Cops rescue 6 Venezuelan women
Six Venezuelan women, between the ages of 19 and 32, whom police believe were victims of a human trafficking ring have been rescued from a home in Diego Martin by officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and assisted by several other law enforcement agencies.
During the exercise on Saturday night, a 51-year-old Trinidadian man, a 33-year-old Venezuelan national and two Venezuelan women ages 21 and 24 were arrested and taken to the Central Police Station in Port-of-Spain.
Investigators told Guardian Media that acting on the information SORT accompanied by the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU), Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB) and Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) went to several homes at Upper Covigne Road in Diego Martin where they made the arrests and rescued the six women.
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T&T Crime and Murders July 2019......count 60
Traumatised wife: 'Burke normal, I’m scared'
This after gunmen opened fire in the area at around 3pm.
When contacted, a woman who identified herself as his wife, said she was “scared.”
Asked if gunmen had come in search of Burke, she said “ I don’t know. Burke will have to answer it himself. He just walked out of the house. He is normal.”
When the Express visited the Sea Lots community yesterday afternoon, residents were tight-lipped on what had transpired, claiming they had no knowledge on whether community leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke was one of the intended targets.
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Two charged with drug related crimes
Two men were arrested for marijuana and narcotic related offences during a road traffic exercise was in the Four Roads Police Station district between the hours of 1am and 3am on Sunday.
Officers say they intercepted a silver SUV at Victoria Avenue, Diego Martin discovered a quantity of high-grade marijuana, marijuana in liquid form and several devices.
One occupant, Elias Aboud, 25, was charged with two counts of possession of apparatus, one count of possession of marijuana (10.2grams) and one count of cultivating marijuana.
The other occupant of the vehicle, Alex Franco, 26, was charged for possession of marijuana.
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Public murders witnessed by no one?
The country is apparently desensitised by the mind-numbing level of violence.
But on the morning of April 29, 2019 the killing of the Quintero family in their vehicle on a busy highway in south Trinidad rattled the nation.
They had left a Sunday evening outing to the movies and had driven less than five minutes from the mall and entertainment centre before death came.
The Quinteros’ killing happened in plain sight but it was a crime that no one saw. And police are baffled about the motive.
They need help to solve this crime.
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Central Division cops link SORT to ammo find
The incident comes on the heels of an investigation by the elite unit concerning allegations of bribery and leaking sensitive information against Central Division officers.
SORT is one of the units appointed by Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith to lead high-profile investigations. The unit has been successful in recovering kidnap victims, uncovering large amounts of guns and drugs. It comprises police and soldiers whose identities are usually concealed.
Senior police investigators said the Central Division officers went to the premises of Sanitec Limited, located at Las Lomas No 2, in Central Trinidad on June 24 at 8.30 am to search for arms and ammunition.
The officers searched the premises and later found ammunition shells that were sorted into at least ten containers, three of which were in a truck and the remainder in an industrial container.
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Sgt!? Havent Dr Rowdy Growley & PC GG call U yet & give U a cuss dung?! Just assking!
In reply to BeatDball
Dem know if dey do dat, I am moving to Rwanda.
Ah told dem you go help me get citizenship.
State witness and wife shot, gunmen arrested
The 44-year-old and his 45-year-old wife were shot several times.
They are in serious condition at hospital.
Within minutes of the shooting police intercepted a vehicle and arrested two suspects with a firearm and a quantity of ammunition.
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Cop/lawyer arrested outside police station
A POLICE inspector and attorney working with the legal department in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service was arrested yesterday.
The officer, who has at least 22 years’ experience in the Police Service, was detained for questioning in a case of misbehaviour in public office.
The 48-year-old man was held by officers of the Professional Standards Bureau on the compound of the Siparia Police Station around 9 a.m.
Senior officers of the South Western Division said PSB officers were tight-lipped on details of the allegations.
His colleagues said he was walking to his vehicle when he was approached by Ag Senior Supt Totaram Dookhie and several other officers of PSB.
He was asked to accompany the officers back to his office in the South Western police division’s legal department. Police said the office was not searched during the half an hour that Dookhie and the other officers spoke with him.
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Chef charged with breaking into Soong's restaurant, stealing $150,000
Jamal Sergeant faced San Fernando Magistrate Jo-Anne Connor.
She read the charge which alleged that between June 18 and 20 at Circular Road, San Fernando, he broke into the office of Soong’s Great Wall Restaurant and stole a $25,000 safe, containing $150,000 cash, a $1,000 laptop, 40 blank cheque books together valued $400 and a $40 bank card.
He was not called upon to plea to the indicatable charge.
Attorney Charlene Kalloo asked for bail for her client. She said Sergeant worked at the restaurant in the past as a chef. She admitted that a father of one had previous matter which was last month discharged.
Sergeant’s brother in law, labourer Jeavon Marcano, 22 of Mon Repos, also appeared before Connor. He was charged that on Saturdays at Mon Repos, he was in possession of a hand pistol and ten rounds of 9mm ammunition. He also was not called upon to plea to the allegation against him.
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Man narrowly escapes death as gunmen open fire on him
A 30-year-old man narrowly escaped death, when he came under fire by two gunmen,
The victim told police that around 8.30am on Monday, he was standing in the yard of a house in Couva North Gardens, Couva, when he saw two men walking along the roadway.
The men appeared to be armed with firearms.
When he saw the gunmen raise their hands, the 30-year-old did not hesitate and immediately fled the scene.
He heard several explosions but the 30-year-old jumped a wall and ran a short distance away.
Marabella Police are investigating a report of a home invasion in which a 30-year-old woman was robbed of over $75,000 in jewellery.
The woman told police that around 7:00 pm on Sunday she was at her home off Battoo Avenue, Marabella, seated with other relatives in the porch area when three armed men approached the group.
One man was armed with a cutlass while the other two were armed with firearms.
The men announced a hold-up and ordered the family into the home.
They then proceeded to relieve the 30-year-old woman of her valuables – including several items of jewellery and two cellular phones.
One of the men then hit the woman to her head, and they all escaped in an unknown direction.
Belmont man in critical condition after shooting
In an unrelated incident, a 32-year-old man was warded in a serious condition up to Monday after a shooting incident in Belmont on Sunday night.
The victim has been identified as Taurean Wilson.
Police were told that around 9.45 pm, residents of Carr Street, Belmont, heard several loud explosions and upon investigating, they found Wilson bleeding from multiple gunshot injuries.
The police and paramedics were notified and the injured man was rushed to the Port of Spain General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.
Wilson was said to be in a critical condition up to Monday morning at 9:00 am.
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He heard several explosions but the 30-year-old jumped a wall and ran a short distance away.
With a little practise this man could be a 110m hurdler.
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Late night attack on couple in car, man killed
A late night rendezvous with a woman in a car parked roadside in Caroni, ended in the death of the driver.
Keenan Lutchman was shot and killed by a man who came to steal the vehicle.
Police said Lutchman, of Felicity, Chaguanas was sitting in the car with the 32-year-old woman at Laundry Road.
At around 10p.m. a masked gunman walked up to the Nissan AD wagon, and ordered the couple to get out.
Lutchman was told to hand over the keys and as he moved to obey, he was shot in the upper body.
The gunman left in the station wagon.
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Venezuelan women forced into prostitution at gunpoint
Speaking on the Firearms Amendment Bill in the Senate, Young said he sat in a meeting with police officers who described statements taken from young Venezuelan women and the beatings they endured.
He said the “animals”, the human traffickers, were able to keep the women in check because they had illegal firearms.
“One of the scourges we are dealing with right now is prostitution and young girls from Venezuela being forced in prostitution and human trafficking, and whatever is the most derogatory of terms you could use to describe a human being, use that term and think of these men because I use colourful language but I can’t use it here (in Parliament).
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Moruga man was strangled
An autopsy on the body of the Moruga man found with his hands bound after a robbery at his home showed he was strangled and beaten.
Findings from the autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre yesterday showed Sookram Daniel, 57, was beaten, then strangled with an electrical cord, which police found near his body.
His mouth was also stuffed with pieces of cloth and his body wrapped with a cord.
Daniel’s body was left in the living room of his Bois Jean Jean house, which was ransacked on Sunday morning.
Police said about 7 am bandits robbed him of cash and jewellery. They believe the same bandits earlier robbed his father, who lives next door.
In a statement, Daniel's father said three men armed with knives had entered his home and announced a hold-up. They ordered him to hand over money and jewellery and took over $6,000, then ran out.
The next day the father, 79, went to his son's house and found him dead.
Homicide Region Three police are investigating.
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Teen beaten, kidnapped, buried up to his neck in Pt Fortin
Thankfully, the victim was eventually released.
The victim told police that he was walking along Cape De Ville Main Road, in Point Fortin, at about 10:00 pm Tuesday when he was approached by two men in dark clothing, one of whom was armed.
The 18-year-old, on seeing the armed man, attempted to flee the scene, however, the suspects gave chase.
They were able to detain the 18-year-old a short distance away, and they proceeded to beat him about the body, enquiring about the location of 20-pounds of marijuana.
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97 arrested for crimes against children
Addressing the media at the Police Administration Building, Port of Spain, Guy-Alleyne said the work done at the unit was vital and continued to have an impact.
However, she said the police needed the co-operation and support of parents, guardians and caregivers to ensure the protection of children
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Two shot in Arouca parlour
Two Arouca men are being treated for gunshot wounds after they were shot at a parlour Tuesday night.
Police said the men aged 37 and 57 were at a shop on Keskidee Crescent, Bon Air Gardens, Arouca, at around 7.40 pm when a masked gunman approached the shop through a track and fired at the men.
The gunman shot the 52-year-old man on his right leg and hip while he shot the 32-year-old on both legs.
Police took the men to the Arima Hospital, where they were treated.
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Father, daughter gunned down in Aranguez
Dead are Elliot Veerasammy, 62, and Sarah Veerasammy, 32.
The killings happened at a house at Williams Street.
At least 20 shots were fired at the father and daughter. Both died on their living room couch.
In January this year, Elliot’s Veerasammy’s brother Rodney was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting Elliot in 2008.
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Family abandons new home after bandit attack
Armed with a blow torch, a gang of “professional thieves” broke into the home of a Penal family and robbed them of thousands in cash and valuables early Tuesday.
The thieves were “organised” in their approach to the robbery, with one being the mastermind and another whose only job was to wipe away fingerprints.
The attack happened at Gayah Trace, San Francique, at a home still under construction owned by a 40-year-old man, his 32-year-old wife, and two children, aged eight and two years.
The man is employed as a salesman and the woman is a housewife.
While they were not physically harmed, the 30-minute ordeal has left the family traumatised and they have packed their belongings and left their new home.
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Taxi driver shot on off-route job
A 31-year-old taxi driver was shot and wounded after he took an off-route job to Mon Repos on Wednesday.
Police said Akiel St Cyr was plying his car for hire from Curepe to Chaguanas at around 2 pm when he picked up a woman who asked to be taken to Morvant.
On reaching Mon Repos he was approached by two men, one armed with a gun, who shot him several times in the right wrist and behind his head.
The men robbed him of his car and cash before dumping him at the side of the road.
Passers by saw St Cyr bleeding and took him to the hospital where he was treated.
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13 women identify 'PH' rapists
The five suspects are between the ages of 23 and 26, and all hail from Production Drive, Sea Lots.
They were placed on identification parades on between Monday and Wednesday, in a joint exercise by officers of the Western Division, the North Eastern Division, and the Northern Division, led by Insp Vincent, Insp Joseph, Insp Birch, and Sgt Taylor, among several others.
The men were identified by the 13 women, and the Express was told that they are facing over 30 charges as a result.
They were suspected of being involved in a criminal ring operating along the East/West Corridor where young women were targeted, robbed and assaulted by the suspects who were pretending to be PH drivers.
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Ten bullets each for two murder victims
Two men were killed within minutes apart on Thursday night in Curepe and Piarco on Thursday night.
The victims have been identified as 29-year-old Calvin Carlton Straker, and 36-year-old Shelford Paynter.
Straker was shot dead near his home in Oropune Gardens, Piarco, at about 9.45p.m..
He died from bullets to the head and upper body.
Ten spent 9mm shells were found on the scene.
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‘One-foot’ terror in Oropune
HDC community turned into crime hotspot
These illegal operations, which they say have not been dealt with by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), have attracted criminal elements from outside the community who frequent the area to lime, gamble and purchase illegal drugs and alcohol.
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‘Gorilla’ shot dead in Carenage
The body of Darren “Gorilla” Paul was found in Carenage by police around 10 pm on Friday.
According to reports, around 9 pm, residents of Benediction Street heard gunshots. About an hour later, police found Paul's body on the street with multiple gunshot wounds.
Paul, 36, was from Seaveiw Hill, Carenage. It was said he was originally from an area where the Rasta City gang has a presence but he was found near territory where the Muslim gang is based.
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Murder in Black Rock
Police say someone shot Andrews several times while at his Archer Circular Road apartment.
His body was discovered after 7pm.
The 36-year-old man moved to Tobago from Mt. Hope, Trinidad last November.
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Central cops arrest 5
Central police found two guns and ammunition and arrested five people today in the Freeport and Brasso districts.
Police seized a home-made single-barrelled shotgun and a Smith and Wesson .38 special revolver with four rounds of .38 special ammunition.
The arrested people are expected to be charged with various offences.
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13-year-old among two robbed at gunpoint; cops hunting suspects
Police were told around 7:20 pm on Thursday the 13-year-old was in the company of a 21-year-old man at the bus shed along Exchange Junction, Couva.
While there, the two were approached by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.
The men announced a holdup and proceeded to relieve the teenager and the 21-year-old of their cash and valuables before fleeing the scene in a nearby vehicle.
Police sergeant's firearm stolen in break-in
Investigations have been launched into a robbery in which a firearm was stolen from a police sergeant.
The sergeant, who operates and lives in the Southern Division, told investigators that he left his home on Friday morning to visit a relative who was ailing.
Upon returning late that night he observed that his home had been broken into.
Several items of value were missing including a quantity of cash and jewellery and a safe which contained his licensed firearm.
The weapon is a Sig Sauer outfitted with 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
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Boy, 16, shot dead over a bath
Jamal Charles lived in Beetham Gardens but went over to relatives on Pashley Street, Laventille, to bathe since his community has not had water for several days. He was killed because of gang rivalry between the two communities, where members claim residents from either district must stay where they live.
Beetham Gardens youth activist Kareem Marcelle said Charles had visited him on Friday and he was crying. Marcelle said the teen was originally from Pashley Street but moved into Beetham Gardens about two years ago with his family.
Charles, he said, told him he was being harassed for visiting relatives on Pashley Street. Beetham Gardens has not had water for three days, Marcelle said, and Charles went over to his relatives to bathe, on Thursday and Friday, but was harassed by Pashley Street residents.
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Murder outside market in Princes Town: Two hit by stray bullets
Shots rang out at around 5a.m.
The target was Kyrel Braxton. Braxton, of St Croix Road, Princes Town, was shot multiple times and died at the entrance to Khan’s Poultry, where the chickens were already butchered and prepared for sale.
A stray bullet struck passer-by Raymond Millington. The bullet entered his left ear and lodged inside his mouth, police said.
A woman was shot hit in the leg by a stray bullet.
Millington and the woman were taken to hospital.
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Mayaro mom finds teen son’s dead body
Police are investigating the murder of a 16-year-old boy after he was killed at his Mayaro home last night.
Police said Christian Smith was in the living room of his New Lands Village, Guayaguayare, home at around 11.45 pm when he was shot several times.
Smith's mother Martha heard the gunfire and on checking saw her son with gunshot wounds to the face bleeding on the floor.
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2 sisters shot 16 times in drive-by
The women were shot multiple times on Archibald Street at about 9.15 pm.
Up to yesterday they were in critical condition.
A report said the driver of a black car slowed down in the street and opened fire at the sisters who were standing nearby, before speeding off.
One sister was shot 12 times, while the other had four gunshot wounds.
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Nude body found in Couva
Police rushed to the scene after the discovery was made on July 8, 2019, by residents of Fairfield Road.
Police were told that around 9:00 am residents observed a man lying naked in a yard along the roadway.
They called on the man and got no response.
However, upon investigating, they realised he was dead.
The police were notified and officers from the Central Division were at the scene up to Monday midday.
Two in court for attempted murder of state witness
Two men were scheduled to appear before a Rio Claro Magistrate on Monday on allegations of attempted murder of a Biche man and hs wife.
The two were held last week Monday after they opened fire on the 44-year-old man, who is a state witness, and his 45-year-old wife at their home in Biche.
The two accused are a 28-year-old man from Bagatelle Extension, Sunshine Avenue, San Juan; and a 25-year-old man from Upper Salandy Street, Diego Martin.
They have both facing eight charges including attempted murder, wounding with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, two counts of shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
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Police arrest shooting suspects in overnight exercises
Police said the patrol began at about 9 pm yesterday and ended at about 1 am today.
At around 10.30 pm they went to Mango Alley, Laventille, where they arrested three men, ages 30, 31 and 33 – all of whom were from the area. The men were arrested in relation to a shooting and wounding in Point Pleasant, Cunupia.
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Jewel store robbery ends in death
Alexander Bruzual Jul 9, 2019 Updated 42 min ago
A security officer shot and killed a suspected jewelry store thief on Tuesday morning.
A second suspect was wounded.
The identities of the men were not immediately known.
Police were told that at about 11.30a.m. the men entered the Savi’s Jewelry Store, along the Southern Main Road, Couva.
The men announced a hold up, and one suspect pointed a gun in the store.
A security guard pulled his gun and fired five shots.
Both suspects were hit. One was killed.
The wounded man, of Longdenville, was shot in his leg.
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Laventille activist: ‘You know who gangs are, so stop them’
Marcelle said the authorities know who the gang leaders were, and need to do their part to bring them to justice.
“Police officers and ministers of national security past and present know the gangsters by name and by number,” said Marcelle. “They use their parliamentary privilege to list them, so they know who they are and what is going on.”
Marcelle said communities are doing their part by partnering with police and providing them with information, yet several people in power blame the members of the community and accuse them of protecting the gangsters who terrorise them.
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Bandit storms businessman's home, and gets a fatal bullet
Police said three men used a ladder to enter the home through a kitchen window.
The men began shouting and kicking open the family's bedroom doors.
The supermarket owner responded by shooting at the men with his licenced firearm.One man was killed from a bullet to the forehead. The others fled.
Police said they found a gun on the dead man, who was not immediately identified.
"Bones" Supermarket downstairs the family's home, near St Clement's Junction on the Naparima/Mayaro Road.
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In reply to sgtdjones Alas, some very bad news!
Man shot dead in St James
Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting which occurred hours ago in St James.
They said that at about 5.30 am people living at Upper Dundonald Hill heard gunshots, and some time later the body of Asward Wiltshire was found in some bushes. St James police responded and the body was identified by a relative.
More on this as it becomes available.
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Aunt shields nephew from hail of bullets
Using her body to shield her three-year-old nephew from a hail of bullets in a drive-by shooting on Saturday night at Fyzabad, Diana Jaikaran, 23, was shot six times – but managed to protect him.
A bullet grazed the boy's right hand and there were several bullet holes in the wooden house.
"Emergency Health Services came, cleaned it and put a plaster on his hand," said a relative who requested anonymity. "That night he was really frightened. He is traumatised. He did not want to leave his mother’s side. He was constantly was asking for lift-ups.
"He and his aunts are very close. When they started to shoot, Diana blocked him with her body,"
Up to today, doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital were treating Jaikaran and her sister, Melissa, 24, who was also injured.
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‘Hardy’ stabbed to death
AN autopsy on 54-year-old Joseph "Hardy" Adams of St Francis Village in Erin revealed he was stabbed twice in the chest. Passers-by saw him lying motionless at Erin Junction on Monday shortly after 4 pm and contacted police.
Erin police found Adams, who was unemployed, bleeding from the nose and contacted the Homicide Bureau Region III. A district medical officer pronounced him dead.
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‘Hit’ placed on Holder’s head
Highlighted Oropune HDC problems...
A “hit” has been placed on the life of Oropune resident Colleen Holder. However, Holder said she will not be scared out of her home and she does not intend to leave Oropune. “I was given reliable information this morning (Thursday) that a hit was placed on my life today because I spoke out on issues in Oropune Gardens,” Holder told the Express.
Holder said Police Commissioner Gary Griffith and National Security Minister Stuart Young are aware of the situation and she has already been contacted by senior officials from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
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The two bandits, 17 and 20, were arrested. Both are from Calvary Hill, Arima.
Arima police arrested two men after they robbed a man of his phone and tried to sell it back to him on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said the man was robbed of his phone on the Blanchisseuse Road at about 4.15 pm.
The bandits then called a relative's phone and told the man to bring $1,000 in exchange for his phone. He went to the Arima Police Station and reported the incident. Police told him to him to do as told and they would follow him to the meeting point at the corner of Hosein and Broadway Streets, Arima.
Chaguanas man shot in PoS while waiting for taxi
A Chaguanas man is being treated for a gunshot wound he suffered while waiting for a taxi at the corner of Nelson and Prince Streets, Port of Spain, last night.
Police said the 26-year-old man was waiting at around 10.10 pm when he heard several gunshots. He turned around and saw two men believed to be the shooters standing further down Nelson Street.
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Teen held for murder of Tunapuna man
A 16-year-old boy was among eight people held during an anti-crime patrol on Monday night in the Northern Division.
Police said the teen who is originally from Moruga was named as a suspect in the murder of 47-year-old Tunapuna man Lester Sookhai last December.
The teen was positively identified by a witness during an identification parade. Investigators are seeking advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions today.
At least two other men held during the exercise were also wanted in relation to murder.
Torture, rape, abortion, at just 12: Mom and stepdad held
Updated: 8:50 pm
Three people appeared before a Sangre Grande Magistrate on Thursday, charged with 125 counts of various offences relative to the sexual abuse of a minor, since the victim was 12-years-old. The child's grandmother was granted $10,000 station bail while her mother and stepfather were denied bail and remanded into custody. They will reappear in court on July 24th.
1. 43 counts of abuse of a position of trust and familiar relations to wit sexual penetration
2. 34 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (jointly charged with mother)
3. Three counts of serious indecency
4. Three counts of grievous sexual assault
5. One count using a vehicle for indecent and immoral purposes
6. One count of indecent assault
7. One count of sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 14
The girl's mother was charged with the following:
1. 34 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
2. One count of abuse of a position of trust
Meanwhile, the teenager's grandmother was charged with two counts of failing to report the sexual abuse of a minor.
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Glock found under galvanize in Laventille
Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Officers have found a glock pistol and a magazine during an anti-crime exercise in Laventille.
The exercise was conducted between 5:20 am and 8:20 am on Wednesday.
During the investigation, officers proceeded to Morgan Trace where they conducted a search of a bushy area. There, they found the firearm and a magazine under several sheets of galvanize.
Investigations are ongoing.
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Police hold armed suspect minutes after Arima robbery
Police detained an armed suspect just minutes after a robbery was reported in Arima.
According to a statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the suspect, from Arima, was arrested and one firearm was seized by officers of the Northern Division’s Emergency Response Patrol (ND-ERP) and Pinto Police Station, following a report of robbery with aggravation and a police-involved shooting incident in the Arima district on Tuesday night.
Officers of the Pinto Police Station responded to a report of a robbery at Pinto Road, where they met a female victim who said that around 7:30 pm on Wednesday, she was walking along King Orange Avenue when she was approached by two men, both armed with guns.
Rape accused begs bailor not to send him back to jail
Gardner Nigel Sinanan asked Sunil Kowlessar not to withdraw from the role until his uncle who is due to arrive in the country in a month’s time, takes the cash version of his bail.
But Kowlessar to whom the justice of the peace had explained the responsibilities of a bailor, told Sinanan he did not listen to him.
Sinanan faced three charges of sexual penetration and one charge of housebreaking with intent which allegedly occurred back in 2017. The charges were laid by corporal Diamond. Sinanan was out on $150,000 bail after Kowlessar used the deed for his home to secure the bail.
In giving evidence, Kowlessar said he was a stranger who decided to help Sinanan.
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After horrific abuse, WASA woman goes missing
As Rivers recovered from the physical and mental abuse, she tried to rearrange her life and, to avoid seeing him, had requested to work in a location far away from him.
However, on the weekend her job took her to an area close to where he lived, and days later she disappeared.
Rivers, 24, a security guard, was last seen by a co-worker around 6.10 a.m. on Monday getting into a white car headed to Rio Claro.
Her mother, Roslyn Rivers, said she spoke to her daughter around 5.40 a.m. and her daughter told her she would get a taxi and head home.
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Friends flee as man shot dead in Morvant
A Morvant man was gunned down on Friday night while liming at Wallace Road, Chinapoo Gardens, Morvant.
According to police, Tevin Semper, 29, was with a group of men when they were approached by gunmen who opened fire. The killers and the Semper’s friends ran leaving the bleeding man on the ground.
Police believe Semper was at the wrong place at the wrong time and may not have been the target as he was “not known to them”. Homicide officers of Region II are continuing investigations.
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Sea Lots man held with assault rifle
An assault rifle and magazine containing 26 rounds of ammunition were confiscated during a crime-eradication in Sea Lots this morning.
An assault rifle and magazine containing 26 rounds of ammunition were confiscated during a crime-eradication in Sea Lots this morning.
Police responding to reports that men were seen with guns in Sea Lots arrested a 27-year-old man and confiscated a high-powered assault rifle this morning.
At around 7.50 am the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) received reports that men with guns were walking along Production Avenue.
When they went there, several men saw the police car and started running in different directions. Police left the car, chased the men and went along a track, where they began to search an abandoned lot.
They reached a river and found a yellow plastic bag containing a rifle and magazine with 26 rounds of ammunition.
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Raymond Choo Kong murdered in Arima
He is one of seven people murdered in the past 24 hours.
Choo Kong was murdered in Arima where he has his home and a business.
Police have confirmed that the killing happened at his bar, which is located downstairs his home at Green Street, Arima
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It happened near the Arima Police Station.
Missing WASA guard found dead
One week after she went missing, Rio Claro security guard Chris Rivers has been found dead in Mayaro.
The body was clad in clothing similar worn by Rivers when she was last seen leaving her workplace last Monday.
It was discovered in an advanced state of decomposition in a forested area in Mafeking Village.
Three killed in Laventille drive-by: 'Cat' survives
The shooting happened at Springside Avenue, Eastern Quarry shortly after 11p.m.
Police were told that a group of men were liming roadside when a black Nissan Tiida pulled up and the occupants began shooting.
Killed was 16-year-old Servol student Saleem Peters, Shermarke Wickham, 30, and Damien ‘Duck’ Granger, 37.
Bullets for boyfriend killed her instead
Bullets meant for a man, instead killed his girlfriend in Carenage on Sunday night.
Dead is Justine Davis, who suffered multiple bullet wounds when gunmen opened fire on Jarvis Jackman in a house at L'anse Mitan.
More than 15 rounds of ammunition were fired.
Davis, 24, died at the scene. Jackman is listed in critical condition at hospital.
Gunned down near La Romaine home
Hakeem Nikolai Mowlah, 24, was found by relatives bleeding from multiple gunshot injuries.
Around 9.30 a.m. police said that a relative of Mowlah heard explosions at the side of the family’s home at Grace Lane, Phyllis Street.
The relative checked and found him bleeding and unresponsive.
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Seven people murdered in the past 24 hours
22 for this month
There have been a recorded 290 homicides for 2019 thus far when compared to 302 for 2018.
In reply to sgtdjones If this shoite continues...I'm afraid TT might get into that bracket of a failed state! It's totally unacceptable of the crime situation.
They will have to replicate what the US military did in Iraq...cordon off villages/towns!
One bar, 39 Venezuelans held
Police held 39 Venezuelan nationals and one Jamaican national.At this location, the officers detained the 40 individuals who were unable to produce documents which would indicate their legal status in this country.
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Robbery caught on CCTV, police want help identifying suspect
The police service is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man who robbed a minimart owner in Siparia on Saturday.
No photo was provided but the suspect is said to be of a dark complexion with musical notes tattooed on the face.
At the time, he wore a blue jacket.
The man was invited into the woman’s store at Thick Village, Siparia at around 7:45 am after she saw him standing outside.
However, after he entered, he pulled out a firearm and announced a hold-up. The thief then relieved the woman of cash, jewellery and a quantity of cigarettes all valued at $30,000. He then escaped.
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Shot woman dies in hospital
According to a police report, at about 1 am on Monday, Monique Griffith, 21, was standing on the road at John Lane when a man approached her with a gun and opened fire. She attempted to run away but fell on the road. A 16-year-old girl who was standing nearby was hit by a stray bullet.
Both victims were taken to the Arima District Health Facility where they were treated and warded. However, Griffith succumbed to her injuries. Griffith, police said, was involved in a relationship with a man who is well known to them.
An autopsy is expected to be performed at the Forensic Science Centre in St James on Tuesday.
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'Wee Wee' charged with murder
A Beetham Gardens man is expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate today, charged with the May 6 murder of Jason Charles in Laventille.
Johnson Holder, aka “Wee Wee”, 25, of 24th Street, Beetham Gardens, was also charged with possession of firearm and possession of ammunition.
Charles, 41, a labourer, of Upper Cuthbert Circular, Four Roads, Diego Martin, was discovered dead at an abandoned house located along Cox Lane, Laventille, with multiple gunshot wounds about the body.
Holder was arrested by officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force in the Port of Spain district on Sunday.
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Dying in his sleep: Grande man gunned down in bed
The body of the 25-year-old was found in his bed at his home at Bois Bande Farm Road at around 8.30a.m.
The discovery was made by a visiting relative.
Albert was found covered in a blanket, lying on his side, head on pillow.
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Projection 2019: Over 500 murders
Statistics show that during the first six months of 2018 there were 278 murders.
During the first six months of 2019, the figure was 255 murders.
Two killed: El Socorro, Grande
Police said the three victims – 19-year-old Ebony Mc Bernie, Jameel Degazon, and 25-year-old Kadeem Charles, all from Beetham Gardens – were at a basketball court when gunmen approached and shot them.
Charles died andMc Bernie and Degazon were shot in the leg and stomach respectively.
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5 months’ jail for attorney
SEVENTY-eight-year-old attorney Wilston Campbell has been sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for perverting the courseof justice by trying to bribe a police officer not to bring witnesses to court so that a case against two students caught cheating in CXC examinations in 1995 could be dismissed.
Campbell was sentenced by Justice Devan Rampersad in the Port of Spain High Court on Wednesday .
Today marks exactly 24 years since he was charged with offering PC Kurt Simon a bribe of $1,500 not to bring witnesses to court in a case against two students caught cheating during the 1995 CXC examinations.
Campbell’s five-month sentence was backdated to May 31, when he was convicted by a Port of Spain jury.
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Suspect caught after evading cops for two years LOOP NEWS
A 40-year-old man who was in hiding for over two years in connection with a shooting incident was finally caught during a sting operation on Tuesday.
Police said the suspect was held along the Brian Lara Promenade in Port of Spain by officers of the Port of Spain Division.
The exercise was supervised by Snr Sup Moore, Sup Ablack, Inspector Commissiong, Sgt Bharath, and Cpl Arthur, among others.
The suspect was wanted in connection with an incident in which an armed attacker opened fire on a group of people, as well as other shooting offences.
One held after shooting in Port of Spain
Officers of the Duncan Street Police Post responded to reports of shootings in the area around 9:00 pm Tuesday night.
They were told that persons were seen holding firearms and shooting their weapons into the air.
When officers arrived, they attempted to detain persons in the community who matched the description of the “shooters” for questioning, however, they were met with resistance as residents claimed those individuals were not the ones involved.
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KFC worker killed after dropping off co-worker
Police said a car carrying KFC staff had just dropped one employee around 1. 15 am and as it left, two gunmen came out of a narrow alley and began shooting at the car.
A woman in the car was shot several times in the head.
The driver drove straight to the Besson Street Police Station. The woman, identified as Dawn Grant of Morvant, was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital, where she died hours later, at 4.30 am.
Another passenger, who was also shot in the head, is being treated at hospital.
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Two teens go missing in Gasparillo
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is seeking the urgent assistance of the public in locating two teenagers who went missing in separate incidents.
In statements issued Wednesday, the TTPS said 18-year-old Ryan Baksh was leaving his Caratal Road, Gasparillo home around 7:30 pm on July 10, 2019.
He was reported missing to police around 8:40 pm, on July 16, 2019, by a relative.
17-year-old Gasparillo girl missing
In a separate incident, police are also asking the public to help find 17-year-old Gabriella Walters.
Gabriella was last seen leaving her Bonne Aventure Road, Gasparillo home, around 7:00 am on Monday, July 15, 2019.
She was reported missing to police around 11:15 am on July 16, 2019, by a relative.
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Police arrest eight 'priority offenders' in Tobago
Eight priority offenders have been detained by officers of the Tobago Division during an anti-crime exercise in the Scarborough district, over the last 24 hours.
The exercise began on Monday and ended on Tuesday.
It was conducted by officers of the Scarborough Criminal Investigations Department.
The suspects, ages 24 to 47 years old, were held in connection with robbery, larceny, assault, housebreaking, narcotic and violent offences.
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Gunfire all night as reputed gangsters killed
The dead have been identified as 31-year-old Dexter Joseph, AKA Pull Skin of Upper St Barbs, Laventille, and 34-year-old Joel Moore, of Red Hill, Morvant.
Pull Skin is being named as the leader of the St Barbs branch of the Rasta City gang.
A third man, Jermaine King, 25, of Laventille Road, was shot.
Police were told that at about 8.30p.m. yesterday, the men were with others at Blundell Alley, Laventille, when a vehicle drove past them.
A passenger began shooting.
The three were taken to hospital.
King survived. He was shot in the buttocks.
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7 arrested in plot to steal murdered couple's life savings
This is a breakthrough in the double murder of John Mills and his wife Evlyn John.
Mills's death certificate was used at a financial institution in Trinidad, with attempts to withdraw his savings.
Both were found bound and gagged at their Cocorico Avenue, Buccoo New Road, home, on May 2. Autopsy results revealed both had been strangled, but Mills was also stabbed about the body.
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Sarge, Sargey, SGT....STOP!
Man killed after leaving hospital
Newsday was told the man had just left the clinic at the hospital and was walking near the quick shoppe on Charlotte Street when gunmen got out of a car, approached him and shot him multiple times.
He tried to run but fell in a drain just outside the hospital. He died on the spot.
More on this as it becomes available.
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Man critical after Diego drive-by
A man is fighting for his life after being shot several times in Diego Martin minutes ago.
Police are still gathering information but Newsday understands that the man was at La Puerta Avenue when gunmen drove past and shot him several times before speeding off.
The man was taken to hospital, where he is warded in a critical condition with gunshot wounds to his stomach and back.
More on this as it becomes available.
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The bloodshed continues: Four shot dead in less than 24 hours
In the first incident, which took place on Wednesday around 11:30 am in El Socorro, one man was killed while a 19-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were left nursing gunshot injuries.
The deceased has been identified as 25-year-old Kadeem Charles AKA Reddo of Beetham Gardens.
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Murder on Charlotte Street
A police officer at the scene of a murder at the corner of Charlotte Street and Belmont Circular Road. Photo by Abraham Diaz.
A police officer at the scene of a murder at the corner of Charlotte Street and Belmont Circular Road. Photo by Abraham Diaz.
Police are investigating the shooting death of a man on the corner of Belmont Circular Road and Charlotte Street.
The man has been identified as Wendell John, 40, from Maraval.
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5 shot, 1 killed at KFC Westmoorings
Five people were shot in the incident.
The driver, who is yet to be identified died while seated in the vehicle.
The incident occurred at about 10.30 pm.
Details are however still sketchy at this time.
Police officers are on the scene at this time.
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3 Murders.. West Moorings, Belmont, Barataria
Two victims have been identified as Ph driver Ashar Kirby and 55-year-old Nigel Bellot.
Bellot was shot dead at 10p.m. yesterday along Carr Lane, Belmont.
A third man was killed in Barataria this morning.
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Businessman gunned down after dropping off wife
Shortly after dropping off his wife in Aranguez on Friday morning, businessman Shiraz Ali was shot dead.
The killing happened outside the Aranguez North Secondary School at around 6.30a.m.
Police were told that Ali, 53, of Edinburg 500, Chaguanas had dropped off his wife at Flavorite Foods Limited and was driving by the school when a car pulled alongside.
He was shot in the head and died at the scene.
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Missing man last seen driving dad's Hilux
Alston, of Mowlah Road, Preysal, was last seen leaving home in his father’s blue Toyota Hilux on July 9 and was later reported missing to police this Wednesday.
Alston is of East Indian descent, 5 feet 6 inches tall, stockily built, with a light brown complexion, and clean shaven.
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Cops raid George Street Plannings, Laventille homes, 13 held
At the George Street Plannings, several apartments were searched and eight men, ages 20 to 30 years, were arrested in connection with shooting offences.
In the Laventille district, three men, ages 20 to 30 years, and all of Eastern Quarry, were also held in connection with shooting offences.
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Piarco man shot 4 times in traffic
Police are investigating the shooting and wounding of a Piarco man near the Valpark Shopping Plaza last night.
They said Kurt Cupid was driving his blue Hyundai Tucson along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway at around 8.35 pm with a friend who was visiting from England, when they stopped because of traffic.
A white Nissan Tiida pulled up on the driver's side of the SUV and two men inside fired several shots at them before driving off.
Passersby took Cupid to the Mt Hope Hospital, where he was treated for four gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was reported as being in stable condition.
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Killings surge towards 300 mark
The country’s murder toll now stands at 294 after four more were recorded between Thursday night and Friday night.Last years total to date 302, a difference of 3.3 per cent.
The victims have been identified as Antonio Dickson, of Sandy Trace, St Barbs, Shiraz Ali, of Boundary Road, San Juan, PH driver Ashar Kirby, of Seaview in Carenage and Nigel Bellot, of Carr Lane, Belmont.
Late last night one man was killed and three others injured in shooting in the La Horquetta district. No other details were immediately available.
Police also reported a woman being stabbed several times outside Express House by a man she knew. The victim was taken to hospital.
Dickson, a PH taxi driver was shot and killed just before six o’clock Friday evening.
Police say gunmen opened fire on Dixon who was seated in a vehicle. He was shot several times in the face and upper body.
Twelve hours earlier, Shiraz Ali was shot and killed in the vicinity of the Aranguez North Secondary School.
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As the murder count barrels toward 300, the T&T Police Service (TTPS) yesterday confirmed that 19 people were killed between Sunday and yesterday afternoon.
Get an overseas (not from the UK or Canada) bloke for this job. Socihitist govts do not have a clue on law enforcement, man! That's all. I'm done. Gone to Rwanda (vicariously)!
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State of Emergency is needed
The people need it....the people want it
The only reason they are not introducing a temporary SOE is because they had roundly condemned Kamla for doing so
Four more citizens were murdered overnight
FOUR more people have fallen victim to gun violence, all having been killed on Friday night.
The latest spate of killings took place in Laventille, La Horquetta and Maraval.
The victims have since been identified as Antonio Dickson, Ian Sharpe, Keon Timothy and Michael Crease.
Dickson, a PH taxi taxi driver from Sandy Trace, Laventille, was seated in his car around 6 p.m. at St Barbs Road, Laventille, when he was approached by gunmen and shot to death.
Later in the evening, Crease and two men identified as Jomoul Francis and Justin Williams were liming at a location in La Horquetta when the were ambushed by gunmen.
And in Maraval, Sharpe and Timothy, both of Maraval, were liming close to a basketball court along Morne Coco Road, when a vehicle drove by and the occupants opened fire hitting both men.
They were taken for medical treatment but later succumbed to their injuries.
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Suspected arsonist killed by cops
AN Aranguez man was shot and killed by police on Saturday morning.
Reports state that officers of the North Eastern Division had responded to a distress call at Rambhaju St, of the man attempting to set fire to a house in the area.
Upon arriving at the scene, the officers noticed that the man, 31-year-old Rishi Rampaul, was armed with a cutlass and cocktail bombs.
During the process of attempting to disarm him, Rampaul reportedly attacked the officers, resulting in them acting in self defence.
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Based on a Newsday count, 19 people have been killed in the past week, and the murder toll is now 297, just short of 302 recorded for the same period last year.
Gunned down in Freeport
Two more murders were recorded on Saturday night into Sunday morning.
One of the victims had served nine months in jail for house breaking and larceny.
According to a police report, residents reported shortly after 11 pm there was a spate of gunfire in the Maloney area.
Residents later found Colin "Simba" Williams lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the Arima Health Facility but was pronounced dead on arrival.
In the second incident, shortly after midnight residents of Uquire Road, in Freeport heard several gunshots.
Upon investigating they found Sanjay Sarransingh, 23, lying on the road near his home.
He was also shot several times. He was taken to the Couva District Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Mystery body found on bank of Rio Claro river
Jul 22, 2019 Updated 3 hrs ago
The body of a “John Doe” was discovered in a river in Rio Claro on Sunday.
The discovery was made at Dades Trace, off the Tabaquite Road.
Around 11.45 a.m. a gardener was walking to his agricultural plot when he made the discovery.
A party of police officers led by Insp Garcia, and Constables Gillead and Charles responded to the scene.
The body was clad in an underwear.
Due to the advanced state of decomposition police were unable to ascertain the race, skin and hair colour.
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Immigration hopeful loses son in shooting
A 20-year-old man who longed to be reunited with his mother, who is applying for citizenship in Canada, is dead after a shooting in La Horquetta last Friday, and relatives are lamenting that she would not be able to attend his funeral for fear of her application being voided.
Relatives of Michael Creese, who were at the Forensic Science Centre in St James, explained he had been with his mother, Kaytura Creese, until he was 13 when she went to Canada to work in a factory.
No arrests have been made.
The murder toll stands at 298 for the year. Last year at around the same time it stood at 308.
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Woman shot dead, murder count now 300
The country's murder count now stands at 300, following the murder of a woman this morning.
Police say around 8:45 am Jill-Ann Jerome was walking along Bush Street, South, Petit Bourg when a lone gunman reportedly approached and opened fire.
The gunman escaped.
Jerome, 47, was then found lying in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to the head.
She was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex by San Juan police officers, where she was pronounced dead.
Police say Jerome had a child with a well-known underworld figure who is in prison.
Investigations are continuing.
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North coast massacre: 'Sandman', wife among 4 killed
Reputed north coast drug lord Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres has been killed along with his wife and two men.
The massacre took place at the Mieres family home at Scxhool Trace, La Cuevas at around 2.15a.m.
The killers stormed the house and killed the couple along with the men, described as his body guards.
The killers left the area aboard a fishing boat.
Police say that high powered weapons were used in the executions.
In 2017, Mieres was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, against Selwyn ‘Robocop’ Alexis.
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Gangsters’ arrests linked to sudden drop in murders
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Up to press time on Tuesday, the murder count of 298 remained unchanged.
Which means there have been no murders since Sunday.
On Tuesday, an unidentified nude body was found at Vista Heights in Tacarigua. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
Police were told that at about 1.30 pm a naked man was seen running through the Vista Heights community.
The police were notified, and upon arrival, they found him unresponsive. There were no visible marks of violence, however, the area was cordoned off and officials from the Homicide Bureau were called to the scene.
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Dole Chadee' killed by cops in Sea Lots
A reputed gang lord was killed in Sea Lots by police on Thursday.
Akini “Dole Chadee” Adams was shot dead during a reported 'shootout'.Adams was shot dead inside a house. A second man was also shot. Police gave his nickname as "Bulls".
The killings, which involved the Special Operations response Unit (SORT) has triggered a protest in Sea Lots.
Residents have set fire to debris and are blocking roads.
“Alyuh wicked. Alyuh Bad. But God doh sleep” women shouted at the heavily armed and masked officers on the scene.
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is leading his officers at the scene, and warning protesters of arrest if they interfere with the operation in progress.
Adams was a suspect in the 2017 murder of WPC Nyoshia Joseph but was not charged.
Adams, who purchased a luxury Range Rover, said he was a fisherman.
Look at the bling on these guys
Criminologist Daurius Figueira told Guardian Media from all trends T&T seems to be heading to the 500 figure.
“As to the exact number we cannot tell if it will come close or exceed but what is given it will reach 500,” he said.
In the last 25 years, the murder count only surpassed the 500 mark three times —in 2008 it went to a record high of 550, decline to 509 in 2009 and spike again in 2018 to 516.
“There are 160 days remaining for the year and unless police can suppress the surge in gang-related killings, which are blamed for the majority of murders this year, the murder count will climb,” he said.
Murders in 2019 to date 305
Grandma killed in home invasion
A Moruga grandmother is the country's latest murder victim.
Merle Singh, 65,was shot dead during a home invasion.
Singh's grandson, who is in the his 30s and whose name was not yet given by police, was beaten.
Police said around 4.30 am when Singh and the grandson were asleep at least two armed men stormed the house at Cachipe Village.
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12 deaths linked to reputed dead drug dealer
Speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, National Security Minister Stuart Young hinted at the possible link.
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Woman struck on head with gun-butt, robbed of $5
A-24-YEAR-OLD man appeared before a magistrate in San Fernando on Thursday morning charged with robbing a 63-year-old woman of $5 after hitting her with a gun on the head.
Aneil Hunte of Pleasantville, San Fernando, pleaded not guilty to robbery with violence before senior magistrate Cherril-Ann Connor. She read the charge to him that on July 11, he committed the act on Monica Silverton, on Donaldson Street at about 8 am. The charge alleged that the woman was walking along the road when she was struck on the head with a gun-butt. She was then relieved of the cash and her cell phone.
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Sandman’s reign ends, heat in
Sea Lots after police killing
The country awoke to the news on Thursday of the execution of a notorious crime kingpin who controlled a swathe of North Trinidad spreading from Las Cuevas to Maracas Valley with an army of enforcers staking claim to a sizeable portion of arms and drug trade.
His killing was one of seven people murdered in 12 hours between Wednesday night and early yesterday taking the murder count to 308 in 206 days.
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Gang war breaks out inside POS prison
Sources say that the clash between the rival gangs broke out sometime this morning and several inmates were injured.
One of the inmates who was slashed has been identified as Hassan Mohammed- they say he was attacked by a member of the Rasta City group who goes by the alias "Cash."
Mohammed prisons sources say is a high profile inmate and was rushed to the Port of Spain General Hospital for treatment. The extent of the injuries to other inmates is yet to be confirmed.
Police officers of the Belmont Police Station were also alerted and have since arrived at the prison.
Mohammed is under the guard of the High-Risk Management Unit (HRMU).
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Good gawd man! What is going on? Ok, I guess one is safe in Barrackpore & Preysal...dont hear of M & M in those two places. Ok.
Put Vix to investigate he seems only interested in Merika’s issues
Venezuelan woman vanishes after going to bank
Marylin, a Venezuelan national currently residing at Icacos Village, Cedros, was last seen at First Citizen Bank, Chaguanas, around 3:25p.m, on Thursday.
She was reported missing to the Chaguanas Police Station on that same day.
Marylin, is of Spanish descent, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a fair complexion, and long red and black curly hair.
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'Dole masterminded the murders of 7 fishermen'
This was the startling revelation coming from Member of Parliament for Couva South Ramona Ramdial at a press conference on Friday.
Ramdial said “I was reliably informed by the Commissioner of Police (Gary Griffith) that (Thursday’s) operation in Sea Lots that resulted in Akini “Dole” Adams being killed (he) was the mastermind behind the robbery and murders of the seven fishermen on the high seas”
But investigators have concluded that the men were victims of murder.
“We have found the motive to be robbery….and pure evil. This will be classified as murder. These pirates robbed the men and ordered them to jump into the water. They knew fully well that the men were not wearing life jackets and may not survive. It was not an accident or a mistake. So this is a murder investigation,” a senior officer told the Express.
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Murders 260 + 55 = 315
Police kill 'sniper' in La Romaine
A man who hid in the bushes and shot at officers on patrol in La Romaine was shot and killed on Friday night.
He was identified as Dillon Clarke.
Police said officers were on mobile patrol when they came under "heavy fire" from men hiding in bushes.
The incident occurred at around midnight.
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Cops kill bandit in bar robbery
According to police, two men, one armed with a gun, entered Bal's Bar on Phillipine Road around 1 am and announced a holdup. They robbed the proprietor and seven patrons of cash and other valuables but the victims were able to call the police.
La Romaine police who were on mobile patrol responded. On arriving, one of the bandits ran off, while the other shot at them. The officers returned fire and shot the man who died at the scene.
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Second man shot by KFC Westmoorings dies
Twenty-eight-year-old Jomal Samuel has died after fighting for his life for just under eight days.
Samuel AKA Etikumba, of Upper Haig Street, Carenage, was shot in the incident at the carpark of KFC in Westmoorings on the night of July 18.
Ashar Kirby was killed in that incident.
Samuel, police said, had been warded at the intensive care unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital since the incident.
However, at about 2.15 am on Friday, he suffered a cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead by Dr Singh.
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Carenage man survives gun attack
The victim has been identified as Daniel Charles of Jones Street, Carenage.
According to police reports, around 6.30 pm on Thursday, Charles was walking along Haig Street, Carenage, when a vehicle pulled up alongside him.
A man in the car alighted from the vehicle and pulled out a firearm.
The assailant shot at Charles several times, before fleeing the scene in the vehicle.
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Las Cuevas house fire-bombed
No one was at the home at the time. Police said the attack may be linked to one of the men suspected of killing Mieres. This suspect remained under police guard at the Port of Spain General Hospital yesterday.
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Gangster Dole wanted to sue State
Adams, according to ACP Jayson Forde, was killed when police went to arrest him in connection with stealing six boats and throwing seven fishermen overboard, resulting in the deaths of four so far. Forde said when the police approached Adams, 26, he started shooting at them and they shot back, wounding Adams, who died in hospital.
In a statement yesterday, police confirmed Adams was a "person of interest" in the disappearance of the fishermen in the Gulf of Paria on Monday.
According to the release, “He (Dole) was among several others being sought for questioning in this matter. The police investigation is still ongoing at this time."
Dole and he bling
3 held during Maraval patrol
TWO Maraval brothers were arrested by St Clair police during a patrol in Maraval on Saturday.
The patrol was coordinated by ACP Williams along with Snr Supt Moore and supervised by Insp Lutchman and Sgt Chase. It began at 6 am and ended four hours later.
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Man shot dead in Diego
At around 9 pm, Francis was walking along Upper Cemetery Street when a gunman approached him and opened fire. He died at the scene.
In an unrelated incident, shortly after 6 pm on Sunday a 23-year-old Malabar man was shot multiple times in an incident at Wallerfield. He was taken to the Arima District Hospital where he was treated.
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What is your intention with all these negative posts about T&T? Any place around the world has its problems. Can you highlight anything good about T&T. If not then stay away and leave this great place alone.
Where is VIX to counter this thread with some Boko Haram news?
In reply to Voyager
It is news ..a poster claims its paradise.
24 were killed in one week ...great place
You need to get out a bit more man....
Are you really this doltish?
In reply to sgtdjones
yes, I am sir. And yes, I will get out more and still enjoy my homeland forever!
In reply to Voyager
What I post are facts about a failed country,
explain how you enjoying the country to 24 family
members who have lost someone in the past week..
Don't step on the bodies as you enjoy Paradise.
Be factual where I am wrong?
Life savings stolen after murder: No $$ for granny's funeral
Teen among 4 held with guns, ammo
FOUR people, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested and three guns and a quantity of ammunition seized in Tunapuna this morning.
According a tweet from the police, at about 3 am, Insp Joseph and Sgts Ammon and John, along with police from the Tunapuna Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Task Force and Northern Division, searched two houses on St Augustine Circular, Monte Grande Road.
They found a Mac 11 sub-machine gun, with 15 rounds of ammunition in a magazine, and two Harrisburg pistols with 12 rounds of ammo.
The four, aged 15-30, were arrested and taken to various police stations for questioning.
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Two hospitalised after Lambeau drive-by shooting
Police said around 9 pm at Sandy Hill, Lambeau residents heard gunshots and saw a silver Nissan Tiida speeding away. They then saw two men, Trevon Warrick and Andre Thomas, lying in the road bleeding.
The police and paramedics were notified and the injured men taken to the Scarborough General Hospital.
Several spent shells were found. Investigations are ongoing.
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We need to bring back a SOE & have curfews in certain areas - shoite! We cannot do that! We peppered aunty Kamla on that...it gwine make us look like hypoorcretens!
Criminal linked to 47 murders
“The most powerful example is one individual who has been involved in 47 murders. This individual has been held with firearms on several occasion and every one he was given bail, so if such a Bill had been implemented it meant that at least 45 lives could have been saved right there from that one individual, and there are several of them,” he said.
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First the anti gang legislation now the bail bill wil solve the murders........
Bullet to the belly kills CEPEP worker
SOMEONE came from the bushes and shot dead CEPEP worker Carl Swamber in New Grant on Wednesday.
Swamber, 61, died at the entrance to his humble home at Nagee Road, New Grant.
Police were told that Swamber was in his home with his wife and 11-year-old son when someone walked into and began shooting.
Police say Swamber died from a bullet to the belly.
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Happy birthday Sharday, wherever you are
Nursing assistant Sharday Emmanuel would have celebrated her 22nd birthday on Tuesday.
Instead of party, her parents continued the lonely search for their only daughter who vanished without a trace in June 2018.
And on Wednesday, Junior Emmanuel and other relatives journeyed to Port-of-Spain to join in a protest against crime outside the Parliament.
Many of the protesters expressed outraged over the Government's response to the murders of the five fishermen in Carli Bay and Orange Valley last week.
He said, "Some of Sharday's cousins and I would be joining the protest today outside Parliament with posters of her to help keep Sharday’s story alive. She turned 22 yesterday and we are yet to get justice for my child."
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Now the beginning of August our murders count.....320
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