This is the grand plan of the afc/apnu for reducing crimes. Wait for bandits to kill each other in botched robbery attempts. Meanwhile the defenseless population pay the price of police incompetence.

Bandit shoots accomplice dead during robbery

A robbery at Arif’s Service Station at Onderneeming, West Coast Berbice went badly wrong for the perpetrators last night when a gun-toting bandit shot his partner dead, while trying to shoot the fuel station supervisor.
The bandit, who is still to be identified, was shot in the centre of the forehead by his accomplice, who reportedly fled the scene in a car that belonged to a customer who was there to refuel. The vehicle was recovered at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, some three villages away from the scene of the robbery.
The robber is believed to have escaped with about $100,000.
Police reportedly recovered a knife, a mobile phone, and a pair of sunshades from the slain man. At press time, the hunt was still on for his accomplice. The entire episode is believed to have been recorded by security cameras at the Guyoil outlet.
The drama began at around 19.15 hrs when two men, one armed with a knife and the other with a gun, entered the service station and headed for a female pump attendant.
The attendant told Kaieteur News that one of the men went over to her and ‘calmly’ ordered her to hand over ‘the money.’
She thought the ‘customer’ was joking, when she saw he was pointing a handgun at her, she immediately gave him all the money and fled to a nearby shop.

The dead bandit after he was shot.

The robbers then headed to the service station mart, where the supervisor and other staff were on duty.
Kaieteur News understands that the supervisor was about to resist, and the robber with the knife rushed towards him. It was at that same instant that the bandit with the gun tried to shoot the supervisor, but shot his partner instead.
Leaving his mortally wounded accomplice, the gunman reportedly forced a customer out of a car and drove away. The owner of the car reportedly told police that the bandit would not have gotten far since the vehicle was low on fuel.
The slain bandit’s body lay at the scene for over an hour before being taken to a hospital mortuary.
Back in September 2014, two masked robbers escaped with an undisclosed sum of money, two cellular phones, and two bags containing workers’ dinner after storming the same fuel station.
The incident was captured on the eight surveillance cameras placed around the premises.
An employee had stated that the gunmen, with faces covered with stockings, arrived in a heavily-tinted car just after a rush-hour of customers.
One of the robbers was carrying a gun, while the other had a knife.
One of the robbers saw two bags nearby, which he thought were full of money, and picked them up. The bags actually contained the employees’ dinner and two cell phones.
The station is operated by Ms. Fareha Hanif.
She recalled that the gunmen went straight for the alarm system and destroyed it just after arriving on the premises. The alarm would have been equipped with a switch that the employees could press to activate a siren placed around the gas station.
Hanif added that the gas station was targeted numerous times.

If convicted, he will be let out of jail by Granger as this is considered a petty crime. 

Lindener accused of stealing truck axles granted bail

A Lindener was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after it was alleged he stole items to the value of $300,000.

Albert Nurse

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts was 27-year-old Albert Nurse of 683 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden. It is alleged that between February 15 and 16 at Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Nurse stole four Bedford truck axles valued at $300,000. The items belong to Bert Cumberbatch.
Nurse pleaded not guilty to the allegation and was ordered to return to court on March 8, at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.
An attorney for the court petitioned for his client to be released on reasonable bail. He told the court that Nurse was arrested Monday morning and taken to the McKenzie Police Station after Cumberbatch reported the matter. The lawyer said that his client has an unblemished criminal record.
Meanwhile, in another case, a Prashad Nagar taxi driver was also ordered to post $50,000 bail after it was alleged he fraudulently converted a laptop computer.
Stephan Birkett, 22, pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on January 19, at Prashad Nagar, being solely entrusted with the laptop valued at $150,000 to pawn and return proceeds to Joshua Williams, he converted same to his own use and benefit. The court was told that the computer is the property of Williams.
Prosecutor Jones said that the two parties are known to each other and that the item was not recovered. Jones had no objection to bail and told the court that the defendant has no antecedents.

Armed bandits rob Corentyne women

Armed bicycle thieves rob Corentyne contractor

We see no outcry of ethnic cleansing by the usual suspects, CaribJ, Redux, Mitwah et al. As long as a Black govt is in power, Black men can be killed indiscriminately, Black on Black crime is non a crime apparently.

Dead: Isaiah Marques

Suspected Sophia bandit shot dead -family seeks justice

February 29, 2016

 

A Sophia resident was shot dead in the wee hours of Monday, after he allegedly attempted to rob a security guard and his sister in Campbellville, Georgetown.Twenty–year–old Isaiah Marques was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital; and a police report detailed that at about 2:00 hrs on Monday, Carl Haynes, who is attached to a private security company, was walking along Second Street, Campbellville, accompanied by his sister, Rayon Haynes (26), when they were accosted by a man armed with a firearm.

They resisted his demands, and the armed man pulled the trigger of his firearm, but the weapon jammed. Haynes then reportedly pulled out his service weapon and shot the perpetrator.

Police recovered an unlicensed .32 revolver from the scene, and investigations continue.

CRY FOR JUSTICE
However, the young man’s relatives have given a different version of the incident. They claim he was murdered by the shooter following an old grievance over a woman.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that Marques had lived with relatives at 34 ‘B’ Field, Sophia and at Penny Lane in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Information received indicates that he died from a single gunshot, which entered the upper left section of his forehead and exited at the back of his head.

In an interview with this newspaper, his aunt, Rosaline Marques, explained that her nephew, a father of one, was in the company of a friend when the incident occurred.

“He was shot point blank in front of the night club on Sheriff Street, and the shooter pointed the gun to his friend and others before getting away,” this aunt disclosed.

She claims that her nephew was shot wrongfully, and said the family wants justice from the relevant authorities, since she does not believe the version of the story that was disclosed by the police.

This is UG under the afc/apnu, lawlessness, females are not safe.

UG refutes gang-rape allegations of female student

– says student was “intoxicated”
… but probe continues for UGSS

 

 

By Devina Samaroo

 

The University of Guyana (UG) Administration has said the gang-rape allegations of a female student on campus are completely false.
According to a statement issued by UG Sunday, its investigations concluded that the student was not sexually assaulted however she was “intoxicated.”

UGSS President Joshua

The University of Guyana campus

“Investigations by the University of Guyana Administration have not revealed any basis to conclude or suspect that she was sexually assaulted as alleged in the article carried in the Guyana Chronicle, on Saturday, February 27,” the statement read.
According to the University, the student was taken to the medical centre on Friday afternoon where she was diagnosed by medical personnel as “intoxicated.”

 

Probe continues
Nevertheless, the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) is still continuing its own investigation into the matter.
UGSS President Joshua Griffith told Guyana Times he has been receiving similar information but he expressed that the findings are not exactly substantive.
Griffith said he wants to at least speak to the female student to hear her version of the story before making a definitive conclusion on the issue.
“After all, we are here to represent the students,” Griffith said, noting that no stone should be left unturned in this investigation.
Police have confirmed that no official report was made.

Security
Meanwhile, the allegations brought to the fore the burning concern of security on campus. The UGSS president had stressed time and again the need of better security on campus.
“Security has always been a major concern on campus and we, the students, are always the ones who suffer and are affected more at the end,” he stated.
UG in its statement noted that it will continue to place safety and security of its members and visitors to the campus as a high priority.
The university said it is currently pursuing several measures to enhance security and will continue to exercise maximum care and due diligence in providing a secure environment for students and staff on campus.
Allegations
The state newspaper had reported on Saturday that a UG student overhead a group of male students describing in graphic details how they gang-raped the female student. According to the newspaper article, the student said he does not know the names of the male students who allegedly committed the act, however he knows their faces very well.

A slap on the wrist for this bandit as he walks on $250US bail.

Robbery under arms accused on $50,000 bail

Guyanese fingered in drug courier ring gets one year in plea deal

A Guyanese man arrested with over US$35,000 in undeclared cash at JFK Airport, in the US back

Vilton Bourne

in February 2014, has been sentenced to a year and a day on a cocaine conspiracy charge.
The judgment was handed down last month in a New York court against Vilton Bourne.
Bourne, in a deal with US prosecutors, had agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to import cocaine.
For his jail time, Bourne has until June 8th to surrender, as he was on bail at the time of his sentencing last month.
The court has made final the seizure of US$35,577 in cash that had been taken from the Guyanese man when he was arrested in 2014.
Bourne had faced up to nine years for the charges.
On August 18, last, Bourne pleaded guilty, via a plea agreement, to conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
The documents explained that the defendant participated in a cocaine importation conspiracy in which persons imported cocaine from a Guyanese supplier. The cocaine was disguised as various food items. In conversations, the persons involved in the conspiracy would refer to the cocaine as gold.
Bourne was said to be a facilitator of couriers for the conspiracy. He was also involved in smuggling cash to Guyana.

Guyanese arrested, boat seized in large Bajan drug bust

Bajan authorities have arrested a Guyanese man and seized a boat during an anti-narcotics operation Wednesday morning, according to the Barbados Nation.
According to a report in the online news, large quantities of cocaine and cannabis were seized at Carlisle Bay (Browne’s Beach), St Michael by the Drug Squad.
Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police and public relations officer, David Welch, said cocaine weighing 122.9 kilogrammes and valued in the region of $6 million and cannabis weighing 9 4 kilogrammes, valued in the region of $375,000 were seized along with a boat.
He said two males, a Barbadian and a Guyanese, were assisting police with the matter.

Chain-snatcher shot dead while robbing cop

An Albouystown man was shot dead at around 07.30hrs yesterday by a policeman he had allegedly tried to rob.
A police release stated that the policeman was walking along Robb Street when the suspect, Sherwin Monka, attacked him and took away his gold chain.
The rank, the holder of a licenced firearm, shot Monka who succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The Police Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting investigations into the incident.

Businessman shot while attempting to prevent robbery

Looks like two afc/apnu operatives got off scott free.

Spanish environmentalist robbed, declines prosecution

Two men  accused of robbing a Spanish national escaped the walls of prison after charges against them were dropped by the virtual complainant, when they  appeared yesterday before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
It is alleged that on March 6, last, on North Road, Georgetown, Clifton Charles and Jamal Edwards, robbed Murielle Tribecke of one hand bag, a pair of sunglasses, one identification card, one passport, one visa card and $47,000 in cash .
The accused were not allowed to plead to the indictable charge.
Tribecke took the stand and told Prosecutor Corporal Kerry Bostwick and Magistrate Judy Latchman that she was robbed that day at 3:50 pm by the accused.
However she said that she does not wish to provide any evidence on the matter that she simply wants her belongings returned so that she can leave for Annai the following day.
The victim resides in Spain and works as an environmentalist. She came to Guyana with other colleagues pertaining to her area of work when the calamity befell her.
Magistrate Latchman ruled that the case was hereby dismissed and the accused were free to leave. Charles and Edwards exited the courtroom with satisfied grins on their faces 

Those who doubt that Guyana is a dangerous place should think again.

Cuban national found dead

…with wound on neck

The police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Cuban National Joel Perez Laffita, 47, whose body was found on the roadway at Providence on the East Bank of Demerara with a wound to the neck.
Police sources say that the mysterious discovery of Laffita’s body was made around 01:30 hours yesterday.
Kaieteur News understands that the Cuban is an Engineer who arrived in Guyana yesterday on a vessel that is moored at a wharf at Providence.
Investigators are puzzled since they have ruled out robbery. They say that cash and other belongings were recovered from Laffita’s body.
Divisional Commander Clifton Hicken told this newspaper that his detectives are working feverishly to solve the case. He said that they were trying to access footage from surveillance cameras that might be in the area.
Hicken said that detectives are questioning persons on the vessel that Laffita reportedly arrived on.
According to a source, it is assumed that Laffita was coming from a nearby hotel when he was attacked.
“It look like he run a good distance before he collapsed,” a source told this newspaper.
Kaieteur News understands that a woman has told detectives that she saw a man on a bicycle stopped not far from where the Cuban’s body was found. The man threw the bicycle to the ground and minutes later there was a loud explosion that sounded like a gunshot. Seconds after the man was seen riding away.
The source said that a motorcyclist, who saw Laffita’s motionless body, rode to the Providence Police Station and informed the police.

Corentyne businessman shot in attempted robbery

Hill Foot farmer found murdered at home

March 15, 2016

FARMER Anthony Breedy was yesterday found dead in the lower flat of his Lot 76-78 Hill Foot, Soesdyke/Linden Highway home on the East Bank of Demerara at approximately 11:00 hrs. His body was found lying face down, with his hands and feet bound.The Guyana Police Force said in a statement that the body of the 60-year-old farmer was discovered with multiple injuries to his head. The upper flat of his two-storey home was ransacked, the investigators also disclosed.

The scene of the crime

Breedy was the lone occupant of the house at the time of the incident. However, the gruesome discovery was made by a friend, who had gone to the Hill Foot residence to check-up on him. He was last seen by residents on Saturday night.

Breedy had previously worked as an Agriculture Officer in Montserrat. He reportedly returned to Guyana last year, and had since spent most of his time farming in the vicinity of the Soesdyke Highway.

According to a News Room report, evidence seems to suggest that there was a struggle, as broken blocks and splashes of blood were visible at the scene of the crime. Notably, pieces of wood that may have been used to bludgeon the victim were also visible in the lower flat of the house.

Residents have told the Online news agency that they did not hear any strange sound coming from the man’s house from the time he was last seen to the time of the discovery. Assistant Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken, in an interview with News Room, said the house was not ransacked to any extent, which suggests that the man might have been murdered by someone he had known. He said investigators are presently trying to ascertain the motive for the crime.

It was also pointed out that the farmer’s SUV was missing at the time of the discovery.

 

Bandits terrorise Corentyne family

Police in Berbice have arrested two men and recovered some of the items that were stolen during a robbery at Port Mourant on Saturday.

The fence the two armed bandits cut to gain entry to the yard

The items, which were found Sunday morning in a house on the Corentyne, include two laptops and a cellular phone. The discovery was made about 10:00h after two armed men went to a house at Ankerville, Port Mourant, and robbed a family of cash, jewellery and other valuables.
Reports are that about 19:45h on Saturday, two men, armed with firearms, cut through a back fence and robbed the family of a retired security officer and a retired headteacher.
Harnauth Jaiprashad, 65; his wife, Parmini, 62; their two children, two grandchildren and son-in-law had just returned from a fast food restaurant and were preparing to have dinner when the robbers entered.
One of the couple’s children, who is a teacher, Roshmine, said the men entered the yard from the back and walked around the side of the house. She said neither of them was wearing a mask.
“They say you all don’t, you all don’t holler. One had a shotgun and one had a revolver; the one with the revolver also had a cutlass.”
Jaiprashad said they were taken into the house and the door closed behind them.
“They tell us that they didn’t come to stay long and that they didn’t come to hurt anybody; they just come for the gold and the money. They put everybody to lie down and told me to give them the gold and all the money, so I give them the gold and the money.”
The mother of two said she handed over her parents’ National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pension.
“The one with the shotgun, he remained in the room and he continued to search the room. He tell me, ‘go and lie down, don’t look me in my face.’ When he came out, they ask whose car parked out there and I told them, ‘is my husband’.”
Even though Jaiprashad’s husband was lying on the floor near her, she told the bandits that he had gone out and taken the car key with him. “Then they ask if we have a haversack and I said no. They said that they wanted a bag to put the things in, so they took my working bag and put all the things that they collected from the house, including the money and gold inside.”
Before leaving, the men picked up three cellular phones, two laptops and other items, and on their way out, cut the phone line.
“But they cut the wrong line: they cut the extension line, not the main line. In haste, they say you all don’t call anybody and they closed the door,” Jaiprashad added.
The entire ordeal lasted about 10 minutes. Jaiprashad said contact was soon made with the Whim Police, who arrived about five minutes after the call was made.
According to a Police source, the investigation began and based on intelligence gathered, they were able to recover some of the articles.
Police are continuing the investigation.

25 homicides recorded in two months

– nine slain by bandits
Bandits killed almost as many people as those that died in disorderly murders during the first two months

Xiu Di Yang

of the year.
Police statistics released yesterday showed that 25 murders were recorded at the end of February last, as was the case in February 2015, when there were also 25 murders.
Nine of February’s murders were committed during robberies, five were domestic related, 10 were of the disorderly type, and one is so far undetermined.
Five murders have been recorded so far for March 2016. This includes the murder of a pensioner, whose bound body was discovered yesterday on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
This year’s robbery/murder victims include 49-year-old businesswoman Xiu Di Yang, who was shot dead by bandits who had invaded the family’s No. 57 Village, Corentyne  Restaurant; businessman Patrick Mohabir, 42, chopped to death by intruders at his Corentyne, Berbice home; 49-year-old Anita Baichan, who burned to death in her home after bandits tied her up and set the building alight at Plantation Hope, West Coast Berbice, and Doodnauth Rajkumar and Dianne Chammanlall, who were chopped to death in their Lot 93 ‘A’ Bush Lot, Middle Dam, West Coast Berbice, home allegedly by a gang of drug-addicted young bandits.
Victims of domestic killings include: Bibi Zabida Khan, 41, who was stabbed and strangled in a trench at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo; Hafeeza Rohoman, 41, whose body was found in a canal at Helena, Mahaica,

Patrick Mohabir

East Coast Demerara, and Indrawattie Somwar, 39, hacked to death at her Corriverton, Berbice residence.
But the Force also recorded a 12 percent decrease in serious crimes at the end of Februrary last, in comparison to the same period in 2015.
At the end of last month, robbery under-arms decreased by four percent in comparison to the same period in 2015. The statistics indicate a nine percent drop in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms; while there was a four percent rise in relation to the number of armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators.
Police also recorded a 13 percent decrease in the number of reports of rape, with 48 reports at the end of February this year compared to 55 for the same period last year.
Break and enter and larceny and burglary reports decreased by 11 percent, while there was a 17 percent reduction in break and enter and larceny reports.
Also at the end of February last, police recovered 10 illegal firearms, including five pistols, four revolvers and a shotgun.
In relation to domestic violence, at the end of February, 473 reports were made from which 311 cases resulted.
During February this year, a number of persons have been charged for serious crimes.
These include Ron Morris of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, for trafficking in narcotics; Mark Calvan

Bibi Zabida Khan

of Pike Street, North Sophia, Leyland Archer of Pattensen, East Coast Demerara, and Troy Thomas of Patentia, West Bank Demerara for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition; Ganga Kishna of North Road, Bourda, and Aviskar Bissoon of Enachu and Sheriff Streets, Georgetown, for murder; Saiad Khan of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, Hale Forrester of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, Affiba Yankana of Hadfield Street, Georgetown, Shun De Santos of East La Penitence, Georgetown, Joshua Joseph of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Kester McPhoy of Independence Boulevard, Georgetown, and Christopher Niles of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, for separate incidents of robbery under-arms; and Colin Bailey of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, Sonia King of Parafaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, and Trudy Samuels of Santa Mission, Upper Demerara River for separate incidents of murder.
In relation to traffic, 17 road fatalities from 17 accidents have been recorded at the end of February 2016, in comparison to 19 fatalities from 12 accidents for the same period in 2015. This is a decrease of 11 percent.
One child has died as a result of a traffic accident at the end of February this year, compared to seven for the same period last year.
Five pedestrians, three pedal cyclists, three motor cyclists, four drivers, a passenger in a motor vehicle and a pillion rider perished at the end of February.
Speeding was the cause of 10 of the 17 fatal accidents which occurred last month.  Up to last Sunday, six more road users lost their lives.
Traffic ranks have made 11,783 cases at the end of February 2016. Of this total 4,080 were for speeding, 442 for driving under the influence of alcohol, 130 for using cell phones while driving and 379 for failing to wear seat belts.  

this was a quick turnaround by the GPF, however it brings no comfort to the family who lost their loved one.

Ex-con, two others killed Soesdyke remigrant

– bank card, vehicle recovered

A 28-year-old ex-convict and two others killed 60-year-old remigrant Anthony Breedy, whose bound body was found in his Hill Foot, Soesdyke home on Monday.

Dead: Anthony Breedy

The killers then made off with Breedy’s Sport
Utility Vehicle (SUV) and other valuables.
But the ex-convict’s luck ran out yesterday, when police arrested him on the East Coast of Demerara, shortly after he had stashed the stolen vehicle.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum revealed that the suspect was still carrying Mr. Breedy’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card when he was held.
The Crime Chief also said that police recovered the victim’s vehicle at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.
The detained man is Paul Goriah, of Timehri Squatting Area. He was recently released from prison following a break and enter and larceny and narcotics conviction. His alleged accomplices, who are still at large, are also from the same Timehri squatting community.
Blanhum said that the suspect is cooperating with investigators, while police continue to hunt for the other suspects.
The body of the 60-year-old agriculturist was found at around 11:00 hours on Monday in the lower flat of his two-storey house. His limbs were bound and he bore injuries to his head and his home was ransacked.
Kaieteur News understands that scratches on the detained ex-convict indicate that the victim put up a desperate fight for his life. At press time, police were planning to have the injuries examined by a physician.
From information investigators have gathered, the intruders killed Mr. Breedy last Saturday night. Police said that there was no sign of forced entry to the premises.
They then took the murdered man’s SUV and other valuables to an area at South Ruimveldt, where they split up the loot. The ex-convict, Paul Goriah, reportedly told his accomplices that he would sell the vehicle at Berbice. Unknown to his accomplices, he also stashed the dead man’s ATM card.
But the plan reportedly unraveled yesterday after the ex-convict stashed the stolen vehicle.
He reportedly then hired a taxi to take him out of the area. However, an argument reportedly broke out between the suspect and the taxi driver when he was unable to pay the fare.
The suspect reportedly smashed the rear windscreen of the driver’s car.
Police then arrested the suspect and found Mr. Breedy’s bank card on his person.
The slain man’s sister, Yvette Breedy, had told Kaieteur News that she last spoke to him on Saturday.
She said that she received a call on Monday from someone who told her that there was a robbery at her brother’s house and they should check on him. Anthony Breedy lived alone.
“Somebody went to see him and saw the house open. When they called they got no response. When they pushed the door and went in, they saw him lying on the floor tied up,” Yvette Breedy told this newspaper.
The woman said she is unaware that her brother had any problems with anyone.
Anthony Breedy was an agriculturist who returned to Guyana a year ago from Montserrat. He was reportedly farming on the plot of land he acquired in the Linden/Soesdyke Highway