RK Security Guards crack, lead cops to buried cash and gun

Two security guards attached to the RK’s Security Service cracked under intense interrogation and led police to recover a stash of cash and a firearm they had reportedly stolen during a staged robbery on Monday night.

The recovered cash and one of the firearms.

The two guards Damion Pearce, 24, and 22-year-old Cleveland Pyle confessed to staging the robbery. They gave investigators information that led to the recovery of the stolen items from a yard at ‘A’ Field Sophia, yesterday.
The cash which amounted to close to three million dollars, along with the firearm, was found in a bucket that was buried in the yard where Damion Pearce lives with his reputed wife, Eulesie Stephens.
It was another major breakthrough for investigators from the Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department, working in collaboration with detectives from the Police East Coast Division.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum last night confirmed the success and once again heaped praise on his ranks, who he said worked diligently to crack the case.
He said that both guards and Pearce’s reputed wife are in custody and are assisting with further investigations, while the hunt is on for two other individuals.
The two security guards had claimed that on Monday night they were attacked by a lone gunman who took away a bag containing cash and two handguns, outside the Demerara Bank, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara branch.
During the incident Pearce was shot in his left foot by the bandit who relieved him of the items just as he was about to make a night deposit at the bank.
Investigators were suspicious from the inception and immediately began questioning the security guards to ascertain the real circumstances surrounding the incident.
The men had told police that about 20:00 hours that night, they were making a night deposit at the bank, when they were attacked by a man armed with a firearm.
The perpetrator shot Pearce to his left foot and took away the night deposit bag which contained cash that had been collected from business places, and two .32 revolvers with 10 rounds, before escaping in a motor car driven by an accomplice.
Although, the guards were armed with another weapon, no one returned fire at the fleeing bandit, arousing the suspicions of investigators.
The injured Pearce was assisted by his partner Pyle and taken to the hospital, abandoning the company car outside the bank.
A senior police source said that investigators began grilling the guards and they eventually confessed to staging the robbery for their personal benefit.
“Imagine a guard taking a shot in his leg just to try to throw the police off. Now he has no money and will be heading to jail,” the police officer said.