By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2018
Crime, News
Crime Chief, Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Williams this afternoon told News Source that the Guyana Police Force is still to find any criminal record for Kwame Assanah, who was one of the three men gunned down by Police ranks yesterday on the seawalls during an apparent shoot-out. Assanah was the driver of the black car […]
By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2018
Crime, News
The wife of one of the three men shot dead by the Police yesterday afternoon on the seawalls said she is not buying the Police report that her husband was one of the suspected bandits. Thirty-seven year old Kwame Assanah was among the three men, the Police said, were shot dead after engaging undercover ranks […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2018
Crime
Popular beautician and make-up artiste Lolita Callendar appeared in Court this afternoon and was charged with assaulting Malika Holder. Appearing before the Principal Magistrate, Callendar entered a not guilty plea and was granted bail in the sum of $30,000 on the assault charge. However, she was taken back into custody by the Police as she […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2018
Crime, News
In a statement, the Guyana Police Force this afternoon confirmed that the three men shot dead by undercover police during a shoot-out on the seawalls were bandits who were trailing a bank customer. In a statement the Police said that at around 10:30hrs, based on information received from ‘operatives’ performing duty in the vicinity of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2018
Crime
Drama unfolded in High Court today, as a young mother was found guilty of killing her two children by feeding them rat poison. The 25-year-old woman, Awena Rutherford, collapsed as the jury returned the guilty verdict on two counts of manslaughter. When the verdict was read out, Rutherford fell backwards, hitting her head against the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2018
Crime, News
With overwhelming support from her fellow Councillors, Patricia Chase – Green was today re-elected for the third consecutive year to serve as Mayor of the City of Georgetown. She was unopposed for the post. But the upset at Thursday afternoon’s City Council elections came when serving Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikaran failed to even secure a nomination for […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2018
Crime, News
Hours after being arrested, a Guyanese American man who is wanted in the US as part of a murder probe was taken to Court and remanded to jail. 31-year-old Troy Thomas made his first Court appearance this afternoon. He was unrepresented and denied ever knowing that he was charged or wanted in the US for […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2018
Crime, News
Months after over $3M in cash and cheques went missing from a local company, three security guards attached to Massy Securities, have been charged in connection with the heist. 50-year-old Patterson Clarence, 48-year-old Cosmo Chichester and 43-year-old Shawn Goodluck, all stood before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and denied the allegation made against them. The Court […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has announced the arrest of US Fugitive, Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted in New York for the 2011 murder of Keith Frank in New York. The man was arrested during an early morning operation by local investigators. At the same time, Police also arrested his lady friend and social media […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime
A Dredge Owner found himself before the Magistrates’ Courts today after being charged for allegedly stealing a mining tool that is worth $10 Million. He was released on $500,000 bail. 32-year-old, Abraham Singh stood before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and denied the allegation that between the 1st and 15th February at King Street, Republic Park, he […]