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T&T Crime , Murders August 2019.....count 50

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-02 02:03:11 

Bail Bill law...????

Anti gang Bill Law...

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Then there is the legislation cure. The public was told the anti-gang bill would neuter the power of rampaging terror squads. Well, that piece of legislation is now law but criminality is worse than ever.


Now the beginning of August our murders count.....320

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-02 02:04:43 

485 murders recorded under Gary’s watch

Un­der Gary Grif­fith’s tenure as Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er so far, an es­ti­mat­ed 485 peo­ple have been mur­dered.

In this coun­try’s his­to­ry, the mur­der toll in a cal­en­dar year has on­ly ever crossed the 475 mark on four oc­ca­sions.

And there are still more than two weeks left un­til Grif­fith cel­e­brates his first an­niver­sary as Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er.

With the cur­rent rate of blood­let­ting tak­ing place in the coun­try, it is not im­prob­a­ble that 500 mur­ders can be record­ed un­der Grif­fith’s first year in of­fice.

Grif­fith took the oath of of­fice as this coun­try’s sub­stan­tive Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er on Au­gust 17 last year when the mur­der toll was around 345.

Last year, even­tu­al­ly end­ed with 517 mur­ders, ac­cord­ing to sta­tis­tics from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vices’ Crime and Prob­lem Analy­sis (CA­PA) branch.

It is this coun­try’s sec­ond-high­est mur­der toll ever.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 02:08:59 

T&T Prisons preparing for impact

Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Pris­ons, Dane Clarke has ac­knowl­edged that the pas­sage of the Bail (Amend­ment) Bill will im­pact the pris­ons, which are al­ready crowd­ed with crim­i­nals.

The House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tive is set to de­bate the Bail (Amend­ment) Bill to­day.

“Once the per­sons are not out­side on bail it adds to the pop­u­la­tion and once you have an in­crease in pop­u­la­tion...you know most of the fa­cil­i­ties are al­ready over­crowd­ed...so we have to man­age the pop­u­la­tion very care­ful­ly,” Clarke said.

He recog­nised, though, that the law is a good move by “the pow­ers that be” to ad­dress spi­ral­ing crime.

Clarke not­ed that most of the peo­ple like­ly to come in­to the prison sys­tem un­der the amend­ed law, will be gang mem­bers, which, he said, will pose an­oth­er prob­lem.

“It is al­ways a chal­lenge try­ing to al­lo­cate these peo­ple among the pop­u­la­tion be­cause we have to be care­ful how we strength­en or weak­en the gangs (with­in the pris­ons). What we’ve been try­ing to do with the po­lice is to get the clas­si­fi­ca­tion of those per­sons com­ing to us so we are aware of who they are, where they come from and so forth,” he said.

He added: “So we are work­ing with the po­lice on that so on en­try we would know and be bet­ter able to as­sess the risk na­ture of the in­di­vid­ual and there­fore be in a bet­ter po­si­tion to al­lo­cate them with­in the sys­tem.”

He said the in­flux of pris­on­ers will have to be met with a bet­ter func­tion­ing Ju­di­cia­ry.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 02:12:10 

Govt begs Op­po­si­tion:

'Give citizens a fighting chance

The Gov­ern­ment used alarm­ing sta­tis­tics on Wednes­day to con­vince the Op­po­si­tion that lock­ing away known gang mem­bers, out on bail for se­ri­ous crim­i­nal of­fences, can give “the po­lice and law-abid­ing cit­i­zens a fight­ing chance.”

The Po­lice Ser­vice has ar­gued that re­strict­ing the lib­er­ty of known of­fend­ers can im­me­di­ate­ly im­pact on the out-of-con­trol gang vi­o­lence which has sparked pan­ic among the pop­u­la­tion.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley went fur­ther to crit­i­cise the Ju­di­cia­ry on Sun­day for be­ing sym­pa­thet­ic to crim­i­nals by grant­i­ng them bail.

In pi­lot­ing the Bail (Amend­ment) Bill, At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi warned 200-plus known gang mem­bers who were out on bail that they bet­ter be afraid if they are caught with an il­le­gal gun or an­oth­er se­ri­ous charge they would be locked up with­out bail for 120 days.

His col­league, Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young, said about a third of the 300-plus mur­ders com­mit­ted in the first sev­en months were gang-re­lat­ed and the leg­is­la­tion would give “the po­lice and law-abid­ing cit­i­zens a fight­ing chance.”


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Two Idiots speaking ...Rowley and Young....

How long have you two been in Government now 3 plus years later you bring another Bill..????

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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 14:16:22 

Man charged with murder of Sandman, wife, bodyguards

On the day that reputed crime lord Vaughn ‘Sandman’ Mieres, and his wife are buried, a man is expected to appear in court for their murder.

Police said instructions were given to charge the suspect yesterday by Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard SC.

The suspect is expected to be charged with four offences of murder, as well as for firearm and ammunition related offences linked to the killing.

The suspect was held last week Thursday, after he went to the Port of Spain General Hospital seeking treatment for gunshot injuries.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 14:17:50 

Two top cops charged with sex crimes

Two senior police officers are expected to appear before a Chaguanas Magistrate this morning, to answer charges of sexual misconduct.

The officers, who work in the Central Division and the Southern Division, were detained on Wednesday morning by officers of the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) led by ACP Totaram Dookhie.

The men, who hold the ranks of Senior Superintendent of police and Superintendent of Policewere charged last night following advice received by Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard SC.

The Express was told that the Senior Superintendent has been charged with harassment in breach of the Offences Against the Person Act Chp 11:08.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 19:15:28 

After ending relationship: Mom shot in the head, father beaten

The cries of an infant boy led neighbours to find his mother and grandfather injured and bleeding at their Penal home on Thursday.

Around 8 p.m. Joyce Rahaman, 21, a waitress, was found on the road outside the house at Batchiya Trace.

Her 72-year-old father, Harrilal Jagroop, was found in a chair in the porch of the house.

Both were bleeding from injuries to the head.Rahaman and Jagroop were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital where they are warded in the Intensive Care Unit.

Rahaman’s one-year-old baby boy was not harmed.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 19:17:15 

Two women charged with robbing 7 fishermen in Gulf of Paria

TWO women arrested in connection with the deadly attack on seven Couva fishermen last week, appeared before a magistrate on Wednesday charged with robbery with violence.

Loyola John, 18, of Ste Madeleine and Mya Bowrin, 19, of Gasparillo, appeared before Couva Magistrate Christine Charles, charged with seven offences each.

They were both granted $100,00 bail.

John was released, but Bowrin remained in custody until her address could be verified.

Bowrin reappeared in court on Friday.

Her Gasparillo address was verified and she was granted bail on the condition that she stay with her mother and inform the authorities of any change in address.

The matters for both women were adjourned to August 28.

The charges against the women stem from an attack in the Gulf of Paria in which ten fishermen from Carili Bay and Orange Valley were robbed of boat engines.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 19:23:07 

Man shot dead in Arima


Police are at the scene of a murder which happened in Arima earlier today.

Police are still trying to identify the man, but he is believed to have been Venezuelan.

Newsday was told police responded to a report of a shooting and found the man dead in the road.

More on this as it becomes available.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-02 19:36:56 

Emancipation Day shootings leave one dead, two injured

A 30-year-old man is dead following a shooting in Ste Madeline on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Atiba Jeremiah, of Green Hill, Ste Madeline.

According to police reports, at about 2 am on Thursday, Jeremiah was entering his driveway in a black Nissan Sylphy when he was approached by three men, one of whom was carrying a firearm.

The armed assailant shot at Jeremiah, hitting him about the body, after which the assailants fled the scene.

The police and paramedics were notified, and the injured man was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital.

In an unrelated incident, a 41-year-old man was shot on Thursday afternoon in Diego Martin.

The victim has been identified as Kevin Grosvenor.


Just after that incident, in Morvant, a 38-year-old woman was left nursing gunshot injuries following a shooting.

The victim has been identified as Laura Charles, of Second Caledonia, Morvant.

Around 3 pm, Charles was reportedly in the yard of her home when she was approached by an unknown man who pulled out a firearm and pointed it at her.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-03 13:06:51 

Charged with murders of 5
Sea Lots man in court...

Sea Lots resident Kareem Stanisclaus appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering five fishermen, the attempted murders of two, and six offences of robbery with violence.

Stanisclaus appeared before Couva magistrate Christine Charles. It was alleged that on dates unknown between July 21 and 30 in the Gulf of Paria, along with others, between the areas of Felicity River and Waterloo Village, Carapichaima, Stanisclaus murdered Shiva Ramdeo, Brandon Kissoon, Leslie De Boulet, Hemraj Sooknanan and Anand Rampersad.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-03 13:14:42 

$200,000 bail for senior officers on sexual misconduct charges

Two se­nior po­lice of­fi­cers with decades of ser­vice, ap­peared in the Ch­agua­nas Mag­is­trates Court on Fri­day morn­ing charged with sex­u­al mis­con­duct.

Su­per­in­ten­dent (Ag) Ro­han Par­dasie of Point Fortin, who was most re­cent­ly as­signed to the South­ern Di­vi­sion was charged with in­de­cent as­sault aris­ing out of an in­ci­dent that al­leged­ly oc­curred at the Ch­agua­nas po­lice sta­tion in 2014.

On Wednes­day bail was grant­ed to Par­dasie at the Besson Street Po­lice Sta­tion, in the amount of $100,000. That bail was al­lowed to be con­tin­ued with one con­di­tion, that the ac­cused have no con­tact with the al­leged vic­tim.

Par­dasie has thir­ty-eight years of ser­vice and is 58 years old.

The mat­ter has been ad­journed to No­vem­ber fifth.

And Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent (Ag) Samuel Seep­er­sad of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion was charged with ha­rass­ment.

The charge was laid fol­low­ing a re­port of Seep­er­sad al­leged­ly en­gag­ing in in­ap­pro­pri­ate phys­i­cal con­duct at the Ch­agua­nas po­lice sta­tion, be­tween March and June 2019.

Seep­er­sad who is al­so 58 years, was al­so grant­ed bail in the amount of $100,000 is set to reap­pear in court on Au­gust 14th.

He has 39 years of ser­vice.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-04 20:24:25 

Police seeking help to find 8 missing people

THE police service is asking for the public’s assistance in finding eight people who went missing between July 31 and August 2. This figure includes five teens from the St Jude’s Home for Girls.

The missing people have been identified as 17-year-olds Tasha Sansan, Priya Jaglal, Leann Modeste, Latoya Charles, and Letisha Correia (St Jude’s Home for Girls); Alvin Francis, 47, from Belmont; Kahiem Kurban, 14 from Diego Martin and 17-year-old Destiny Antoine from Diego Martin.

In a release on Sunday, the police said the missing teens from St Jude’s were last seen at the Barataria recreation ground at Sixth Avenue around 11.15 am on August 2. A report was made to Barataria police by a Civilian Conservation Corps social worker.

Francis of Makai Lands, Belmont, police said, was last seen at his home around 5.30 am on August 1. He was reported missing to the Belmont station on the same day. Francis is of African descent, five feet; five inches tall, slim built, with a dark brown complexion and bald head.

Kahiem, of upper La Puerta Ave, Diego Martin, was last seen around 11 am on August 2 and was reported missing to the Four Roads police. He is of East Indian descent, five feet; seven inches tall, slim built, with a brown complexion and low haircut.

Antoine, also from Diego Martin, was last seen on July 31. She was reported missing to police of the Four Roads station on August 2.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-04 20:25:42 

Longdenville taxi driver found dead in car trunk

THE body of 38-year-old taxi driver, Rakesh Benny, was found partially burnt in the trunk of his car on Saturday.

At around 6pm, Longdenville, Chaguanas police responded to a report of an abandoned car on Depot Road, Longdenville.

The car was wrecked and taken to the station for examination. While checking the trunk, police found the body. They went to Benny’s home and relatives said he left home around 5 am on Saturday morning to work.

Central Division police are investigating.

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BeatDball 2019-08-04 20:32:00 

Sarge! You didnt answer me man. If you are this law & order bloke & dont support Dr Rowdy Growley & the PNM...what this angst (new vocabulary, re: Sudden & I) with America's Republicans & but, support Demoncraps?!
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sgtdjones 2019-08-04 20:32:53 

Stick Champion killed

However, on Thursday, weeks before the big event on August 29, gunmen struck, ending the life of Jeremiah and his dream wedding.

His cousin Simone Ottley, who spoke with Newsday yesterday, said her family was struck a double blow this week when Jeremiah and his mother’s uncle, Carl Swamber, 62, were shot to death in separate incidents within hours of each other.

Swamber, a celebrated stick fighting champion and multiple King of the Rock titleholder, was also shot dead on Wednesday afternoon just outside his Nagee Road, Hindustan, New Grant home.

Swamber, who lived with his wife Tekilar and their son Levi, 10, died on the spot.

Hours later, several miles away at Green Hill Avenue, Tarodale, San Fernando, around 2 am on Thursday, Swamber’s great nephew Jeremiah, 30, was entering his driveway in his black Nissan Sylphy car, when three men struck – pumping his body with bullets.

Ottley said she was certain there were no connection between the two murders.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-04 20:36:48 

Unidentified man found dead in container


An unidentified man was found dead under unusual circumstances in Arima on Friday morning.

The body was found shortly after 10 am along O’Meara Industrial Estate.

Police said that around 9 am residents of the area heard several loud explosions.

They notified police and a team of officers from the Arima Police Station, under the supervisions of Snr Sup Paul and Sup John, responded.

Upon investigating, the officers found the body of a man in a container located off to the side of the roadway.

There was a bag over the man’s head.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-06 14:48:43 

‘Hero’ homeowner shot dead in St Ann’s

The usu­al­ly sub­dued res­i­den­tial St Ann’s com­mu­ni­ty re­coiled in hor­ror on Monday af­ter a would-be rob­ber shot dead a res­i­dent who wres­tled with a gun­man who at­tempt­ed to storm a house.

Res­i­dents said the mur­der of Math­ew De Sil­va was part of a trend of vi­o­lent crime af­fect­ing the once safe com­mu­ni­ty lo­cat­ed a short dis­tance away from the Prime Min­is­ter’s of­fi­cial res­i­dence.

De Sil­va, 36, was at the home of a friend along Hut­ton Road play­ing a game of cards when an armed in­trud­er walked in­to the house af­ter his friend’s girl­friend ar­rived around 2 am.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, De Sil­va, who was con­front­ed by the armed man, at­tempt­ed to over­pow­er him. Dur­ing the strug­gle, the gun went off and De Sil­va was shot sev­er­al times.

The gun­man then fled the scene along with two oth­er ac­com­plices who were out­side the house via a drain lo­cat­ed to the back of the prop­er­ties lo­cat­ed along Hut­ton Road.

De Sil­va was tak­en to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he was pro­nounced dead.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-06 14:52:37 

Labourer shot dead, girlfriend injured

A 34-year-old labour­er is dead and his 19-year-old girl­friend in­jured af­ter be­ing shot near their San Fer­nan­do home on Sun­day night.

Po­lice said that Jesse Ja­cob died with­in min­utes of be­ing shot along Mar­tin Prime Street, St John Vil­lage where he lived.

A re­port stat­ed that around 8 pm, Ja­cob was dri­ving his ve­hi­cle with Sap­phire Ju­goon in the front pas­sen­ger seat and a friend in the rear pas­sen­ger seat. In­ves­ti­ga­tors said he was on his way to take a friend home when on near­ing the cor­ner at Cipero Road, two gun­men opened fire on the car. Ja­cob was shot a few times on his up­per body while Ju­goon was struck in both legs. The gun­men then ran off, leav­ing their vic­tims be­hind.

Neigh­bours called the po­lice, but by the time they ar­rived, Ja­cob was al­ready dead. Ju­goon was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where she re­mains in a sta­ble con­di­tion.

Ja­cob’s friend was not in­jured and is as­sist­ing po­lice with in­ves­ti­ga­tions.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-06 22:38:23 

Police identify dead man as Colombian immigrant

Police have identified the man found murdered at O’Meara Industrial Estate last Friday.

The man, Esteban Daniel Saldarriaga, a Colombian, lived at Mucurapo Road, St James.

On Friday afternoon, police responded to reports of gunshots in the area and found the man's body at the side of the road.

Police first thought Saldarriaga was Venezuelan but he was identified by relatives who reported him missing.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-06 22:39:54 

In reply to BeatDball

Sarge! You didnt answer me man. If you are this law & order bloke & dont support Dr Rowdy Growley & the PNM...what this angst (new vocabulary, re: Sudden & I) with America's Republicans & but, support Demoncraps?!


Ah dont support any political party in T&T.

When conjoined twins Emir and bravos run fer election, I will join the party.

razz razz razz razz

 
BeatDball 2019-08-06 22:52:30 

In reply to sgtdjones Got it!

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sgtdjones 2019-08-07 22:06:59 

[UPDATED] Two dead in Santa Cruz shooting

POLICE are confirming that two people have died after being shot at Pipiol Circular, Santa Cruz, a third person was wounded and another escaped unharmed.

The four were in a car when gunmen opened fire on them.

The deceased have been identified as Kendell Morrison, 33, and Kayla Saunders both of Valencia. The third man was identified as Ian Saunders who is at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.

Police said the men came to the area to sell produce and collect funds for a back to school drive when they were fired upon. Police said so far they have no motive.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-07 22:12:04 

80-yr-old woman beaten, hospitalised after robbery

An 80-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was beaten and cut during a home invasion in Chaguanas.

The victim told police that she was at her home at Xavier Street around 7:00 am when a man she knows from the community forced his way into her home.

The man, armed with a knife, announced a hold-up and demanded money.

The attacker then hit the elderly woman and stood behind her, holding a knife to her neck, and continued with his demands.

During the ordeal, the man even pulled the knife across the elderly woman’s face and cut her.

The victim told the man she only had $200 in cash and gave the money to him.


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BeatDball 2019-08-07 22:58:52 

In reply to sgtdjones I cannot take this shoite man! Wtf is going on? Wait wait wait...I have said it x times - socihitists have no clue on law enforcement. Done.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-08 12:38:27 

Murder victim’s family: ‘Killer not a stranger’

THE unusual behaviour of three dogs belonging to 72-year-old Penal pensioner Harrilal "Lallbull" Jagroop has led relatives to believe his killer may not be a stranger.

The dogs are normally aggressive and were very protective of Jagroop, who had rented a house at Batichiya Trace, Penal, for the past three years.

A relative said, "It seemed the killer was someone who he knew, because the dogs did not make a sound. Even when we visit him, the dogs would bark and make lots of noises. It was after residents heard the gunshots, they found out about the incident."

Jagroop and his 21-year-old daughter Joyce Rahaman were shot in the house last Thursday at about 6.45 pm.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 01:35:01 

Two killed, Morvant, Cocorite

TWO men were killed in two separate shooting incidents in Morvant and Cocorite between Wednesday night and this morning.

The victim of the Morvant shooting has been identified as Wayne De Touche of Matapal Road while the man who was shot this morning in Cocorite has only been identified as Rhodel.

In De Touche’s case, police were told neighbours saw three men running from his home at about 9.30pm, and when they checked they found him dead in his living room.

In the later shooting, police said a man identified as Rhodel was ambushed while driving near the Community Hospital of Seventh Day Adventists, and shot several times. His body was found on the side of the road near a blue Mitsubishi Lancer car.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 23:21:53 

Boy, 14, knifed to death in fight

FOURTEEN-year-old Nicholai Hodge died as a result of two stab wounds to the chest, an autopsy has found.

Hodge, of Baker Trace, Sangre Grande died on Tuesday afternoon at the Arima District Health Facility.

Police initially had no information on how Hodge had been wounded.

However, subsequent enquiries revealed he had been in a fight with a group of students about 3.35 p.m. near the PTSC Bus Terminal at Hollis Avenue, Arima. Police are currently examining CCTV footage from cameras in the area with the aim of identifying people involved in the incident.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 23:23:07 

Woman and lover beaten by husband

A woman and her lesbian lover were allegedly beaten by the woman’s husband after she confessed to an extramarital affair last Saturday.

The suspect, a 48 year old fisherman, flew into a rage after the confession and allegedly beat his wife at their home in Charlieville.

Police said when the wife called her lover and told her of the attack, the lover went to the house and was allegedly battered by the suspect and his 19 year old son.

The suspect and his son allegedly ganged up and beat the lover with their fists and a cutlass, police said.

The two women –the 43 year old Charlieville wife and her 47 year old lesbian lover - went to the Chaguanas police station that night and reported the incident to police.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 23:35:45 

Umpire Carlton Best murdered

AN autopsy has confirmed that local cricket umpire Carlton Best was murdered.

Best, 38, was last seen alive on Tuesday in Sangre Grande, before he was found dead in Aranguez on Thursday. Details of his death were sketchy up to press time on Thursday. However, a friend of Best confirmed that the autopsy revealed he died from multiple gun shot wounds.

The Toco native was fondly remembered as a gentle giant who always strived to represent the highest ideals of umpiring.

In a TT Cricket Board (TTCB) press release, president of the board Azim Bassarath said he was shocked to hear the tragic news.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 23:39:59 

Man shot and killed in Gonzales

A man was shot and killed in Gonzales on Friday.

He has been identified as 37-year-old Segun Yusuf Ekundayo of El Socorro.

According to reports, officers were on patrol along the Gloster Lodge Road, when they received a report that gunshots were heard in the area.

The officers responded and found Ekundayo in his car bleeding from several gunshot wounds.

He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-09 23:44:52 

Charles: 502 murders under Stuart

The country simply cannot withstand another year with Stuart Young as National Security Minister.

That’s the assessment given by Naparima MP Rodney Charles, who described him as one of the worst-performing National Security Ministers in the country’s history as he reflected on Young’s first year in the role.

Charles spared no punches as he criticised Young for the number of murders which have taken place during his “unsuccessful stint” as Minister.

“His record thus far has been one of incompetence, inexperience, non-performance and outright cluelessness. 502 murders under his watch has placed him amongst the worst performing National Security Ministers in our history,” Charles said.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-11 14:26:44 

Police shoot suspect after attempted abduction

One man re­mained un­der po­lice guard at hos­pi­tal af­ter he was shot by po­lice dur­ing an at­tempt­ed kid­nap­ping in San Juan on Sat­urday.

The in­ci­dent took place dur­ing the wee hours, a short dis­tance away from the San Juan Po­lice Sub-Sta­tion.

Of­fi­cials have de­clined to re­lease the name of the vic­tim un­til fur­ther in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­duct­ed.

An eye­wit­ness alert­ed of­fi­cers who pur­sued the three sus­pects in a high-speed chase through the Barataria/San Juan dis­trict, end­ing near the mar­ket. Of­fi­cers said the oth­er sus­pects es­caped along a near­by riv­er lead­ing in­to Febeau Vil­lage.

Mean­while, in an un­re­lat­ed in­ci­dent, po­lice yes­ter­day ar­rest­ed a mur­der sus­pect along the Solomon Ho­choy High­way, Cou­va.

The 31-year-old dri­ver of Diego Mar­tin was said to al­so be sus­pect in sev­er­al kid­nap­pings.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-11 14:30:49 

Spike in robberies, but Tobago cop say crime down


As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, To­ba­go Di­vi­sion, Ains­ley Gar­rick says crime has been re­duced by 10 per cent in To­ba­go.

Mean­while, an­oth­er brazen day­light rob­bery took place in Ba­co­let Point on Thurs­day. A 75-year-old-woman was robbed at 3.55 pm in full view of neigh­bours, soon af­ter re­turn­ing home from Sco­tia­bank, Low­lands. Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that the woman’s hand­bag was snatched by a man of African de­scent in his thir­ties. He was aid­ed by an­oth­er man of African de­scent.

“When I was get­ting out of the ve­hi­cle, the man just walked up to me ca­su­al­ly and snatched my bag in full view of three per­sons stand­ing near­by. I have lived in Ba­co­let for the past 30 plus years and this has nev­er hap­pened,’ the vic­tim said.

“We called E999 but the of­fi­cers took more than 20 min­utes to ar­rive,” the woman added.

This rob­bery fol­lows on the heels of an­oth­er at­tempt­ed rob­bery, two weeks ago, just six hous­es away.

Guardian Me­dia learned that two men, pre­tend­ing to be crab catch­ers, at­tempt­ed to en­ter the sec­ond-floor bed­room of a teenag­er at 11 pm. He too com­plained about the length of time it took for the of­fi­cers from the Ba­co­let Street, Scar­bor­ough sta­tion, to ar­rive.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-12 02:08:47 

Bandits kill Sauce doubles vendor....


In a brazen “ma­chine gun” at­tack in Curepe on a busy Sat­ur­day night where a dou­bles ven­dor was shot, scores of limers and late night snack­ers were left shak­en, in shock and thank­ing God for sav­ing their lives.

How­ev­er, co-work­ers, friends and fam­i­ly of dou­bles ven­dor Sharzard Man­ick, 34, are said to be in deep­er shock, grief and some­what con­fused as to why some­one would want him dead.

Man­ick was em­ployed with his fam­i­ly busi­ness, The Orig­i­nal Sauce Dou­bles and fond­ly called Sha­zo. He was the fa­ther if an 11-year-old girl.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, Man­ick was at his dou­bles stand along the South­ern Main Road prepar­ing dou­bles for cus­tomers when two men heav­i­ly armed with what was de­scribed as “ma­chine guns” and “high pow­ered weapons” ap­proached him and opened fire.

The gun­men then ran off and es­caped in a wait­ing ve­hi­cle.

Man­ick was shot sev­er­al times about the body.




In an un­re­lat­ed in­ci­dent, at about 7.30 am yes­ter­day (Sun­day) Ja­son Romero was found dead out­side his ve­hi­cle which was parked in the vicin­i­ty of the In­dus­tri­al Es­tate along the La­dy Young Road in Mor­vant. Po­lice said Romero was shot mul­ti­ple times.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-12 02:12:24 

A 45-year-old man was shot dead in Barataria on Sunday.

Residents of Seventh Avenue, Malick, Barataria, reported hearing several explosions around midnight.

Police officers visited the area, however, nothing amiss was observed at the time.

Then, around 7 am today, residents stumbled upon the bullet-riddled body of a man lying next to a vehicle.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-13 01:12:31 

Prison officer's wife murdered at Malabar home


The 51-year-old wife of a prison of­fi­cer was killed mere mo­ments af­ter she ar­rived at her home in Mal­abar yes­ter­day evening.

Up to press time, de­tails were still sketchy, how­ev­er, Guardian Me­dia was told that two men pounced on Sher­ry Ann Wat­son just as she was about to en­ter her house and opened fire on her. She died on the scene.

Po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tors said the mo­tive was yet to be de­ter­mined.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred at Al­bert Mark Street, Phase 4 at about 6 pm.

In an un­re­lat­ed in­ci­dent, an uniden­ti­fied man was fa­tal­ly shot dur­ing a dri­ve-by shoot­ing at Sev­enth Av­enue in Mal­ick.


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doosra 2019-08-13 01:16:20 

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how does one exist safely in Trinidad these days?

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-13 01:18:29 

Sgt arrested, beats wife inside police station

A Po­lice Sergeant was ar­rest­ed on Sun­day night af­ter he al­leged­ly at­tacked his wife in­side a po­lice sta­tion where she went to make a re­port that he had threat­ened to kill her.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, around 8.45p pm on Sun­day, a 53-year-old Ch­agua­nas woman went to the San Juan Po­lice sta­tion and re­port­ed that dur­ing an ar­gu­ment with her hus­band, who is a po­lice sergeant, he threat­ened to shoot and kill her.

Mo­ments af­ter she left the build­ing, of­fi­cers in­side heard a woman scream­ing and saw a young woman run in­to the sta­tion, beg­ging for as­sis­tance for her moth­er.

Re­spond­ing of­fi­cers saw the se­nior po­lice­man drag­ging his vic­tim along the street and in­ter­vened.

The woman was tak­en back in­to the sta­tion where, ac­cord­ing to the sta­tion di­ary re­port, the se­nior of­fi­cer at­tacked her again.

He was then “es­cort­ed” out of the build­ing.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-13 18:00:05 

1 dead, 1 injured in Maraval shooting

Police are at the scene of a fatal shooting that occurred in Maraval minutes ago.

Police responded to reports of a shooting which took place at about 12.20 near a basketball court.

Two men were shot in the incident. One is dead while the other is in serious condition.

The dead man has not been identified


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sgtdjones 2019-08-14 12:41:54 

Mom robbed of child maintenance $$, minutes after collecting

A SIPARIA woman reported to police that minutes after she collected $6,900 child maintenance money for her children she was robbed.

The 30 year old woman told police that she was attacked by a thief after leaving the Siparia Magistrates’ court on Tuesday.

The victim went to the Siparia CID and told police officers that around 10.10 a.m. she was walking along Daisy Voisin Street near the Penal taxi stand.

She reported that she was accosted by a man who held onto her right hand and twisted it.

She told officers that she became fearful and the man took the envelope containing $6900, the maintenance money for her children she had just collected at the court.

The woman said that the man ran down lower Daisy Voisin Street, then Mary Street and escaped.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-14 19:39:14 

Cop shoots his toe off, after hitting speed bump

A police officer on patrol at MovieTowne, Port of Spain, lost a toe in a bizarre shooting on Tuesday morning.

The constable was riding in a patrol car with two other officers.

At three were armed with Galil rifles, pistols, and a lot of ammunition.

At around 1a.m. they received a call that a gunman was at Waterhole, Cocorite, a crime hotspot.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-14 19:45:35 

Man killed near Curepe bar

A man was shot dead early this morning near a bar in Curepe.

He has been identified as Shelton Sharewood. Newsday understands the shooting occurred at about 2 am today.

A video circulating on social media captured the killing on tape. The video depicted Sharewood standing near the bar liming with friends. A man wearing a white T-shirt, whose face was covered with another T-shirt, walked into the middle of the crowd, pointed the gun at him and shot him several times.

According to reports Sharewood was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he died.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-15 20:53:33 

Bullet in the head for Timmy


A Diego Martin man was shot dead following an argument on Thursday.

He has been identified as Timmy Owen, who worked as a labourer with the Diego Martin Regional Corporation.

Police said Owen was drinking alcohol and liming with some men at School Trace, Petit Valley, at around 9a.m.

Eyewitnesses said Owen began arguing with the men who walked away.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-15 20:55:08 

Police swarm Las Cuevas, to thwart Sandman bloodbath

Police locked down parts of Las Cuevas bay on Thursday morning, following the discovery of a quantity of arms, ammunition and bulletproof vests.

Police confirmed that several homes were searched and at least 30 people were arrested.

The massive police exercise began at 2a.m. and was expected to be completed at midday.

Police said the people were detained in connection with gang-related activities.

The exercise included officers from Northern Division Task Force, SORT and the TT Defence Force.

Police said one of the men arrested was closely linked to Vaughn ‘Sandman’ Mieres and his wife Alita ‘Letty’ Dehere.


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doosra 2019-08-15 20:56:15 

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how does one exist safely in Trinidad these days?

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-15 20:59:26 

Murder on School Street

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a mur­der which oc­curred in Pe­tit Val­ley on Thurs­day.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, around 10 am res­i­dents of School Street heard loud ex­plo­sions and then saw the body of a man ly­ing on the road­way.

He was shot to the head and chest.

He died on the scene.

Of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Bu­reau and the West­ern Di­vi­sion are cur­rent­ly on the scene.

Po­lice has a pos­si­ble name of the vic­tim but are yet to con­firm the iden­ti­ty with rel­a­tives.

A mo­tive is yet to be de­ter­mined.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-16 12:47:13 

Infant girls lived with three corpses

TWO children were found in a house with the decomposing bodies of their parents and uncle yesterday afternoon.

The victims’ bodies bore gunshot wounds.

The triple murder discovery was made by the children’s elder brother and the couple’s son.

Scrap iron dealer Wazir Mohammed, 57, his wife—homemaker Shelly Ann Mohammed, 43—and his brother Nazim Mohammed, 52, appeared to have been dead for several days in the house.

The house is hidden behind trees and a fence of galvanised roofing sheets.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-16 12:54:02 

Arrest warrant issued for cop

A WARRANT has been issued for a police officer who failed to attend court as a prosecution witness in a case against a woman who allegedly left two children home alone.

Constable Adrian Sotio was served with a summons on Tuesday to attend court to testify in the enquiry against ­Candace Dieal, of Gasparillo, who was charged indictably with the wilful neglect of two children, ages ten and three years old, in a manner likely to cause suffering to their physical health, on December 14, 2018.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-16 13:11:14 

Man found with throat slit in Arima


Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a mur­der in Ari­ma Thurs­day.

Po­lice say that around 4 pm, rel­a­tives of Mofeed Baksh went to his home at Llanos Street in search of him and found him ly­ing mo­tion­less with the throat slit.

Their in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-17 01:42:26 

Gunned down in Morvant

Homicide victim number 348 for the year is Ronnie Wickham.

He was shot and killed at Almond Drive, Morvant on Thursday night.

The killing happened at around 7.30p.m.

The motive is unknown by police believe it is gang related.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-17 01:44:36 

Talk, talk, talk... but plenty action too
Curepe residents on Griffith as top cop:

‘CRIME IS OVERBEARING’: The Southern Main Road in Curepe.

BETWEEN Saturday night and Wednesday, two men were shot dead in the bustling town of Curepe. Doubles vendor Shazard Mannick was ambushed by two gunmen as he was selling to a line of customers at the Original Sauce Doubles booth on the Southern Main Road.

Mannick was killed on the spot. Police suspect he was killed because he had witnessed a murder. Days later, Shelton Sherwood was shot dead by a gunman near a bar at Watts Street in Curepe around 2 a.m.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-17 16:18:10 

SORT strikes in Santa Cruz: 2 killed, pregnant woman wounded

A pregnant woman was among four people shot by police in Santa Cruz on Friday night.

Two people are confirmed dead.

Police said officers of the SORT were conducting an exercise at La Canoa Road, neat Sun Valley Extension, when they were fired upon by occupants of a passing vehicle.

The incident occurred at around 9p.m.

The officers responded with gunfire, hitting the driver, his pregnant girlfriend and a backseat passenger. A man who was walking along the road was also wounded.

Police said the four were taken to hospital where two died.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-18 15:02:34 

A bar brawl, a broken bottle, and death

A 22-year-old man who was stabbed in a bar brawl in Siparia died on Saturday.

Darryl Seepersad, of Quarry Road, was liming with friends at a bar located along Coora Road when there was an argument at around 2am.

Police said the men began fighting and Seepersad was stabbed in the chest and abdomen with a broken glass.

He collapsed in the parking lot of the bar.

Another man was wounded in the fracas.

Police said Seepersad and the wounded man were taken to the Siparia Health Facility


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sgtdjones 2019-08-19 14:31:11 

Gun attack on prison officer's home

The home of a prison officer was shot at on Sunday, days after a plot was revealed to “kill any two officers”.

Prison Officer Olang Harris, who is attached to Golden Grove Prison, was not at his Pleasantville home when gunmen opened fire at around 12.30am.

Harris, an officer for the past 23 years, said it was not the first time his home was attacked by criminals. And he was unable to say whether the gun attack was linked to his duties.

Harris was attending a private function when he received a call that gunmen had shot at his home shortly after midnight.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-19 14:41:02 

Man murdered in Sangre Grande


A 37-year-old man was shot in San­gre Grande on Sun­day night.

He died up­on ar­rival at the hos­pi­tal.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, at about 11.35 pm three men were seen run­ning away from a scene where sev­er­al gun­shots were heard.

Up­on checks Tim­o­thy Nathaniel, 37, of Blake Av­enue Ext San­gre Grande was found ly­ing on the ground in front of his home. He was shot on the left side of the chest.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 01:10:24 

Bandits attack Haagen Dazs, Gulf City Mall

Three men who held employees of a popular ice cream establishment at gunpoint and robbed them of cash and cellphones were held on Sunday night.

Police said the men, one armed with a firearm, entered Häagen-Dazs at Gulf City Mall, La Romaine, at around 10.40pm.

The men held three female employees at gunpoint and robbed them the days sales totalling $9,445. The women were forced to hand over their three cellphones and personal cash.

One of the women was robbed of her wallet containing her personal documents.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 01:14:53 

Venezuelan girl held hostage over drugs

Police have rescued a 17-year-old Venezuelan national who was abducted and being kept in a house in exchange for drugs.

The victim told police that she lives in Longdenville.

She said that at about 6p.m. on Saturday, she had been taken away from her home in a green Nissan vehicle driven by a ‘Rastaman’.

Also in the car were two Venezuelan men and another unknown man.

The men were speaking about marijuana, and police were told that it was agreed that the 17-year-old would be used as ‘collateral’ as a guarantee that the drugs would be delivered.

She was taken to a house at St Ann’s, Port of Spain and left there.


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Dan_De_Lyan 2019-08-20 01:17:02 

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The place is like Cambodia. The Killing Fields or should I say "The Killing Park Oval"

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RIP to the departed

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-20 01:20:18 

Shooting victims’ families: ‘It was mistaken identity’

Killed in police shootout: Mother of three and child clothing store owner Kristan Kerry Serries

The relatives of Rochyon King Ashterman and Kristan Kerry Serries believe it was a case of mistaken identity which led to their deaths in an alleged exchange of gunfire with police on Friday night in La Canoa, Santa Cruz.

They do not believe the two victims – one a mother of three with scoliosis, the other a teenage graphic artist – shot at police.

Speaking to reporters earlier, relatives said they believed police marked the car, a white Honda City, thinking it belonged to a criminal and not knowing Serries had recently bought it.

“That car, I think the root of the problem is that car,” said Serries’ mother, who did not wish to be named. “They shoot up the car thinking it was someone else in it.”

Serries’ mother told reporters Serries had bought the car just a week ago, and it was the first time she had ever ventured out of her home town of Diego Martin with it. She said her daughter bought the car through an online sales page on social media, on a work-to-own basis.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 01:24:19 

Policeman shot at while driving home from work

The Chaguanas CID is investigating a shooting last night in which a 22-year-old police constable was shot at while driving home from work.

Police said the constable, who is assigned to the Couva CID, was driving his car home from work at around 9.52 pm along the Solomon Hochoy Highway, near the Couva Children's Hospital when a Nissan Almera drove alongside his car and began shooting at him.

The man told police he stopped his car and pulled to the side of the highway, while his attackers sped past him.

He drove back to the Couva Police Station where he made a report.

No one has been held in relation to the shooting.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 01:25:33 

SRP stabbed by woman, still in hospital

Members of the Eastern Division are searching for a woman who they suspect stabbed her common-law husband with a broken bottle after a heated argument at the couple's Caigual, Manzanilla home earlier today.

Police said the man, Jason Atkins, who is a Special Reserve Police Constable assigned to the Traffic Department of the Arima Police Station, was at his home at around 1.45 am when he got into an argument with the woman.

The argument continued onto the road outside the home and the woman broke a glass bottle and stabbed him once in the back of the head before running away.

Atkins' neighbour Ashook Narine heard the commotion and on checking saw him bleeding and took him to the Sangre Grande Hospital where he was treated.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 13:39:13 

Monday night murder at Gasparillo bar

Two people were shot during a robbery at a bar in Gasparillo on Monday night.

One died at the scene. He has been identified as father of one Kristian Sirjusingh.

The other man was taken to hospital for treatment.

The shooting happened at Falcon Crest Bar on the Bonne Aventure Main Road at around 8.30p.m.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-20 13:40:26 

Man banned for life found driving drunk

A man disqualified for life from driving, but was found driving dangerously while under the influence of alcohol, has been sent to jail.

San Fernando Magistrate Natalie Diop told Keron Duncan that the streets needed to be protected from those who choose to abuse the law.

Duncan, 33, of La Romaine, was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public; driving while being permanently disqualified from holding or obtaining a valid driver’s permit; driving without a certificate of insurance; and driving while 30 microgrammes over the legal 35 microgramme limit. Charges were laid by Constable Coomansingh.

The court heard that at 8.25 p.m. last Friday, officers were on mobile patrol duty along Dumfries Road, San Fernando when they were passed by a car swerving at a high speed. The officers chased and stopped the vehicle.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-21 03:03:08 

Murder victim hooked on barbed wire fence

A man who po­lice be­lieve was try­ing to es­cape gun­men got en­tan­gled in barbed wire, hang­ing up­side down, be­fore he was shot dead.

Ak­il Suther­land, al­so known as Dad­dy Red, of La Puer­ta was killed in­stant­ly.

His body was found by res­i­dents slung across against a con­crete wall.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred at about 6 pm near Broome Street, La Puer­ta Road in Diego Mar­tin.

Up to press time homi­cide of­fi­cers were still on the scene.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 02:41:39 

Man shot in St James

A St James man is now at hospital with gunshot wounds after being attacked at his home.

Police said at 9.15 pm on Tuesday, the victim, 35-year-old Marcus Mose of Dundonald Hill, St James, was leaving his house when gunshots were heard. Relatives saw him running inside. He had been shot in the left forearm and left thigh.

He was taken to hospital, where he was treated and is in a stable condition.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 02:43:44 

Woman dies in knife fight, man goes to hospital
Alexander Bruzual Aug 21, 2019 Updated 11 min ago

A 36-year-old woman is dead while a 34-year-old man is in a serious condition at the Port of Spain General Hospital following a confrontation yesterday morning in Laventille.

Angelina, of Wharton Trace, Laventille, was fatally stabbed around 9 a.m. yesterday.

She died about an hour later at hospital.

Police were told that residents of Wharton Trace heard a loud quarrel at Samuel’s home, following which they heard a loud commotion.

Upon investigating, they found Samuel and a 34-year-old man known to her bleeding from multiple injuries about the body.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:23:46 

Two gunned down in St Joseph, Tunapuna


Police have no motive for the killing of 30-year-old Andy Ragoobir in St Joseph.

Ragoobir, from El Chorro Road, Maracas, St Joseph, was fatally shot in the yard of his home by unknown men at about 8p.m on Wednesday.

Relatives rushed him to the nearby Medical Associates Hospital but he died before he got there.

Police were told that gunfire was heard at about 8p.m.

The 30-year-old was ‘known’ to police since he was arrested with a gun several months ago.

TUNAPUNA


Someone also killed a man in Monte Grande, Tunapuna at 8a.m. today.

Residents heard the gunshots and found 45-year-old Anil Basdeo, a coconut vendor.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:26:10 

Bottles pelted at house leads to chopping death

A Toco man was chopped to death and another severely wounded in a chopping incident on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as 29-year-old as Ronnie Baptiste.

Police said Baptiste, of San Souci, and his 22-year-old friend were reportedly caught throwing bottles at a house at around 11.30pm.

The homeowner, a 36-year-old man, told police he armed himself with a cutlass and confronted the men.

The suspect claimed that the men attacked him with two broken bottles.

He said he defended himself with the cutlass.

Police said Baptiste was severely chopped in the head and about the body.

The second man was chopped in the arms and back.


The men were taken to the Sangre Grande District Hospital where Baptiste died while being treated.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:29:26 

Relatives of shooting victim in Maracas: Why kill my child?

RELATIVES OF 30-year-old Andy Ragoobir are baffled as to why he was shot dead on Wednesday night.

Relatives at the Forensic Science Centre in St James said he had just finished playing a football game and was sitting on a bench when at about 8.20 pm gunmen walked up to him and shot him several times.

"We were at home and all we heard were the gunshots," said one relative. "We decided to run down the road but by the time we got out of the house we heard he was on the ground."

Neighbours picked him up and rushed him to Medical Associates but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Relatives said he was a quiet and humble person. He was a taxi driver who plied his vehicle for on-call jobs.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:31:43 

Man ambushed, murdered at car wash
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A man from Tu­na­puna was killed while at a car wash in the area.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, Anil Bas­deo, 45, was at the car wash when he was am­bushed by a group of gun­men.

They all opened fire on him killing him at the scene.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred at Streatham Lodge Road at about 8 am.

A mo­tive is yet to be es­tab­lished for the killing


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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:36:07 

Valencia businessman robbed of husky, gun, cash


Not even a puppy escaped the clutches of bandits who allegedly robbed a Valencia businessman earlier this week.

According to police reports, a 56-year-old businessman was robbed, beaten, and tied up at his home on Tuesday morning.

Police said the victim was in the yard of his home around 1.30 am, when three armed men confronted him and announced a hold-up.

The men then ordered the businessman into his house and forced him to remove his pants, which contained his wallet and some US currency, as well as bankcards, and a S9 cellular phone.

The assailants then used the belt of the pants to tie the victim.

They then took several items of value, including a black and white five-week old Siberian Husky puppy, an air-rifle, as well as $4,000 in cash.

Approximately $50,000 worth of items were stolen.

The assailants then escaped.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-22 20:37:39 

Cops seize sub-machine gun, ammo in Morvant


Police have seized an Uzi sub-machine gun loaded with 16 rounds of ammunition in Morvant.

The weapon was seized by officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force with assistance from the Canine Branch.

According to reports, officers went into the Second Caledonia, Morvant community around 7 pm to carry out an operation.

However, upon seeing police, a man dropped a weapon at a house and fled the scene.

Police searched the house and found an Uzi sub-machine gun.

Fourteen rounds of ammunition and an estimated three kilograms of marijuana were also found and seized inside the house.

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doosra 2019-08-22 20:58:20 

Should this not be a Caribbean crisis?

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-24 03:19:54 

Murder on Rasta Hill

After an attempt on his life, Emmanuel Harrison, 20, left his Carenage home and fled to Ratchet Hill, Cocorite.

It was futile. They found Harrison and killed him this morning.

At about 2:20a.m. officers of the Western Division were on patrol in Waterhole, Cocorite, when they heard gunshots.

It led them to a home along Upper Ratchet Hill, which is called Rasta Hill.

The officers found Harrison’s body in the bedroom of a home.

He had been shot multiple times.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-24 03:21:05 

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Should this not be a Caribbean crisis?


What crisis ..we singing soca and partying.

This is Paradise , you know.

 
sgtdjones 2019-08-24 03:23:29 

Cocorite man gunned down in bedroom

Police are investigating the murder of a 20-year-old Cocorite man who was killed in his bedroom earlier this morning.

Police said Emmanuel Harrison, was at his Upper Ratchet Hill, Waterhole, home at around 2.20 am when he was shot several times by gunmen as he lay in his bed.

Police were called in and members of the Cocorite emergency response patrol and homicide investigators went to the scene with a doctor who declared Harrison dead.



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sgtdjones 2019-08-24 03:24:44 

Maracas Valley man found dead

RYAN HAMILTON-DAVIS

A Maracas-St Joseph man was found dead in La Pastora Road, Santa Cruz early this morning. He has been identified as Dillion Hayden Persad.

Police saidPersad’s body was found in La Pastora on the side of the road. He had wounds to his head and neck, and a pair of handcuffs on his right hand.

Persad was from Acono Road.

Investigators also found a car abandoned on Foster Block Road, off La Pastora Road. They believe the car may have been used in the killing.

More on this as it becomes available.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-25 16:16:19 

Body stuffed in barrel at side of road

ONE week after she went missing, a retired nurse and sister of an Independent senator was found murdered and her body stuffed in a barrel yesterday afternoon.

The decomposing body of Hermina Doughty, 71, was found about 3 p.m. yesterday off St Michael Road, Tacarigua. Her body had been crammed into a blue plastic barrel, which police believe was thrown off the road near the Forestry Division’s St Michael Agro Forestry Facility. Doughty was the sister of Independent Senator Hazel Thompson-Ahye.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-25 16:17:59 

Maloney man dies after being shot

A 27-year-old Maloney man died yesterday morning after he was shot in the eye and neck while seated in a car in Arima, on Friday night.

According to police, Raymond Maikoo, of Building 10, Maloney Gardens, was seated in a Kia 100 at Mottley Avenue, Pinto Road, Arima when he was shot.

Police said residents reported hearing gunshots around 11.30 pm and later found Maikoo bleeding.

He was taken to Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he died around 3.30 am yesterday.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-25 16:54:38 

Carenage man murdered


Po­lice are try­ing to de­ter­mine a mo­tive for the killing of a Care­nage man which oc­curred ear­ly this morn­ing.

The vic­tim was iden­ti­fied as Akeil Mitchell of Res­ur­rec­tion Hill, Up­per Haig Street.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, the shoot­ing oc­curred at Haig Street short­ly af­ter 6 am.

Mitchell was walk­ing along the road when a gun­man walked up to him and shot him sev­er­al times.

The gun­man then fled the scene.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-25 22:28:56 

Pregnant mom chopped to death by teen

A pregnant woman was chopped to death in an attack at her home at Chin Chin Road, Las Lomas No. 1, shortly after midnight.

Dead is Roxanne Mack. Her sister was also chopped but survived.

The suspect in the attack is Mack’s 19-year-old relative who was arrested without incident at the scene.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-25 22:30:23 

Cop knifed in the head during bar brawl

A POLICE officer attempting to stop a bar fight was beaten and stabbed in Penal.

The constable was treated at hospital for a wound to the head and the hand.

Around 2.15 a.m. Sunday PC Baboolal was at Highlights Bar at Crawford Trace, Penal Rock Road liming with his brother, Sheldon Baboolal.

The officer saw a man with a knife accost another patron, and he intervened.

Police said the armed man attacked the constable and the two began to scuffle.

During the struggle, the constable sustained a wound to the left side of his head, and the right palm.

The constable’s brother also intervened, and was chopped to the back of the head.

The armed man ran out of the bar and escaped in a white panel van.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-26 22:30:22 

Bullets for girlfriend, death for man

A TUNAPUNA man and his girlfriend were attacked by gunmen who stormed their home on Sunday.

Jahway Adams, also known as Kenton, was shot five times and died.

Adam’s girlfriend was shot in the leg twice, and is warded at hospital.

Around 10 p.m. gunmen broke into Adams’ home at Thompson Lane, Caura Road.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-26 22:31:36 

Murder on the Foreshore

THE BODY of a man with a bullet wound to the head was discovered at the Foreshore on Monday.

Around 4.15a.m. police officers were told that the body was seen in the vicinity of the helipad.

Police found the body of an African male, brown in complexion, approximately 5' 11'' tall, about 160 pounds, with Rasta hair style, clad in a brown pants and black jersey.

His identity is not immediately known.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-26 22:32:44 

Wheelchair granny, 85, beaten to death

AN 85 year old woman in a wheel chair is believed to have been beaten to death by a teen relative on Sunday.

Polly Bahadur was found dead at her home 6 p.m. at Pierre Road, Charlieville.

Police were told that the teenager spent most of that day alone with Bahadur at the house.

Relatives went to the house in the evening and discovered the pensioner’s body.



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sgtdjones 2019-08-26 22:34:29 

Market vendor killed, wife terrorised in home attack

A MARKET vendor was shot dead during a home invasion early Monday.

Hemraj Sinanan, 50, of Boodoo Branch Trace, Debe, was shot in the head on the floor of his bedroom.

His wife was tied up and held at gunpoint in another room when she heard the shot that killed her husband.

Police said three men with firearms stormed the couple’s home shortly before 2 a.m.

Two of the armed men held Sinanan at siege in one bedroom, and wrapped a tie strap around his neck to force him to tell them where the cash and valuables were in the house.

After they grabbed $8,000 , $15,000 jewellery, two phones, and a laptop, they shot Sinanan in the head, and he died on the floor next to his bed.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-26 22:38:19 

Tamana man reported missing


Po­lice are ask­ing for the pub­lic's as­sis­tance in lo­cat­ing a miss­ing 24-year-old man.

Ja­mal Moo­ra was last seen leav­ing his Guaico, Tamana, home around 5:30 am on last week Tues­day.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-27 13:48:37 

Venezuelan’ man found dead in Caroni River

POLICE are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the bullet-riddled body of a man believed to be a Venezuelan national whose partially decomposed corpse was found in the Caroni River yesterday.

When his partially submerged body was removed from the river shortly before 6 p.m. it was then officers noticed the gunshot wounds about his body.He appeared to be of medium to heavy build and police believe he was killed elsewhere and thrown into the river sometime over the weekend

The murder toll now totals 371 for 2019 to date while the toll at this time last year was 360.


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BeatDball 2019-08-27 13:51:53 

In reply to sgtdjones That facter should be put in front of a firing squad. Skites! A teenager? Caned & then to juvenile "Boys' school", as they used to have in Guyana. Done.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-27 13:53:08 

Policeman robbed, beaten in Malabar

A bandit beat a police inspector and robbed him of his Toyota Corolla car, earlier this morning in Malabar.

Police said the officer was walking towards his car, which was parked along Roland Cleveland Road, Malabar, at around 3.35 am when a man attacked him from behind.

The man hit him once at the side of his face then got into the car and drove off.

The officer went to the Malabar Police Station where he made a report.

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BeatDball 2019-08-27 13:55:15 

In reply to sgtdjones This is just facting outrageous, man! WTF is going on? What is going on? How can you assault a cop? They shouldnt stop until they catch that hooligan. You hear me? Dont stop, until they catch that facter. You dont assault a law enforcement officer & get away with it! You just dont. Full stop.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-27 14:07:52 

In reply to BeatDball

The public was told the anti-gang bill, the Bail Bill would neuter the power of rampaging terror squads. Well, that piece of legislation is now law but criminality is worse than ever.


This is paradise ......bravos

Notice he hiding.



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sgtdjones 2019-08-27 22:21:22 

Police shoot man dead in Longdenville


Po­lice have shot and killed a man in Long­denville af­ter they say he fired on them.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred dur­ing a po­lice ex­er­cise be­tween 9 pm on Mon­day and 4 am on Tues­day.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force, were con­duct­ing sev­er­al search­es in the com­mu­ni­ty overnight which took them along Scott Trace, Long­denville around 3:30 am.

Po­lice say it was while there, they came un­der fire and re­turned fire.

One man was hit sev­er­al times and was rushed to the Ch­agua­nas Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival.

Po­lice have not yet re­leased the iden­ti­ty of man.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-28 14:05:14 

Police have killed 29 men, one woman in 2019

A 26-year-old man was killed yesterday morning during a confrontation with police.

This is the 30th police involved killing for the year and includes a woman who was shot dead recently in Santa Cruz.

The deceased has been identified as Malcolm Charles, of Scott Trace, Longdenville.

Police said around 3.30 a.m. yesterday, officers of the Central Division, led by Snr Sup Mark, were conducting exercises in the community when they attempted to execute a search warrant at a home.

However, they were greeted by gunfire, police said.

The officers took cover and returned fire.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-29 13:58:12 

Vendor gunned down in Carapichaima

POLICE are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old Enterprise man after he was gunned down in Carapichaima last night.
Police said Russell Chaitram was at the corner of Joyce and Perseverence Roads, Chandanagore Village, Chaguanas, at around 7.39 pm where he was shot several times by attackers.

Freeport Police were called and they took him to the Chaguanas Health Facility where he died while being treated at around 8.05 pm.
Chaitram was shot in the chest, groin, wrist and buttocks.
Police do not have a motive for the killing.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-29 20:57:04 

Cops stop assassination attempt outside prison: Six held

Six men linked to a high-profile inmate are being held at various police stations across the Northern Division after they reportedly waited to kill an inmate who was being released this afternoon outside the Arouca Prison.

Police said members of the Northern Division Task Force, East, West and Central along with the Special Branch learned of the plot to kill the man, who has several pending matters.

Police saw the men waiting in cars near the prison when they were confronted and arrested.

More as this becomes available.

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sgtdjones 2019-08-29 20:58:15 

Police seize assault rifle, shotgun, camouflage after shootout

A shootout between Western Division Police and a man at a makeshift camp in Paramin led to the seizure of weapons, ammunition, military supplies and camouflage clothing.

Police said they were on patrol when they heard gunshots in the Cameron Road, Paramin area at around 6.30 pm yesterday. They followed the sound of the gunfire, found the camp and saw a man holding an assault rifle.

One of the officers called for the man to stop moving, He pointed the gun at the police and shot at them. The police returned fire as the man dropped the gun, jumped off a steep slope and ran away through a forested area.

Police searched the area but did not find the man.

In the camp, they found an AR 15 rifle with a magazine and three rounds of ammunition, a .12-gauge shotgun, a ski mask, a camouflage jersey, a pistol holder, a head lamp and two cellphones.


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sgtdjones 2019-08-29 21:03:24 

Update

Two murdered in Chaguanas, Maloney

Two mur­ders have been record­ed in the past 15 hours in Ch­agua­nas and Mal­oney.

A woman was al­so shot and wound­ed in St Mar­garet's Vil­lage, Clax­ton Bay.

In Mal­oney, at about 6.30 am on Thurs­day Daniel "Pitch­man" Her­rera was found at Semp Av­enue in Mal­oney. He was fa­tal­ly shot sev­er­al times. Po­lice of­fi­cers are cur­rent­ly on the scene.

In Ch­agua­nas, Rus­sel Chaitram, 24, of En­ter­prise was at the cor­ner of Joyce and Per­se­v­er­ence Roads in Chan­danagore Vil­lage, Ch­agua­nas at about 7.39 pm when he was am­bushed by two gun­men and shot sev­er­al times.

He was tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty by po­lice of­fi­cers how­ev­er he died while un­der­go­ing treat­ment.

Po­lice said Chaitram was shot in the chest, groin, wrist and but­tocks.

In the un­re­lat­ed shoot­ing in­ci­dent in South, a woman from Clax­ton Bay is cur­rent­ly ward­ed in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal nurs­ing gun­shot wounds.

Po­lice said res­i­dents of Train­line Street, St Mar­garet’s Vil­lage, at about 7 pm on Wednes­day, af­ter hear­ing a spate of gun­shots in the area found the woman bleed­ing from mul­ti­ple gun­shot wounds about her body.


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sgtdjones 2019-09-01 15:57:41 

Overkill in Lopinot

A MAN was shot dead at his home in Surrey Village, Lopinot on Friday night.

He has been identified as Randy Mae, 31.Officers of the Arouca Police Station arrived on the scene and together with neighbours they walked over to Mae’s house where they found him laying dead outside his home with multiple gunshots about his body.

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sgtdjones 2019-09-01 16:37:04 

AS the month ended total to year

374 .....sigh