By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2018
Crime, News
One month after an accident claimed the life of a motorcyclist, the Policeman who was behind the wheels of a Police Force mini-bus that slammed into the youth, has been charged for causing death by dangerous driving. Police Constable, Ryan Persaud, was back in Court this morning where the charge was read against him. The […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force carried out an early morning operation in the East Bank village of Agricola today and several items that are suspected to have been stolen or illegally obtained were seized. Additionally, Police have arrested 29 persons. Between the early morning hours of 04:45-08:00hrs today, scores of Police ranks, commanded by a Senior […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2018
Crime, News
A 20-year-old Guyanese man, who migrated to the United States less than a year ago, is facing a murder charge, after he tossed his 4-year-old brother to his death from the boy’s Brooklyn home, according to the New York Police Department. The incident took place early on Saturday morning, New York Police responding to a […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2018
Crime, News
Four months after being set free for one set of drug trafficking charges, a Charlestown man was back in Court again today to face a new marijuana possession charge. 38-year-old, Colin Denny, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning and immediately entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of being in possession of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2018
Crime, News
A night of celebration ended tragically just after 2 o’ clock this morning when the driver of a motor car lost control and slammed into a utility police, claiming the life of a 25-year-old man. Dead is Isaiah Corlette of Castello Housing Scheme, Georgeown. He was a passenger in the car being driven by one […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2018
Crime, News
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, a Timehri/Georgetown mini-bus driver was remanded to jail after being charged with the rape of a 21-year-old disabled woman. The accused, 44-year-old, Sherwin Reynolds is from the Plaisance area. He was represented by Attorney Stanley Moore. The Court was told that on the 19th April 2018, the man […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2018
Crime
A Surinamese National who claimed that someone broke into his apartment and forged a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) disablement voucher, was today slapped with a $60,000 fine jailed for four months, after being found guilty of committing the crime. Magistrate Annette Singh handed down her judgment today even in the absence of the accused, 45-year-old, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2018
Crime, News
A route 42 mini-bus driver is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after he was shot to one of his legs by a Georgetown City Constable. The incident occurred this morning in Cornhill Street just outside the old GNCB building where mini-buses were recently relocated. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver, John Paul, got into a […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2018
Crime, News
In wake of the post-mortem examination pointing to the cause of death being asphyxiation and compression to the neck, the Guyana Police Force has opened murder investigation into the death of 41-year-old Sherwin Apple. Apple was found dead yesterday morning on the Kitty foreshore as Police were looking to question him about a sex video […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2018
Crime, News
On the same day that one of two men who was wanted for questioning in connection with a viral sex video took his own life, the other man has been held for questioning by Police. Senior Police sources have this evening confirmed the arrest of a young man who they believe was the other man […]