By News Source Guyana on November 25, 2019
Crime, News
A former Salesman at Harris Paints Limited Guyana, was today remanded to prison over in connection with a $7 million robbery at the same company. The accused, 22-year-old Tarquin Atkins of B’ Field Sophia, appeared in the Courtroom of Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and denied the allegation made against him. According to the Police Prosecutor, on […]
By News Source Guyana on November 25, 2019
Crime, News
20-year-old, Darrel Headley of TUCville was refused bail today and remanded after being charged for stealing his neighbour’s motorcycle and being in possession of an illegal gun and ammunition. In Court today, the young man denied the allegations as he made his first Court appearance. According to the Prosecution, on the 21st November at Aubrey Barker […]
By News Source Guyana on November 25, 2019
Crime, News
An off-duty policeman became the country’s latest road accident victim early this morning as he rode his motorcycle along Brickdam. Dead is Carl Roach, who was in his late 20’s. According to reports, the accident occurred around 12:30 this morning in the vicinity of Brickdam and Lime st. Eyewitnesses said Roach was riding his motorcycle […]
By News Source Guyana on November 24, 2019
Crime, News
A 31-year-old man, who worked as a banker at city commercial bank, died in an early morning accident along the railway embankment at Felicity on the East Coast of Demerara. The body of David Headly was pulled from his mangled motor car that had crashed into the bridge along the embankment road. He was taken […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2019
Crime, News
With questions raised as to how a man from the Dominican Republic was able to pass through Guyana’s two main airports without his forged passport being noticed, that man is now behind bars after being charged and remanded. 26-year-old, Jose Alberto Medina, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday and was charged with presenting […]
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2019
Crime, News
An officer attached to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit was shot to the shoulder during a late-night multi-agency operation in the Mahaica area targeting the smuggling of goods. CANU and the Police were out in support of the operation which was being headed by the Guyana Revenue Authority. As the agents closed in on a […]
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2019
Crime, News
32-year-old taxi driver Neville Thomas will have to face a High Court Judge and Jury after Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus ruled that a strong enough case had been made out against him in a rape charge. Thomas is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. The offense was allegedly committed on the child back in April of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2019
Crime, News
28-year-old Dwayne Tappin was today sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole only after serving 40 years. A few weeks ago, Tappin was found guilty of the 2017 murder of his uncle, Randolph Seenauth. Justice Sandel Kissoon handed down the life sentence today after listening to a probation report. The report painted […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2019
Crime, News, Politics
Guyana has witnessed a decrease in the cocaine trade over the past few years, according to the Acting Police Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston. The decrease may be linked to the presence of the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Guyana. The DEA Office in Guyana was officially declared open in February […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2019
Crime, News
Following the arrest of 13 persons during a Police operation in Kuru Kururu that unearthed stolen vehicles and car parts, four of those arrested have been charged and remanded to jail. 18-year-old mechanic, Justin DE Santos, 25-year-old taxi drivers Joe Singh and Miguel Materdeen and 33-year-old mechanic Kurt Shepard appeared before the Chief Magistrate to […]