“Police need to act now”, say family members of Peter Headley, the man shot dead by Police

One week after the police shooting death of Peter Headley, the lawmen are still to bring charges against two of their own and Headley’s family is keeping the press updated on their quest for justice.
 Today, Headley’s family members and friends assembled outside of the Office of the Commissioner Of Police demanding answers.
The family said they expect the policemen involved in the shooting to be charged for murder and for the police to come clean on the investigation. Headley’s reputed wife Patricia Campbell said he was murdered.
His 90 year old grandmother was also on the picket line and she too was calling for justice.

Three killed in Soesdyke/Linden Highway accident, car driven by fireman

Dead are  Akese Jerome 8 years old , Antonio Henry 87 years old and Melina Emmanuels 40 years old.
According to the Police, their enquiries disclosed that motor car PHH 6628 was proceeding south along the eastern side of the said road at a fast rate of speed, when the driver lost control and collided with the left side curb of the road.
 The motorcar then plowed into a group of persons who were sitting on the side of the road on the said curb.
 The injured persons were rushed to the hospital by public-spirited citizens.
 Akese Jerome was picked up in an unconscious state and placed in a passing vehicle and taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where she was seen and examined by a doctor on duty and was pronounced dead on arrival. Antonio Henry and Melina Emmanuels were also picked up in an unconscious state and placed into a passing vehicle and taken to the Mckenzie Public Hospital where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced them dead on arrival.
 Alena Persaud and Rodwell Jerome were also picked up in an unconscious state and were taken to the Mckenzie Hospital as well where they were both seen and examined by a doctor on duty.
 Alena was then transferred to the Georgetown public hospital where she was placed in ICU, while Rodwell Jerome is presently under observation at the Mckenzie Hospital. A Notice of intended prosecution was served on the driver who is presently in custody. A breathalyzer test was carried out on the driver, however, no alcohol was found in his bloodstream. A Further investigation is in progress

Visitor to US Embassy robbed while attempting to park across from embassy

The US Embassy today issued a security alert, warning its Citizens to be wary of the current crime situation in Guyana.

The security alert was published on the embassy’s website this morning, after a visitor to the embassy was robbed while attempting to park in a lot across from the embassy in Duke Street.

The Embassy in its statement said “a visitor was robbed of their personal belongings at the intersection of Duke and Young Street, while attempting to park in a visitor parking spot directly across from the embassy.”

According to the embassy, the assailants who were on motorbikes did not present any weapons, but used physical force to grab the personal items from inside the victim’s vehicle.

According to the statement, the embassy said it was reminding its citizens to exercise caution due to crime in Guyana.

The embassy however, encourages persons who fall prey to robbers to report those crimes or attempted crimes to the local police in Georgetown by dialing emergency 911 or the Police Force’s quick response hotline at +592 225-6411.

998.694 Pounds of cocaine busted in aircraft that crash landed at Orealla Village, Corentyne, Berbice River

Two Brazilian nationals are in custody as the probe intensifies into  a foreign registered four-seater Bonanza Beechcraft aircraft that landed on a sand trail at Orealla Village, Corentyne, Berbice River.
According to the Police,  a thorough search of the aircraft was conducted and a total of 453 packages containing 453 kilograms of suspected cocaine were found, along with 2 Global Positioning Systems, 1 Radio Set, 3 Mobile Smartphones, 2 Identification Cards and the Aircraft’s Registration Documents.
Two male foreign nationals, suspected to be Brazilians, who were in the vicinity were arrested by the Divisional ranks. Other ranks of the Police Force’s SWAT Team, GDF and CANU were mobilised and dispatched to the scene from Camp Ayanganna aboard the GDF’s BEL-412 helicopter. The two foreign nationals, the suspected cocaine and the aircraft are all in police custody as the investigations continue.

Plane busted with several packages of cocaine in Orealla

CANU and the Police are probing the illegal landing of a small aircraft at Orealla, Upper Corentyne River, and this afternoon. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, James Singh told this newscast that two foreign nationals are currently in custody. One of the two detained is the piolet.

 

 

The Police in a statement said the green and white bearing the number PT-SRR was discovered by ranks of the authorities at 16:00hrs.

During a search of the aircraft, ranks found several wrapped packages of suspected cocaine in the body of the aircraft.

 

Reports are that the plane was heading to neighbouring Suriname and it’s unclear if the aircraft encounter any problems and was forced to land. The investigations are ongoing.

11 years in US jail for Shervington Lovell “Big Head”

The sentence was handed down today by a Federal Judge in the United States. Shervington Lovell “Big Head” will spend the next 11 years behind bars in a US jail for his part in moving drugs between Guyana and the Netherlands by way of the Azores. His co-conspirator Steven Antonius was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
 Capitol News Editor-in -Chief Enrico Woolford first broke the story. According to the Capitol News report, Lovell, before the sentencing asked the judge for leniency, saying that his actions were based on stupidity and greed.
He said he never believed that this was the way he would be in the United States, in jail, without family or friends and during a pandemic. He said he thought he would have been able one day to visit Disneyland with his family.
 He told the court that this was the first time that he has ever been incarcerated. He also asked forgiveness from his wife and children. The judge noted that he has to abide by the law where Congress criminalized conduct on the high seas subject to the jurisdiction of the US, even if the illegal drugs were never intended for the US. Earlier, Lovell told the court that it was never his intent to ship drugs or cause harm to the US.
Back in 2018, Lovell who owns the Tower and Leisure Inn Hotels in Guyana was arrested and charged along with  Agimero Castro and Surinamese national Steven Antonius in Jamaica for violating  United States maritime Drug enforcement laws in Guyana, Jamaica, Colombia, and elsewhere. The men were conspiring to ship some 600 kilos of cocaine. A meeting was held in Guyana where all the arrangements were made, but an informant leaked the information to the authorities and landed the men in custody in Jamaica.  They were all extradited to the United States to answer to the charges. The US did not seek forfeiture of any of Lovell’s property.