The police are investigating the shooting and wounding of an Ottleys Village man on Jan. 22.
According to police, Urban McDonald was at his home when someone pointed a gun through a window and shot him in the leg. He was taken to JNF hospital for treatment.
No one has been arrested.
On Jan. 22, police conducted stop and search operations in the Sandy Point area. A total of six persons were stopped and searched for drugs, illegal firearms and ammunition. As a result of the operation, one blue bag with a black vest and a head tie were found in the back of an abandoned building at Mount Idle, Sandy Point, and taken into police custody. Investigations are ongoing.
On Jan. 22, police arrested and charged Rudel Isaac of Conaree for the offence of threatening language, committed the same day.
Dean Boddie of Carty’s Pasture Tabernacle, was arrested and charged on Jan. 22 for the offence of larceny, committed on Jan. 17 at Cockle Shell Bay. This arrest is the culmination of investigations made into a report made by two visitors at Cockleshell Bay on Jan. 17, where the couple alleged that their handbag containing several valuables were left on beach chair while they went to a nearby bar and when they returned they discovered the bag missing. Mr. Boddie subsequently was convicted and fined $5000 to be paid in six months or serve six months in prison.
Hensor Richardson of Upper Monkey Hill was arrested and charged on Jan. 22 for the offence of house breaking and larceny.
CONVICTIONS
On Jan. 22, Kimbo ‘Simbo’ Williams of Keys Village, who was charged with the offences of Possession of firearm and Possession of ammunition, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison on both counts.
