By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2024
Crime, News
Dressed in his uniform, Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus marched up the stairs of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon to face 240 charges related to various financial crimes. After more than two hours before the Acting Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty, only 30 of the charges had been read to him, and he was […]
By News Source Guyana on October 23, 2024
Crime, News
Moments after a group of SWAT and SOCU officers departed from outside his apartment at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus said he will vigorously fight the charges to be laid against him. The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force to proceed […]
By News Source Guyana on October 23, 2024
Crime, News
The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Special Organised Crime Unit to move ahead with its more than 240 recommended charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus. Officials at the DPP’s Office have confirmed that the advice has been forwarded to SOCU. Last week it was revealed in High Court documents in response […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2024
Crime, News
Almost a month since the abduction of 34-year-old Joshua David from outside a Main Street restaurant, investigators appear stumped in finding the man, although they have arrested and charged seven persons in connection with the disappearance. Family members of the missing man remain devastated and continue to hold out with hope. Two days ago, they […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
The Guyana Human Rights Association, (GHRA) has issued a call for a complete overhaul of the Guyana Police Force to rid the organization of many of the challenges it is currently facing. In a release today, the GHRA said that the symptoms afflicting the Guyana Police Force cannot be treated as the short-comings of individual officers or […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2024
Crime, News
Two of three armed bandits who attacked and shot a Better Hope businessman during the course of a robbery, were tracked down and arrested by the Police on Monday night. The third suspect managed to escape. Police have identified the two gunmen as 35-year-old Winston Harris from Eccles and 38-year-old Dexter Simon of Charlestown. The […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2024
Crime, News
Controversial social media talk show host, Mikhail Rodrigues, appeared in Court this morning and was slapped with a charge of causing grevious bodily harm. He is accused of using his firearm to hit Berbice businessman, Brian Persaud, across the face in the Montra nightclub in Kitty on the 29th September. Rodrigues has denied the assault […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2024
Crime, News
The car importer, who is already facing 13 charges of obtaining money by false pretence, is likely to face more than 40 additional charges, as more persons come forward with their experiences with the woman and her company. Last Friday, 36-year-old Omeca Primo, was charged and remanded to jail for obtaining money by false pretence […]
By News Source Guyana on October 20, 2024
Crime, News
Well known Linden hairdresser, Mockesha Standford, is nursing gunshot wounds to her right leg after coming under attack during a robbery at her Wismar salon. According to a Police report, the 27-year-old hairdresser was at her salon at around 9:20 on Saturday night in the company of two customers and one of her workers, when […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
In a startling revelation in response to Court action filed against the Government and the Police Force by Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus over the money laundering probe against him, the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, Asst. Commissioner Fazil Karimbaksh has told the Court that investigators discovered a total of $500 million in nine […]