lawyer added this is the second time for the year that his client has been shot and need medical treatment.

Hanoman stressed that his client was at the hospital when he was arrested by the police.  He noted that his client was shot and the firearm was found on the floor next to him.

Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail being granted to the defendant citing the serious nature of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts.

Facts presented by the Prosecutor stated that on the day in question about 13:35 hrs Chow was at a salon in East Ruimveldt when a male armed with a handgun tried to rob him of his jewellery.

The court heard that the defendant pulled out a firearm from his waist but the gun fell to the ground. The bandit shot him in his abdomen and made good his escape.

The defendant was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Further investigations revealed that the businessman’s gun was unlicensed. He was then told of offence and arrested.

The father of three was instructed to make his next court appearance on December 18.

 
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Armed bandits rob male sex workers

 

Ranks on patrol duty Tuesday night arrested a suspect after he was found in possession of a motorcycle that was minutes before stolen from two male sex workers.
Guyana Times understands that the sex workers were seated on the motorcycle at the corner of Croal Street and Orange Walk, Georgetown when they were suddenly pounced upon by four armed males, who pulled up in a motor car.
The bandits relieved the victims of their valuables, including the motorcycle and their cellphones. However, during their escape bid, one of the bandits was disarmed by the two sex workers of a .32 pistol, which was loaded with five live rounds.
The incident was reported and patrol ranks who were in the vicinity of the Bourda Market, responded swiftly and pursued the 24-year-old suspect, who was eventually arrested on Camp Street with the victims’ motorcycle.
He was positively identified by the sex workers and is cooperating with investigators. Meanwhile, the weapon that was taken away from the bandits was also handed over to the Police by the victims.

 
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Trio nabbed in Agricola house

 

…after robbing bus driver, passengers

Diligent work by ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has resulted in the arrest of three males who were found at a house in Agricola, Greater Georgetown, shortly after robbing a minibus driver and several passengers on Wednesday

The illegal firearm that was found in possession of one of the suspects

morning.
According to reports, the three suspects boarded the Route 42 minibus, which left the bus park at Stabroek Market around 10:00h. The trio subsequently requested to be put off at Middle Street, McDoom, Greater Georgetown and after disembarking the vehicle, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun.
The men subsequently held up the occupants of the bus, relieving the driver of $4000 and three passengers of two cellular phones and their handbags, containing items of little monetary value, before escaping into the street.
A passing Police patrol, commanded by a corporal, was informed of what transpired minutes before and pursued the suspects, who were soon after arrested in the house in the neighbouring community of Agricola.
It was reported that at the time of arrest, one of the suspects was found comfortably covered with a sheet pretending to be sleeping. He was found in possession of a firearm that is believed to have been used in the commission of

The Police patrol that arrested the three suspects

the crime.
Meanwhile, the two other suspects, in whose possession the stolen items were found, were relaxing as if nothing had happened when the Police confronted them. Among the stolen items that were recovered were the two shoulder bags and two purses.
Additionally, the unlicensed revolver that was recovered had four live matching rounds in its chambers. It has since been lodged as evidence.
The three suspects remain in custody and are assisting with the investigation. According to the Police, one of the men has already been implicated in a similar robbery that occurred recently.

 
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McDoom robbers remanded to prison


 

Remanded: Anthony Damon, Eion Trotman and Kevin Abraham

Three men who were caught in a house at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, covered in sheets and pretending to be asleep, were yesterday remanded to prison after they allegedly robbed three passengers at Middle Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara.

Anthony Damon, 21, a fisherman of Lot 2 Agricola, East Bank Demerara; Eion Trotman, 27, a labourer of B Field Sophia; and Kevin Abraham, 26 of Lot 192 Queenstown, Georgetown, all appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to three armed robbery charges.

The first charge alleged that on December 13, last, at McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, the three while being armed with guns robbed Ryan Thomas of $4,000 cash.

It was further alleged that on the same day the three men while being at the same location, robbed Seyedia Azeez of a quantity of articles valued $43,000.

The last charge alleged that on the same day, again at McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, the trio while being in company of each other and armed with guns robbed Luthi Persaud of a quantity of articles valued $ 55,000.

The unrepresented trio denied all three charges after they were read to them by the Magistrate.

Meanwhile a charge of larceny from persons was read to Trotman. It is alleged that on December 13 at McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, he stole from the person of Oslyn Dey a shoulder bag, a cellular phone and a quantity of cash totaling $187,000.

The Magistrate also read a charge of illegal gun and ammunition possession to Damon. It is alleged that on December 13 at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, he had in his possession a .38 pistol and four live rounds when he was not a licensed firearm holder.

According to information on the day in question, the accused men entered a minibus at the Stabroek Market square around 10:00 hrs. When the vehicle stopped at McDoom, the three men requested to disembark at Middle Street.

It was reported that after the three accused men exited the vehicle, one of them drew a handgun from his waist and relieved the driver of $4,000 cash and robbed the other passengers of their valuables before making good their escape.

A patrol commander who was passing at the time gave chase behind the trio. They were all arrested in a house at Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara.  It was reported that on entering the home, one of the accused men was covered in a sheet, pretending to be asleep and the other two were found relaxing in the living room.   The stolen items were also recovered at the house.

They were all arrested and taken to the station.

The magistrate remanded the trio to prison and they were all instructed to make their next court appearance on January 26.

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β€˜Wanted’ carjacker recaptured at roadblock


 

 

Car thief: Leon Allister

A 24-year-old carjacker, who was wanted by the police, was nabbed around midnight on Thursday in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, two months after he escaped from police custody at the Leonora Police Station.

Leon Allister, of Lot 2494 Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was arrested at a roadblock.

At the time of his escape, he was being questioned for larceny of two motor cars. The police said that Allister escaped due to criminal negligence of a rank.

Kaieteur News was told that the rate at which cars are being hijacked is alarming. Only Thursday, Crime Chief Paul Williams said that 25 vehicles were hijacked in a matter of seven months. The vehicles were taken between January and July.

He said that Toyota Allion and Premio were the most targeted vehicles and urged the drivers of these vehicles to be on the alert.

The Crime Chief said that in most of the cases, the drivers were either trailed to their home or the perpetrator(s) was already at the victims’ home, waiting on them.

”You find that the suspects are already at their home and when they come out of their car to open their gate, the perpetrator sticks them up right there and take away their vehicles,” Williams said.

He continued, β€œWhen persons are going home, they should have someone looking out for them so that the person can see whether there is anyone suspicious there.”

As of last July, bandits made off with five Toyota Allion and 12 Toyota Premio motorcars. In most of these cases, the drivers were held at gunpoint. In total, 25 vehicles were hijacked, including three Carina 212 and one Toyota Spacio car.

On September 15, last, a Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal, Pernell Gordon, was robbed of his Toyota Premio motorcar by two men while on his way home at Mocha, East Bank Demerara.

Taxi driver, Phillip King, of North Ruimveldt was shot and robbed of his Toyota Premio motorcar on November 26, last when two female passengers hired his car and lured him to their male accomplice at D’Urban Backlands. He was shot to the abdomen.

Additionally, Jeanine Odel, 41, a hairdresser of West Half Paradise, East Coast Demerara was robbed of her car, a new model white Raum, PNN 3855, valued at $2.6 million on June 20, last at the Ogle seawall.

On November 28, last two gunmen apprehended Nadine Luthers-Williams, a former journalist outside the Night Cap restaurant in Pere Street, Kitty and escaped with her Toyota Allion motorcar.

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Gunmen snatch cash at Soesdyke Post Office


 

-postmistress ordered to lie on floor

Two gunmen escaped in a car with $200,000 after terrorising the postmistress of the Soesdyke Post Office around 14.00 hrs yesterday.
Police said that postmistress, Grace Gibson, 52, was sitting alone in the building when a man dressed in camouflage pants and hooded top entered.
When she got up to serve him, the man drew a handgun and, shouting expletives, pointed it at her. Another man, who was also armed, then entered. The robbers then searched a drawer and removed a quantity of money. Rather than leaving, they then ordered the terrified postmistress to open a concrete vault, from which they removed $135,000.
Ordering her to lie of the floor, the robbers relieved Mrs. Gibson of her phone, exited the building, and escaped in a waiting blue car.
They are still at large.

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One of Granger's angel does as we expected.

Man pardoned by President jailed on rape charge

…to serve 20 years

 

An ex-convict, who was pardoned by President David Granger two years ago, has been jailed again, this time for raping a 48-year-old woman.
Justice Jo-Ann Barlow handed down the 20-year sentence to Raymond Gouveia, called β€œRyan”, 22, of West Coast Berbice, for raping the middle-aged woman shortly after he was released from prison.
Initially, Gouveia had pleaded not guilty to the indictment, which stated that on September 14, 2015, he sexually penetrated the woman without her consent.
The Judge told Gouveia that the victim was old enough to be his mother.
β€œShe was going about her own business when you attacked and violated her. She sustained injuries and you thereafter threatened her. The sentence of this court is 24 years,” the Judge said in handing down her sentencing.
Justice Barlow further told the convicted rapist the crime carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. However, the court was being lenient by imposing the 24-year jail term.
In addition to that, two years were deducted for the mitigation by Defence Attorney Sasha Roberts and also his age.
The Judge also took into account that Gouveia was remanded for almost two years and as such, deducted another two years from the sentence.
Roberts, in mitigating for leniency, said Gouveia is the eldest of five children and was forced to drop out of school at the primary level. After dropping out, he started to work as a coconut peeler to supplement his family’s income.
When asked if he had anything to say, the young man remained silent.
In 2015, Gouveia was sentenced for sexually assaulting a young lady, who also lived on the West Coast of Berbice. Gouveia who was reportedly friends with the young woman who lived in a nearby village, attempted to rape her, but she fought him off. He was subsequently charged and jailed for that matter but was released sometime after.
Residents in his village had revealed that he is out of jail because he was pardoned.
β€œI de get a two-and-a-half year and I come out May 23,” the man had told Guyana Times shortly after he was charged for raping the 48-year-old woman.
As a child, he allegedly raped two girls and was sent to the New Opportunity Corp (NOC) and while there, he also raped a boy.
The 48-year-old victim, in relating the incident, stated that Gouveia attacked her while she was coming from the backdam.
β€œWhile I was walking, he was walking to go down to the backdam and when I coming out I saw the boy coming to go the backdam. I kept my eyes on him… he just run from behind me and grab on me and lick me down to the ground. Then he was holding me down, pressing me down with one hand and strip me out and he raped me.”

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Four hospitalised after gambling fracas

 

Four persons are hospitalized in serious conditions at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after one was chopped and the others were struck down due to the deliberate,reckless and wanton driving of a 54-year old minibus driver who is an ex-policeman of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said.

He is in custody and assisting with the investigation.

The victim, who was wounded, is Premnauth Basdeo,20 whilst the others have been identified as Amit Roy Jairam,44; Randy Melville,22 and Mohamed Ahamad,43.

The victims all reside at Meten -Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. The incident occurred at Tarla Dam ,Meten-Meer-Zorg about 9:30 Saturday night.

β€œInitial enquiries revealed that the incident occurred as a result of a misunderstanding over a β€˜game of chance β€˜ at an entertainment activity,when the suspect went to his vehicle (minibus BTT5707) ,returned with a cutlass ,inflicted a wound to Basdeo’s head; he then returned to the vehicle and drove into a crowd that was attending to Basdeo and in the process Jairam was struck down,” police said.

Apparently not satisfied,the suspect returned in his vehicle at a very fast rate and struck down the other two victims who were among other persons attending to the injured, police said.

The victims,all unconscious ,were rushed to the West Demerara Hospital where they were treated and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Investigation in progress, police.

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Female lures taxi driver into trap

 
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A FEMALE passenger reportedly lured 29-year-old Delon Dundar to Princes Street where he was robbed of his vehicle and cash on Friday evening.
According to the police, Dundar, of Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was working his white Toyota Raum β€˜special hire’ at Regent and Camp Streets when a lone female approached him to take her to Princes Street.

On arrival at the location, in the vicinity of the Shikhan Hotel, the woman, who was still in the car, asked Dundar to wait a few minutes while she go and get the money to pay him.
Police say that while both parties were waiting in the vehicle, a male armed with a handgun, approached from behind and dealt Dunbar several blows to the head with the weapon, before ordering him out.

The suspect then got into the car and speedily drove off with his female accomplice, east along Princes Street, while discharging a few rounds into the air for good measure.
Dundar has reportedly put his losses at well over $G1M, as the car alone is worth more than that. He also had $20,000 in cash and other documents in the vehicle.

According to the police, persons were questioned but they have so far received no useful information. There were also CCTV cameras in the area that are yet to be viewed.
No spent shells were discovered either, but the investigation is still in progress.

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Peacemaker killed over β€œchic chic” game

 

…3 others injured as ex-cop goes berserk

 

By Ashraf Dabie

A game of β€œchic-chic” β€” a game of chance – being played at a Bar-B-Que event held at Tarla Dam, Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD ended fatally when a misunderstanding occurred and a former Police Officer went berserk, killing a carpenter and wounding three others, two of whom remain hospitalized in serious condition.

Dead, Amit Roy Jairam also known as β€œRocky”

Information received detail that at about 21:30hrs on Saturday, a misunderstanding arose as the chic-chic game was in progress at a social gathering. One of the men playing the game had reportedly lost his wager but was demanding refund of the money he had wagered. A fight eventually broke out and, enraged, the 54-year-old former Police Officer delved into his minibus, emerging with a cutlass. Using this weapon, the ex-cop inflicted injuries on 22-year-old Randy Melville, 23-year-old Premnauth Basdeo, and 43-year-old Mohamed Ahamad.
A crowd immediately rushed to render assistance to the injured; and while they were preoccupied in rendering assistance to Ahamad, who had sustained a chop wound to his head, the ex-cop returned to his vehicle and maliciously drove it right into the crowd.
Amit Roy Jairam, also known as β€œRocky,” a 44-year-old carpenter of the village, who was initially attempting to part the brawl, was struck down by the minibus and sustained several injuries to his head and about the body. He succumbed to the injuries he received while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital hours after the incident.
His wrath still not appeased, the berserk former GPF rank reversed his vehicle and sped into the crowd again at an even faster rate, this time striking down two other victims who were also among the persons attending to the injured. As a result of the collision, they were all rendered unconscious.
The four victims were picked up and rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where they were treated and transferred to the Georgetown medical institution in light of the severity of their injuries.
However, it was while receiving medical attention at the GPHC that Jairam took his last breath, early Sunday morning. Doctors tended to Ahamad’s laceration and he was later sent home. However, the two younger men remain hospitalised and are not yet out of the proverbial woods.
According to a relative of Basdeo, the 23-year-old, who is a bus driver, is left nursing a broken left arm, for which he is expected to undergo surgery. The woman also pointed out that Melville has been transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is said to be in a critical state.
The wife of 43-year-old Ahamad sought to explain the relationship shared between the group of men. She told his newspaper that her husband was employed with the now dead carpenter; they all reside in the same area, and are believed to be friends. However no connections were made, linking the victims to the former Policeman.
Both families echoed similar sentiments regarding the deceased, stating that β€œRocky” was a β€œgood and peaceful” man who was always willing to help out within the community.
In light of what had occurred, the ex-officer, a resident of Stewartville, WCD, was taken into custody and is currently assisting with investigations. This is as Police probes into the incident are in full swing

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Gunmen trailed, robbed woman

 

…at West Coast salon
By Ashraf Dabie

A mother of one was on Sunday afternoon trailed and eventually attacked by a pair of armed and unmasked bandits while conducting business on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD).
Bhavana Samtani is now left counting her losses which add up to approximately $900,000.

The bandits caught on camera while entering the salon

According to information reaching Guyana Times, Samtani, accompanied by her son, had just cashed a cheque at a bank in Parika, and while going about her business within the area, she was being tracked by the robbers.
Shortly after the woman boarded a bus destined for a salon in Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD; upon arriving at her destination, Samtani was pounced upon by the armed men.
While speaking to this publication, the still shaken mother relayed that she had just made her way into the H&S Beauty Salon and while enquiring how long she may have to wait, the two men barged into the business establishment.
She told this newspaper that one of the men got down at her feet and started fumbling with her handbag.
β€œAt first, I thought it was a prank,” explained the woman, but after glimpsing the man’s face, she quickly realised that she was being robbed.
Samtani went on to say that, β€œOne of them was tugging on my bag and I wasn’t going to let loose. It wasn’t until he pulled out the gun that I let go.”
After being held at gunpoint by both of the men, fear for the lives of her son and others present in the salon at the time led the woman to surrender her handbag carrying about $800,000 cash, a Samsung Galaxy cellular phone, her Passport and other important documents as well as other valued possessions.
Clutching the stolen prize, the unmasked bandits then made good their escape in a dark grey Toyota Premio, heading in the direction of Georgetown.
The terrifying incident occurred around 13:30h and lasted for about five to seven minutes.
Samtani, in an attempt to recover her valuable documents, chased after the escaping robbers, but lost track of their vehicle a short distance away from the salon.
However, it was after launching a personal investigation that she realised she was being trailed all the way from Parika.
CCTV footage from a few stops along the way revealed the duo was tracing the woman’s every move following her transaction at the bank that afternoon. They were even seen stopping moderate distances away from the bus to enquire whether she and her son had disembarked the minibus.
However, while revisiting the market square at Parika, the woman was informed by vendors that the men were seen chasing after her. One vendor even relayed that when she asked what they were shopping, one of the men responded, β€œWe are shopping guns.”
The CCTV footage managed to capture a clear shot of the two men while their car was also seen in the distance.
The suspects were described as both of African descent and were believed to be in their late 20s.
The CCTV footage, along with a detailed report of what had transpired, was handed over to the Police and as such, investigations are ongoing. However, ranks have not yet zoomed in on the suspects and as such, an arrest is yet to be made.

 
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Armed bandit caught with booty

 

…after robbing supermarket in Berbice
Two persons are now in custody after armed bandits stormed a Corentyne supermarket around 20:00h on Saturday.
One of the gunmen was caught after he was chased by victims of the robbery and he was revealed to be someone living next door to the supermarket at Number 68 Village. He was reportedly found with the businessman’s cellular phone in his pocket, as well as a bag containing the stolen cash.

The robbers caught on camera

Up to press time, the gunman was said to be hospitalised in Berbice under Police guard after he reportedly broke his leg while trying to escape.
The father of the detained suspect is also in custody after several pieces of camouflage clothing, similar to those worn by the bandits, were found in his house.
At the time of the robbery, four persons were in the supermarket. According to the proprietor of the supermarket, Akash Persaud, about 20:00h on Saturday night, his school friend – who is now a police officer – was leaving the supermarket when five men appeared from the southern side of the building and one of them began firing shots in the air while ordering everyone to go into the building.
Persaud said his Police friend, who was in plain clothes at the time, was hit by one of the gunmen. Persaud said he counted five bandits, all of whom were masked and armed with handguns.
According to him, when he was taken inside, he realised that his mother had already vacated the cashier area and had exited the lower flat where the supermarket is. He further related that one of the bandits jumped into the cashier area and cut the cable leading to the Digital Video Recorder (DVR). β€œAfter that, we had no recording of anything.”
He said one of the men fired a shot at the door leading to the upper flat where his mother, wife and six-month-old baby were.
The 35-year-old businessman said his family secured themselves in the third bedroom in the upper flat of the building. Meanwhile, two of the intruders broke the door, went into the upper flat and broke into the first bedroom and opened a wardrobe.
β€œThey took out a bag and emptied the bag, but there was nothing (of value) in the bag.”
He said the one who had gone to the cashier area took out the money from the register, along with a box containing change customers would leave behind that is used for charity. He then shouted to his accomplices upstairs. β€œβ€˜We get enough! we get enough!’ after which they immediately ran downstairs and left. I keep peeping at them from a distance because, I wanted to see exactly how many of them were in the building. I counted five and after they left, I ran out immediately because I wanted to see which direction they were going to.”
A cellular phone was also stolen from one of the customers and the Policeman was relieved of a gold chain and ring. The bandit who went into the cashier area took the businessman’s cellular phone.
After the bandits fled the scene on foot, the businessman and the off-duty Police Officer left in the Policeman’s car in pursuit of the criminals who were seen entering the backlands. He said they went after them even though several gunshots were fired in their direction.
β€œWe had to turn around, because none of us were armed. But we were able to shine the light and see the last one; he tried to jump the drain to get to the ball field and his foot got stuck in the mud and broke. He started to say it wasn’t me that he heard gunshots and just ran. Well, my wife rang my phone because she wanted to know where I was and my phone rang in his pocket. I took the bag from him and it consists of all the cash which he took from the shop,” the businessman said.
Guyana Times understands that it was close to $300,000 that the man had taken from the shop. The bandit was handed over to the Springlands Police before being taken to the Skeldon Hospital, where he was treated before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he underwent immediate surgery.
The bandit who was apprehended lives two houses away from the supermarket. According to Persaud, the suspected bandit who has a one-month-old baby had approached him a few weeks ago for baby food. β€œI told him to go and take what he wants, and whenever he get the money, he could pay me…,” the businessman said.
He added that he counted about 16 gunshots that were fired in and around his supermarket. These are in addition to those that were fired at them next to the playground.
This publication understands that in addition to the five persons who entered the building, there were two others who stayed a short distance away.
Persaud has been operating the business for the past two years at that location. 

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Bandits cut into Christmas profits at Mc Doom Filling Station


 

 

– after frequent robberies, owners forced to abort 24-hour service

By: Davina Ramdass

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for many businesses, and it’s perhaps also the most wonderful time of the year for those looking to turn a profit.
But that’s not exactly the case at the Shell Gas Station located in Mc Doom, East Bank of Demerara.
That’s because bandits have struck so often there recently that the owners have been forced to abort their 24-hour service.
A supervisor revealed that robbers struck at the Mc Doom facility three times in two months.
The robberies he said occurred in the month of October and November.
But bandits have been taking a liking to this filling station, located in a crime-prone area, even before then.
In April 2016, three gunmen invaded the filling Station (then known as Shell Gas Station) at around 03:00 hrs. They then engaged in a gunfight with police ranks who responded.
Video footage had shown the three bandits coming through a nearby street and walking into the gas station. One of the bandits stood guard outside while two others broke into the outlet and held the three employees at gunpoint.
They then robbed the staffers, and took about $10,000 from the cash register. Three suspects were subsequently held and a firearm and ammunition recovered.
There was also a scary incident in the vicinity of the filling station last January, when one of two motorcycle bandits was shot dead during an attempted robbery on a businessman he and an accomplice had trailed.
The incident occurred on the western carriageway along the East Bank.
The supervisor told Kaieteur News that he is thankful that no one was hurt during these recent attacks.
He was keen to note that the Gas Station, before being stormed, operated for 24 hours daily.
Now, they close at 22.00 hrs.

The Shell, Mc Doom Gas Station that was robbed

He would like to see the Gas Station, which is managed by Sol, open as regular as it used to, given the fact that it has affected the revenue intake especially at the busiest season of the year.
For the safety of customers and employees, he noted that the management took the decision to reduce the business hours. Other locations that are also managed by Sol still function for 24 hours.
This has prompted the management, according to him, to implement more security measures which should be in place for the New Year.
Meanwhile, other businesses in the city have extended their opening hours for the festive season.
Several stores in Georgetown are opened on Sundays to accommodate late shoppers. 
The City of Georgetown remains flooded with shoppers for this special time of the year, given the fact that Christmas is the time that women in particular find it necessary for new curtains, rugs and even appliances and furniture.
Regent, Camp and Water Streets, Georgetown are just a few of the streets that are packed with customers, who enjoy their shopping with Christmas music blaring from little push carts and the Masquerade dancers prancing on the streets.
A few street vendors said that sales this year are slower but appear to be picking up as the days to Christmas draw nearer.
Meanwhile, stores like DΓ©cor and Gift Gallery have seen fewer customers purchasing decorations.
The National Hardware, Water Street location, has been crowded for quite some time, and saw customers mainly shopping for decorations.
The popular home furnishing store, Courts, which is located in the heart of the City has been attracting massive shoppers as well.

 
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Ex-cop crashes policeman’s car in larceny bid

 
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AN ex-policeman ended up crashing the vehicle of a serving policeman Monday morning when he attempted to steal the car in Alberttown, Georgetown.

In a release police said around 10:30hrs a plainclothes police Constable parked his 212 motorcar at Second Street, Alberttown and ventured into a nearby store -leaving the key in the ignition. On returning to the vehicle he witnessed a male racing away westward with his vehicle and crashed same into two parked vehicles a short distance away. The suspect was then promptly detained and taken into custody. He has since been identified as an ex-policeman who resides at Red Road, Sophia.

Investigations are in progress, the police release added.

 
 
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Bandit grabs woman bag on Thomas Street

 
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A 54-YEAR-OLD American citizen was robbed of her passport, driver’s license, cash and other valuables on Monday at Thomas Street between Middle and New Market Streets, Georgetown.

She was identified as the Vice Chairman of VXL Enterprise, located in Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown.

Reports indicate that the American visited a bank on Camp Street to deposit money. She then left the bank heading to a lab on Thomas Street and was carrying her handbag across her shoulder containing valuables when she was confronted by the armed bandit.

The robber pointed a gun at her and snatched off her bag from her shoulder. He then joined a motor car HC 6238 which was parked on the western side of Thomas Street. The car then drove away south along Thomas Street making good their escape. Police are continuing their investigations.

 
 
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Bandits pose as customers rob chicken vendor

 
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UNDER the pretext of buying a large amount of chicken a 70-year-old businesswoman of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown was robbed Monday by two bandits, one of whom was armed.

Reports indicate that the businesswoman operates a small chicken business at her address. The two robbers visited her home under the pretext of buying a large amount of chicken and as she was about to sell them, one of the men pulled out a gun and dealt her one lash to her forehead.

The injured woman was then ordered to hand over whatever cash she had and then the men made good their escape in a white car. No shots were fired. The businesswoman had to seek medical attention. Police investigations are continuing.

 
 
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Two cars hijacked in one day… Child thrown out of hijacked car


– Crime Chief advises drivers to use tracking devices

Acting Crime Chief,
Paul Williams Williams

Acting Crime Chief Paul Williams is advising drivers to make full use of tracking devices on their vehicles as carjacking across the country, especially in the city, seems to be spiraling out of control, with two cases reported on Sunday alone.
Williams made this comment during a recent interview with this newspaper. He explained that with such services, it will make it easier for the cops to locate stolen vehicles.
There is a local company that offers tracking services for vehicles which also assists in shutting down the engine if a car is stolen.
At around 22:20 hrs on Sunday, a gunman hijacked a blue Toyota Spacio vehicle at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) with a nine-year-old child sleeping in the back seat. Having recognised the presence of the child, the carjacker stopped about 100 feet from the scene and put her out before escaping.
According to information received, 43-year-old Samantha Williams of Lot 1053 Diamond had just reached home with her niece. She exited her vehicle, bearing registration number PVV 9496 to open her gate, when she noticed a male exiting a parked car.
Kaieteur News was informed that the individual walked towards her, pointing a gun, and entered the vehicle, driving off with her niece. His accomplice sped off in the vehicle they arrived in. Upon realizing the child was at the back, the suspect stopped the vehicle and allowed her to leave.
No one has been arrested as yet.
Also, around 17:50 hrs on Sunday, Taxi driver, Ramesh Persaud of Lot 4 Triumph, East Coast Demerara, had his Toyota Allion motorcar, bearing registration number HC 5024 stolen by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, at Carmichael Street, North Cummingsburg.
The 53-year-old victim, who is attached to Kitty Cabs Taxi Service, was reportedly hired by a female who requested to be taken to Carmichael Street. On arriving there, the driver attempted to assist the passenger with her luggage when he was confronted by a male individual.
Kaieteur News was informed that he was ordered to step away from the vehicle after which the man and an accomplice entered his car and escaped via Middle Street. A report was made, but no one has been arrested.
Meanwhile, from January to July last, the Crime Chief said that 25 vehicles were hijacked, with Toyota Premio and Allion topping the list. He said that in most of these cases, the carjackers waited in close proximity to the victims’ homes and confronted them when they exited their car to open their gates.
He urged drivers to have someone looking out for them at home, so he or she will notice whether anyone is around the area, waiting to strike.

 
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Lethem businessman remanded over illegal aircraft landing


 

Remanded to prison: Hutshan Ramsingh

Three months after two men were charged for the construction of an illegal airstrip in Lethem, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday remanded the prime suspect to prison after he was charged with the offence.

Hutshan Ramsingh called Seon Singh, a 44-year-old businessman of Tabatinga, Lethem, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, and was not required to plead to the indictable offence.

It is alleged that between August 10 and August 13 at Mandacoro Island Savannah, Santa Fe, Lethem, Ramsingh conspired with persons known and unknown to facilitate the illegal landing of an aircraft on an unauthorized port of entry.

The accused was represented by Attorney-at-law Jerome Khan in association with Attorney-at-law Priyanka Ashley Sookraj.

The lawyer in his application to secure bail for his client told the court that Ramsingh is innocent of the charge. He added that his client was taken into police custody last August and was released on station bail.

The lawyer went on to tell the court that after his client returned to Lethem, armed men entered the man’s premises and being fearful for his life, he fled the jurisdiction for his safety.

The court heard that the accused contacted his attorney and he was told to surrender himself to the police, which he did.

The lawyer further stated that he believes β€œsome high ranking police officials” are involved in the discovery of the illegal aircraft and airstrip, and they are not being investigated.

Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore objected to bail being granted to the accused, citing that he is a flight risk and if bail is granted it is likely that he would not return to court for the trial.

The prosecutor’s objection was upheld by the Magistrate and the accused was remanded to prison.  He was instructed to make his next court appearance on March 5 at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.

Nathan Hamilton, 21, of Lot 107 Beverley Hills Drive, Lethem, and Wazim King, 37, were charged last September after they appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman.

It is alleged that the two individuals conspired with Ramsingh to build the illegal airstrip.

Both defendants are being represented by Jerome Khan. They were both released on $400,000 bail each and the trial is being conducted in the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.

According to reports, the illegal aircraft and airstrip were discovered by police about 10 miles from Santa Fe.

Kaieteur News understands that the airstrip was previously destroyed by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). Hamilton and King were allegedly hired and paid to rehabilitate it.  It is believed that the plane and the airstrip, were being used for illegal activities.

 
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Bandits invade supermarket


 
  • neighbour captured with booty

The supermarket which came under attack.

Five armed men on Saturday night invaded Akash Supermarket at Lot 57, Number 68 Village, and fired several shots sending customers and staff running for cover.

Persaud on Sunday told reporters that he was standing outside of the supermarket with another customer, who was actually an off duty police, when at approximately 20:30 hrs, the men barged into the business.

Kaieteur News was told that five perpetrators stormed the premises; one dealt a lash to the customer, unaware that he was a police officer, and ordered him and the owner to enter the supermarket.

The men then began to discharge rounds in the entire supermarket, before one took aim at the cashier.

Upon seeing this, the cashier ran for the upper flat and locked herself in one of the bedrooms, while three of the gunmen scaled the counter and followed her.

β€œThey didn’t come in as customers they all came in at once and Akash was standing outside when one of them went out back and pointed the gun at him and brought him in the shop. They pushed him down one time and then they grabbed his phone,” a relative recounted.

The cashier, a female relative and her baby were hiding in the upper flat when the men gained entry via the stairs.

β€œThey kept banging on the bedroom door where we were hiding, but like their time ran out,” a relative said. The men decided to ransack the home for valuables, but eventually abandoned their search and headed back downstairs.

The dreadlocked gunman firing shots at the cashier (Image from a surveillance camera)

By that time the other two gunmen had already bagged nearly $250,000 in cash, a quantity of phone cards and two cellular phones.

The men escaped after the ordeal, but the off-duty policeman and the owner gave chase in the cop’s private vehicle and managed to apprehend one of the suspects a street away with some of the valuables on his person.

According to reports, the gunman is currently hospitalized. The apprehended suspect is reportedly a neighbour of Persaud.

The father of the detained suspect was also arrested after several pieces of camouflage clothing were found at his house.

Persons identified one of the perpetrators as a β€œRastaman”.

Security footage showed the men attired in camouflage clothing, backpacks and masks. The dreadlocked gunman is seen aiming in the cashier’s direction and discharging several rounds.

Investigations are in progress.

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Doctor, nurse and prison officer robbed in home invasion


 

One of the rooms that was ransacked during the robbery

A doctor, nurse and prison officer were blindfolded and robbed at gunpoint around 03:00 hrs yesterday inside their Lot 312 Lamaha Park, Georgetown home by three masked men, who threatened to kill them if they refused to hand over their valuables.

The bandits, two of whom were armed with guns, gained entry into the two-storey property by breaking a door in the bottom-flat of the house and held three women, a teenager and three younger children at gunpoint for one and a half hours.

The victims have been identified as Phenila Rogers, 46, a doctor; Olive Hamer, 50, a prison officer; Donelle Charles, 23, a nurse and 16-year-old Osben Scott, all of Lot 321 Lamaha Park. One of the gunmen punched the teen twice in the face.

The bandits made off with five phones, four tablets, one laptop and $28,000 in cash.

According to information received, at around 21:00 hrs on Sunday, Charles secured the house and she and her family retired to bed. At about 03:00 hrs yesterday, Charles reportedly heard a strange noise coming from the lower flat and got out of her bed to go and investigate. On her way to the lower flat, she reportedly saw the three gunmen making their way upstairs and ran back to her room.

Kaieteur News was informed that once inside her room, the nurse began screaming for help, but this did not scare the bandits away.

Late yesterday, the nurse’s mother, Olive Hamer recalled waking to her daughter’s screams. She said before she could have gotten out of her bedroom, she was confronted by a masked man who pointed a gun at her.

β€œHe bring me and my son outside and he send the other two (bandits) to kick down my sister’s (Rogers’) bedroom’s door, but before they could have kicked the door, she came out, because she heard my daughter screaming,” Hamer said.

The woman added that the gunmen demanded that they get the screaming nurse out of the room before someone gets shot. β€œOne of them took out the magazine and say he will shoot if they don’t get what they want.”

Once the nurse exited the room, the men then used clothes and blindfolded them, after which they began searching the house.

According to the prison officer, the men took her daughter into her room and demanded that she show them where she kept her cash and jewellery. Once they were satisfied with their loot, they left the same way they came.

Kaieteur News was informed that the men were in the yard for quite some time, trying to gain entry. They first used an old gate in the yard to climb to a window in the upper flat, but could not reach. They then broke a door to a vacant apartment in the bottom flat and broke another door that separates the apartment from the victims’ home.

Hamer said that the robbery is a major setback for her family and has left the children traumatized. Investigators visited the scene early yesterday and took fingerprints.

 
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Two break out from Diamond lockups


 

– murder charge pending for one

Police were last night hunting for two prisoners who staged a brazen escape from the Golden Grove Police Station (also known as the Diamond Police Station).
The suspects were identified as Wayne Gilbert, a murder suspect, of West La Penitence; and Derrol James.
Kaieteur News understands that the men escaped by smashing out some concrete blocks that are located near the wash-room area at around 19.00 hrs.
That area is reportedly situated at the back of the station. A large section of the compound is unfenced.
Police recently detained Gilbert and were reportedly preparing to charge him with a murder that was committed near the Stabroek Market last January. The victim was knifed to death during a robbery. Gilbert was also charged in 2012, and later jailed in May 2013, for armed robbery.
Gilbert and an accomplice had used a toy gun to commit the robbery.
He was wounded in 2015 by another inmate while incarcerated at the Georgetown Prisons.
Police said that the other escapee, Derrol James, is a suspect in at least one armed robbery.

 
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Car thieves nabbed as cops vow to dismantle carjacking rings


 

 

Police have vowed to dismantle the carjacking and car theft rings that have been operating brazenly around the country.
Around 23.00 hrs on Monday, police arrested two men who were in a car with no registration plates at Victoria, East Coast Demerara.
Police suspect that the vehicle was stolen. A third man was arrested in connection with the same vehicle.
Also on Monday, an ex-policeman was arrested after he allegedly tried to steal a car belonging to a plainclothes rank.
The rank had parked his car in Second Street, Alberttown, around 10.30 hrs and had gone into a store, leaving the key in the ignition. He came out of the store just as another man was driving away with his vehicle.
Luckily, the thief crashed into two parked vehicles and was arrested.
He was subsequently identified as a former policeman who resides at Red Road, Sophia.

 
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Drug dealer nabbed at Berbice River check point


 

 

As the police make use of their newly acquired vehicles and equipment and move to implement the Christmas Policing programme, a number of new initiatives have been put in place.
One such initiative is the setting up of a police checkpoint at the entrance of the eastern half of the Berbice River Bridge.
Already one man who was travelling in a car bound for Georgetown was nabbed with a quantity of narcotics which he tried to hide after noticing the police.
The man Lloyd John, 39, who gave his address as Wales, West Bank Demerara, appeared on Friday in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alex Moore on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
According to the prosecution, around 05:55 hrs on 14 December the man was among five persons travelling in motor car HC 7959.
The vehicle was stopped and the passengers were asked to disembark. A black plastic bag was left under the left side back seat under where the accused was sitting. A further check of the bag revealed a black plastic bag wrapped with transparent scotch tape inside.
The contents were checked and what appeared to be leaves seeds and stems of the marijuana were found inside.
John denied ownership of the bag, but other passengers in the car identified him as the owner.
He was arrested and taken into custody where the contents were tested and weighed and found to be 483 grams of marijuana.
He was subsequently charged and placed on $175,000 bail despite the protestation of the prosecution. He was however taken to prison since he was unable to post the bail. His next court date is January 26.

 
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Young truck driver shot

 
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OSAFO Roberts, 26, a truck driver of 61 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara has been admitted a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Suddie Public Hospital, Essequibo Coast, after he was shot by an identifiable male Tuesday morning.

Police in a release said at about 00:05hrs on Tuesday, the victim was leaving the business premises of his employer at Jamakie, Buck Hall, Essequibo River, when he was confronted and shot by the suspect.

Police have launched a search for the suspect who fled the scene after the shooting.

 
 
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Two killed in separate incidents

 
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Dead: Purcell Moore

A CRAIG, East Bank Demerara businessman was killed Wednesday morning during a robbery close to his home. The killing is suspected to be an execution.
Dead is Purcell Moore, 40, a father of two. Relatives reported that the man was robbed of his gold chain and other jewellery.
He sustained two gunshot wounds to the head during the attack which occurred one street away from his mother’s home at Craig.
Reports are that the man returned from French Guiana several weeks ago and may have been watched by his attackers.
And the quiet village of Waramuri in the Moruca sub-region was rocked by the brutal murder of Rondea Peters, 25, on Wednesday morning.
Reports are that the man, who is well known in the area as β€œNinja”, died following a confrontation with another man in the village.
The men were reportedly imbibing when Peters left the table. When he returned, he was accused of stealing liquor and a scuffle later ensued between him and one his accusers. He was stabbed at least five times to the body.
As news of his death spread, villagers converged at the scene. Many were stunned at his passing. The police later arrested several persons in connection with his death.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.

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Father turns over escapee son to cops as two others remain at large


 
  • policewoman under close arrest

 

Wayne Gilbert may have been thinking of the song β€œThere’s no place like home for the holidays…,” when he escaped from the Golden Grove Police Station on Tuesday night.

But his father seemed to have been thinking otherwise. He promptly turned his son over to the police.

A police release stated that at around 23:00 hrs on Tuesday, Gilbert β€œwas handed over to the police by his father, whom the officers applauded.

The 25-year-old of West La Penitence has since appeared in court on a murder charge.

Gilbert, Ivree Hooper, 25, of James Street, Albouystown, and Derrol James, 22, of Lot 131 Middle Walk, Buxton, escaped from the Golden Grove Police Station (also called Diamond Police Station) at around 18:00 hrs on Tuesday.

It is suspected that they used a piece of metal that they had broken off from the door of the lockups to smash a hole in the western wall, in an area near the washroom.

At the time, three ranks, including a female corporal were on duty. The corporal has since been placed under close arrest.

Gilbert was also charged in 2012, and later jailed in May 2013, for an armed robbery in which a toy gun was used. He was wounded in 2015 by another inmate while incarcerated at the Georgetown Prisons.

Derrol James is a suspect in a series of armed robbery, while Ivree Hooper was detained for simple larceny.

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Non Pareil residents capture bandit who robbed MP’s daughter


 

The captured bandit

It appears that residents are slowly starting their fightback against criminal elements.

On Tuesday night, bandits attacked a young, single mom of four at First Street, Section B, Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara. Neighbours, alerted to screams, managed to capture one of them.

The robbed woman just happens to be daughter of Opposition Parliamentarian, Gillian Burton-Persaud.

According to the Member of Parliament, her daughter was on her way home from work.

β€œThey cuffed and kicked her before taking her handbag, cellphone and jewellery. Her screams for help attracted neighbours and family members who responded quickly and were able to catch him while the other escaped with the bag and other items,” she said in a Facebook post.

β€œThanks to those who assisted, for the young mother is my daughter. Please share this post so others can be on the lookout for the others. It’s a gang that roves the area especially by the small bridge on Coldingen main road.”

The police, in the meantime, commended β€œthe brave and courageous action of several public spirited citizens who responded to a call for help by a female resident of Section β€˜B’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara”. The woman, the police said in a statement, was attacked and robbed of her handbag containing cash and a cellular phone.

The incident took place about 19:40 hrs at Dr. Carter Street. The robbers were armed with choppers.

The police said that the 35-year-old victim is a hairdresser by profession and was making her way home on foot.

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In vicious attack, carjacker tosses sleeping child out car

 

– after holding aunt at gate

In a frightening and sickening attack, a carjacker tossed a sleeping child from the blue Spacio motor car he hijacked on Sunday night at gunpoint from her aunt.
Reports are Samantha Williams, 43, of Lot 1053 Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was returning home about 22:20h with her niece asleep in the back of her motor car when she was pounced upon by the criminal as she was about to open her gate.
Guyana Times was told that Williams, who was driving motor car PVV 9496, had stepped out of the vehicle to open her gate when the man walked up and pointed a gun at her.
Williams started to scream, but the lone man nonetheless entered her car and drove away with her niece still asleep inside.
The perpetrator then stopped about 100 feet away and tossed the sleeping child out of the vehicle before making good his escape. The child suffered minor injuries.
The matter was reported, and the Police have launched an investigation.
According to Ploice last week, there have been 25 carjackings in seven months.
Just last Saturday, a taxi driver was shot by carjackers after he was lured by two women to D’urban Backlands to pick up a man who committed the crimes. Two days later, a former Journalist, according to another section of the media, was relived of her vehicle outside a nightspot.

Police were up to late Saturday night still searching for thesilver grey Premio bearing licence number HC 6296

In light of the increased incidence of carjackings, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has announced that it is embarking on an inter-agency approach to crack down on the crime, which has seen a spike in the past several months.

Over the past several months, bandits have been pouncing on motorists, especially those operating Toyota Allion and Toyota Premio motor cars, and often times, the motor vehicles are swiftly transported to various locations to be either stripped or overhauled. It was suggested that with the recent Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) restrictions on older models of vehicles, it is likely the bandits are stealing the cars for parts, the reason that many of the cars could never be recovered.
It was further related that certain auto-body repair shops are under the watchful eyes of investigators as some of these businesses are believed to be facilitating the criminal enterprise, with some even β€œcutting the cars”.
Police are, however, intensifying their campaign to stop the criminal activity. Acting Crime Chief Paul Williams, during the press conference, said that from the evidence obtained, carjacking gangs roam around looking for opportunities to pounce on unsuspecting drivers.
Guyana Times understands that Police have approached certain mechanic shops with the hope of finding the hijacked vehicles, but have come across stumbling blocks. It is on this note, the multi-agency approach was conceptualised and more so, investigators will be armed with the tools and information on specifications to recover stolen cars.

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Truck driver shot, injured at Buck Hall

 

Police ranks on the Essequibo Coast were on Tuesday hunting possible suspects for the brazen shooting of a 26-year-old truck driver, who hails from New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop.
The truck driver, Osafa Roberts, is currently listed in serious but stable condition at the Suddie Hospital in Essequibo.
According to information disclosed by Police, Roberts was leaving his employer’s business place just after midnight at Jamakie, Buck Hall, Essequibo River when he was reportedly confronted by a male who shot him to the abdomen. He was rushed to the medical facility, where he is currently nursing his injuries.
Police in E Division (Linden-Kwakwani) disclosed that on Tuesday afternoon, detectives were on the scene seeking clues and conducting interviews to solve the crime as the investigations into the matter continue.

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Robber carts away television set of Chronicle cook

 
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THE home of Lisa Dowding, a Guyana Chronicle canteen staffer was burglarised early Thursday morning when a thin-boned man broke into her one-flat house and carted off her 40-inch flat screen television.

The canteen employee lives at Lots 25-30 Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo.

The cook told this publication that she was asleep when she was awakened by a noise in her house and before she could investigate it, she saw a man peeping at her while she was still in bed. Afraid, she called out to her sleeping children.

By then, the man grabbed the television set he had unplugged and ran through the back door which he left open and fled in a waiting vehicle.

The incident occurred around 03:00hrs on Thursday morning and after the burglar had escaped, she summoned the police who showed up and found her ampflier on the back steps of her house.

According to Dowding, the robber gained entry into her house by removing several louvre panes from the side window.

He ransacked the house before carrying away the television set she took out on terms from Courts Guyana.

Police are investigating the incident

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Moruca miner stabbed to death during drinking argument


 

Dead: Rondee Peters

Police of β€˜F’ Division are still investigating the circumstances, surrounding the death of a Moruca, Region One miner.

Dead is 25-year-old Rondee Peters, of Waramuri Mission, Moruca.

According to information filtered to this publication, Rondee was stabbed some time around 00:30hrs yesterday morning.

Kaieteur News was made to understand that prior to his death, Peters was having a drink with five of his associates.

It has not been confirmed whether or not the men had a disagreement, though some neighbours are claiming they heard an argument echoing from the community ground.

Sister of the deceased, Malindra Peters, said that she was made aware of her brother’s death sometime around 01:00 hrs yesterday morning.

β€œBy the time we reach at the ball field where the thing happen, we saw me brother tek he last breath. We try to get he to the hospital but that was already late. We notice that he had four stab wounds to he left side chest, and one in he back.

β€œOne of the boys who was drinking with meh brother said he saw he [Rondee] pick up a wood. He didn’t see if he lash anybody with the wood or so.”

The five men were allegedly arrested and taken to a nearby police station. Kaieteur understands that no murder weapon was found on the scene of the crime.

 
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Bandits rob West Coast farmer of $1M


 

 

This Christmas is surely one that a West Coast farmer will remember for the rest of his life, given that he was robbed of $1 million right at the doorstep of his home yesterday afternoon.
The farmer, Ramdhar Singh, 52, of Railway Line, Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara had just returned from Republic Bank’s, Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD, location.
Investigators believe that the man was traced from the bank by the bandits who were on a motorcycle.
Singh said that he took a taxi after conducting business at the bank and stopped for a few minutes at a shop to purchase bicycle parts.
After leaving the general store, he said his wife and him headed for home in the same taxi.
The man said as he exited the taxi at his home, a motorcycle rode up beside the car with the men who were armed. He added that one of the men had a helmet on, while the other’s face was visible, making him identifiable.
The bandit then pointed the gun at Singh’s head and demanded that he hand over the cash.
β€œThem tell me fuh give them de money and ask wheh de money deh”. He said he held on to his pocket and the man fired a shot in the air. It was his frightened wife that encouraged him to hand over the money which he did.
Meanwhile, the bandit’s colleague robbed the taxi driver of his cellular phone and relieved him of an undisclosed amount of cash before making good their escape.
The mater was subsequently reported to the Leonora Police Station where investigations are ongoing.
The troubled man told Kaieteur News that the money he had withdrawn from the bank was intended to be paid to somebody from whom he rents the rice farmlands.

 
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Bandits attack auto sales manager

 
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A MANAGER attached to Yokohama Auto Sales escaped with his life following a daring armed robbery at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, on Thursday night when he was shot at and relieved of $1.4M in cash by two gunmen in a car.

It happened at about 19:00hrs when Deepak Balradj, 24, was driving along Carmichael Street and was forced to stop after he reversed his car into another vehicle when the robbers opened fire at him. His path was however, blocked by a silver Premio motorcar they were in and exited it and discharged rounds at Balradj.

The unsuspecting victim was then confronted by the bandits who took away the money he had in his pockets and in the glove compartment of his car and escaped with the booty along Middle and Carmichael Streets soon after.

Sleuths recovered one 9mm spent shell at the intersection of Carmichael and Middle Streets and one .380 live round was found on the floor of the victim’s car. No arrests have yet been made up to press time.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the police are looking for two men who robbed a farmer and his wife of $1M in cash outside their Windsor Forest home on Thursday afternoon, after they had made a withdrawal at a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
According to reports, the farmer Ramadhar Singh and his wife, Pranpattie Singh had made a withdrawal at a bank at Vreed-en-Hoop after which they went about doing some errands.
It was when they reached their residence that the robbers descended on them while they were unloading from the trunk of the car, some items they had purchased from the car.
The couple were about to enter their home when the bandits discharged a round in the air while ,his accomplice held the 51-year-old man at gunpoint and took away the money. The robber then relieved Singh’s wife of a handbag and a cellphone.

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Bandits attack auto sales manager

 
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A MANAGER attached to Yokohama Auto Sales escaped with his life following a daring armed robbery at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, on Thursday night when he was shot at and relieved of $1.4M in cash by two gunmen in a car.

It happened at about 19:00hrs when Deepak Balradj, 24, was driving along Carmichael Street and was forced to stop after he reversed his car into another vehicle when the robbers opened fire at him. His path was however, blocked by a silver Premio motorcar they were in and exited it and discharged rounds at Balradj.

The unsuspecting victim was then confronted by the bandits who took away the money he had in his pockets and in the glove compartment of his car and escaped with the booty along Middle and Carmichael Streets soon after.

Sleuths recovered one 9mm spent shell at the intersection of Carmichael and Middle Streets and one .380 live round was found on the floor of the victim’s car. No arrests have yet been made up to press time.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the police are looking for two men who robbed a farmer and his wife of $1M in cash outside their Windsor Forest home on Thursday afternoon, after they had made a withdrawal at a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
According to reports, the farmer Ramadhar Singh and his wife, Pranpattie Singh had made a withdrawal at a bank at Vreed-en-Hoop after which they went about doing some errands.
It was when they reached their residence that the robbers descended on them while they were unloading from the trunk of the car, some items they had purchased from the car.
The couple were about to enter their home when the bandits discharged a round in the air while ,his accomplice held the 51-year-old man at gunpoint and took away the money. The robber then relieved Singh’s wife of a handbag and a cellphone.

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Overseas-based holidaying Guyanese robbed

 
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A TAXI that stopped on the Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road due to a punctured tyre, resulted in the robbery of a U.S.A-based Guyanese couple Saturday morning.

The victims were identified as Manboad Shivran, 62, and Kamala Shivran, 60, both of Texas, U.S.A.
Reports indicate that the couple was heading to Eccles, E.B.D, when they were attacked by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The men exited a white, tinted Toyota Premio motorcar that reportedly drove up from the opposite direction and stopped alongside them.

The gunman exited the vehicle and held the couple and the taxi driver at gunpoint before relieving them of their valuables. The bandits then made good their escape with the couple’s suitcases.

The couple was robbed of electronic gadgets, jewellery, passports, bank cards and drivers’ licences. Over US$9,000 in cash was also taken, along with over $US6, 000 in valuables. The matter was reported as police continue their investigation.

FM

What a wonderful job being done by the pnc.

Couple robbed of $1M after leaving bank

A man and his wife were attacked and robbed by armed bandits after they were trailed from a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
Ramadhar and Prampattie Singh of Windsor Forest, both of whom are 51 years old, are now left counting their losses, which are in the sum of $1 million. 
According to information reaching Guyana Times, after withdrawing the money from the bank at Vreed-en-Hoop, the couple were trailed by the gunmen, who waited for the opportune moment to strike.
This publication understands that the duo had just arrived at their residence when they were pounced upon by the gunmen, who managed to cart off the cash along with other belongings their victims were carrying at the time.
Ramadhar was in the process of removing their bags from the taxi in which they returned home when two gunmen on a CG motorcycle reportedly rode up, discharged a round in the air, and held the couple at gunpoint.
They relieved Ramadhar of the money he had in his possession, while they snatched a handbag from his wife as well as her cellular phone. The gunmen then jumped onto their motorcycle and make good their escape.
Shortly affect the attack, the still traumatised couple reported the matter to the Police, and an investigation has started.

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Gunmen invade Guyhoc Park home

 

The Police are now on the hunt for two men who allegedly invaded the home of a Guyhoc Park liquor store owner and escaped with a television set and a mobile phone on Saturday morning.
Minerva Thompson, 40, of Lot 50 Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, told Police that the two men invaded her home at about 03:20h. The woman, who resides in the lower flat of a two-storey building, retired to bed but was awakened by a noise coming from her living room.
Upon checking, she was confronted by the two men, one of whom was armed with a gun. The men allegedly held the woman at gunpoint and instructed her to remain silent. One of the men then unplugged the television set while the other relieved her of her mobile phone.
The television set, the victim told investigators, cost $360,000.
As the men made good their escape, they reportedly discharged several rounds in the air to scare off members of the community who were passing at the time.
The woman subsequently contacted the Police who arrived at the scene and commence their investigations. They have since dusted the house for fingerprints.

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Father of six found with throat slit

 
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Anand Sukhram

A FATHER of six was discovered with his throat slit in his Lot 50, Friendship Village, East Berbice, Corentyne, home on Sunday.

The discovery was made around 07:00 hrs by one of his sons who was visiting him for the holidays.

Dead is Anand Sukhram called β€œRadesh” and β€œHalfway”, 42, a labourer, who was last seen alive by one of his brothers around 21:00 hrs on Saturday.

The family is of the view that his murder came at the hands of two known characters who live in the same village.

According to relatives, the suspects are allegedly involved in illegal activities and
β€œHalfway”, exposed it. Since then, the brothers have been threatening to kill him.

β€œJust two days ago, the suspect say he gon guh kill am and put him in he grave. A while back one of he (Anand) little son, one of the brothers cut out he ears just because them want he to do them bad work.”

According to a brother of the dead man, Allan Sukhram, 49, a sluice operator, who lives a short distance away, he was leaving for work when he recognised two known brothers β€œSaltfish” and β€œRaju” standing by a lamp post armed with a cutlass and a hunting knife.

β€œThem two persons get problems with meh brother, when I see them with the cutlass and Rambo knife, I back away from them and catch a car fuh go open the koker. Me didn’t think is me brother they would ah attack.”

While in the vehicle, he recalled seeing his brother walking home and asked the driver to slow down to talk to him, but the driver was in a hurry.

On Christmas Eve morning, he received the dreaded news of his brother’s death.

β€œWhen I go to the scene I see he on the bed, them cut the throat and from what I see is like them hold down he foot on the bed cause it left plait,” the grieving brother said.

The Christmas holidays for the Sukhram family have now turned into mourning and they are calling on the police for justice.

The family is also seeking the assistance of the public to offset the funeral expenses of their dear one. Persons desirous of helping can contact the family on either of these two numbers: 6870720 or 331-0746.

According to a police source, one of the suspects has been held and is helping the police to find the other.

FM

Taxi driver nabbed in cocaine bust at Parika

 
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An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of the Force’s Narcotics Branch on Sunday at Parika, East Bank Essequibo has resulted in the arrest of a male taxi driver with almost sixty-six kilograms of cocaine.

Police said the operation was conducted between 14:00-16:30h ;first in the thirty-three years old suspect home at Budhoo Housing Scheme,Parika where they came up empty-handed but on searching his motorcar, ranks found an unusually heavy gas cylinder in the trunk.

In the suspect’s presence, the enforcement officials commanded by a Gazetted Officer, cut open the cylinder and found the illicit substance.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Jeweller robbed at Independence Boulevard

 
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TWO armed bandits robbed a jeweller of Independence Boulevard, Georgetown in the wee hours of Wednesday morning of his $500,000 gold chain while he was attending a relative’s wedding in his neighbourhood.

Reports indicate that Dandkumar Jeeboo, 34, was at a family’s house celebrating a wedding, not far from his home, when he was attacked at around 01:00hrs by two armed men.

One of the men reportedly pointed a handgun at him and relieved him of his gold chain. The two bandits then attempted to remove his gold band but were unsuccessful as Jeeboo reportedly resisted.

After their failed attempt, the bandits reportedly escaped in the northern direction of Independence Boulevard. No shot was fired and the matter was reported to the police as investigations continue.

FM

Three injured in Corentyne wedding house shooting


 

Three men are currently nursing gunshot wounds about their bodies after being shot by armed men at Hampshire Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
The injured have since been identified as Samuel Samaroo, 28, a driver/salesman attached to Banks DIH Ltd; Terry Ramsammy, a labourer of Hampshire Village and Nicholas Beharry also of Hampshire Village.

The injured, Samuel Samaroo

Two of the gunmen were identified as Devindra Harricharran well known as β€˜Bara’ and Tameshwar Khemraj alias β€˜Rambo’.
Both men were previously slapped with multiple robbery under arms and attempted murder charges.
Kaieteur News understands that Harricharran and Khemraj in the company of two others turned up at a wedding house in Hampshire Village with a motive to cause a ruckus and shoot.
β€œI was sitting with some of my friends in front my yard after I come home from work around 10:30 hrs and like around 11:30-12:00, two vehicle pull up (a 192 and a Premio) in both direction of the street and they switch off they lights. This guy β€˜Rambo’ and β€˜Bara’ and two other fella’s exit the vehicle and stand up in front the wedding house…it had a argument between them and some other fellas there and dem two other boys dat get shoot was standing up nah far from me,” one of the injured explained.
An eyewitness told this publication that at that point in time, β€˜Bara’ walked up to Beharry and fired two shots in his direction.
β€œNicholas turn around fuh run, and I hear two gunshots fire and Nicholas run and fall inside a yard so when I check and see what going on. I see β€˜Bara’ facing the other bai (Ramsammy) and discharge two more rounds. Another guy come out the car with a shotgun and the man discharge a next round.”
Meanwhile, Samuel Samaroo, one of the injured men relayed that he saw β€˜Bara’ standing with the gun in hand and at that moment decided to attempt to un-arm him when a scuffle ensued between the two resulting in him being shot in the right arm.
β€œAfter he shoot me on my hand, he point the gun back at me and when he pull the trigger the gun empty but by that time dem de already start up they vehicle and they jump in and speed away,” Samaroo divulged.
He also disclosed that the shooting is allegedly as a result of an old grievance between one of the gunmen and the brother of Nicholas Beharry.
β€œThey came for a next guy but they shoot the guy’s brother. Only last week, dem same men had an argument at another wedding house and that argument was from another incident that happen couple months back. Rambo went at a wedding house and dem (Nicholas brother) chop he up… is an ongoing thing”, a source said.

One of the cars used to transport the gunmen.

According to Samaroo since the shooting, the suspects have since gone into hiding but they have been issuing threats.
β€œRambo and Bara passing message around that they gon come and finish off the job,” Samaroo said.
Ramsammy reportedly was shot four times about his body and is currently at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) preparing for surgery whilst Beharry is listed as stable with two gunshot wounds. Samaroo is recovering and out of the hospital with a gunshot to the right arm.
Divisional Commander, Lindon Alves confirmed that police are on the hunt for the suspects identified in the shooting.

FM

Man loses eye on Xmas Day after bottle hurled in face


 

Injured: Dwayne Small

Dwayne Small, 24, of Plaisance lost his left eye on Christmas Day after individuals who were fighting at a shop accidentally hurled a bottle in his face.

The incident occurred around 17:00 hrs on Monday on Plaisance Main Road, East Coast Demerara.

The victim said that he was standing near a shop when a man began to slap a youth for β€˜disrespecting’ the man’s uncle. The youth who was assaulted returned with a knife and a bottle. His father, who arrived shortly after, began to punch the individual who had slapped his son.

Small said that it was then that someone threw a bottle that struck him in the face. He recalled lying on the ground with blood streaming from his left eye.

A friend took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he underwent surgery.

Police have reportedly detained the youth who hurled the bottle. His father was also arrested, but was later released.

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Drug addict says he mistakenly killed Sophia man, injured fiancΓ©


 

Dead: Celwin Allen

A drug addict has told police investigators that he mistook 35-year-old Celwin Allen for a man who attacked him earlier on Christmas Day and fatally stabbed him around 19:35 hrs at β€˜C’ Field Sophia, in the vicinity of β€œFine man” shop.

He also stabbed the fiancΓ©e of the now dead Allen. Celwin Allen, a labourer of Lot 1342 Cummings Park, β€˜E’ Field, Sophia, who was stabbed to the neck, chest and back died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

His fiancΓ©e, Nalydiah Henry, was treated for minor stab wounds and sent away. The police said that the victims were attacked and stabbed multiple times by the suspect, who goes by the alias, β€œKevin” who was armed with a knife.

β€œKevin” was held hours after escaping from the scene. He reportedly told the police that he was β€œhigh” and mistook Allen for someone who had attacked him earlier in the day. The suspect claimed that he was the boss for the area and he felt disrespected when he was attacked.

Yesterday, the dead man’s mother, Judy Allen, said that her son and his fiancΓ©e went to her home to collect food and as they were returning to their home, they were attacked and beaten by the suspect, who was drinking at a shop.

β€œI heard he beat my son and throw him in a drain and then pulled him out and beat him again. He stabbed him all over his body and when he finished, he (suspect) turned to Nalydiah and started jucking her with the knife,” the older Allen said.

She added, β€œMy son does not trouble anyone. When he drinks, he comes home and torments me.” The woman said that she was informed that the suspect killed her son because he mistook him for another man, who goes by the alias, β€œBlack Boy.”

β€œMy son dark so I don’t know if that is why he mistook him for the other person,” Allen said. The suspect will be charged some time this week.

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