By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2018
Crime, News
Two days after he was busted with with over two pounds of cocaine in his possession, a Land of Canaan man found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing drug possession and trafficking charges. The 31-year-old accused, Wyette Amsterdam, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in Court and the charges were presented to him this […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Prison Service has announced that prison escapee and murder accused, Travis Evans, has been recaptured. According to a statement from acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, the escapee was recaptured this morning by Joint Services ranks at the Linden/Soesdyke highway junction. The Police was reportedly alerted to the man’s presence in the area by […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2018
Crime, News
A 35-year-old miner is in custody after he stabbed a fellow miner to death during a drunken row over cigarettes. According to a Police report, 20-year-old Daniel George was stabbed to death on Wednesday night at Barakat Landing in the Mazaruni river area. The two men were drinking alcoholic beverages at a shop in the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2018
Crime, News
A 40-year-old farmer from Yarrokabra on the Linden Soesdyke highway was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of a 19-year-old man. The accused, Anthony Jones, appeared in Court and was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge. He is accused of stabbing Nyron Vyphuis to death after the youth […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2018
Crime, News
Six men who were fingered in a late night robbery at a Parika hangout bar, have been arrested and will face charges soon. The Guyana Police Force reported this morning that prompt action by Police ranks stationed in D Division, resulted in the capture of the suspected bandits. Two of the men were nabbed at […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
Crime, News
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman today ruled that enough of a case has been made out against taxi driver, Matthew Munroe for him to face a High Court trial over the murder of school teacher, Kescia Branche. Munroe was charged back in 2017 for the murder of the school teacher whose battered body was found close […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Prison Service has reported that the situation at the Lusignan Prison has returned to some level of normalcy following an attempt by several inmates to break down several areas at the jailhouse last evening. In a statement, the Ministry of Public Security explained that the riotous behaviour by the prisoners started just after […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
Crime, News
Deputy Superintendent of Police, 53-year-old,Patrick Todd was this morning charged with causing the death of a 64-year-old pedal cyclist by his alleged dangerous driving. Mr. Todd, appeared at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court a day after the Director of Public Prosecutions offered advice that he be charged for the man’s death. With Attorneys, Dexter Todd and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2018
Crime, News
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, is not taking any blame for this morning’s escape by three inmates of the Lusignan jail. At a press conference this afternoon, Mr. Samuels explained that the prison guards on duty in the towers must have been asleep or “not alert” when the three prisoners scaled the fence of the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2018
Crime, News
The self proclaimed “Bishop” who stabbed his wife to death during an argument in Trinidad and Tobago was arrested last evening at a friend’s home in the twin-island republic. The man has been identified as Melroy Corbin and he is a Guyanese national. The dead woman, has been identified as Alisa Ali aka “Mother Alisa”. […]