A 34-year-old man accused of raping two tourists has been remanded to prison to await his fate on other charges – a spate of burglaries in two jurisdictions.
Chad Omar Windell Jordan, 34, who is said to have no fixed place of abode, is facing the indictable charges, to which he was not required to plea, of trespassing into Sliver Rhyne on January 2 and stealing rum, beers, a pair of earrings, a wedding band, money and other items belonging to Linda Gould worth $13 606.
He is further alleged to have raped two women, one on January 2 and another two days later. On the latter date, January 4, he is said to have also burglarised the woman’s house, taking a number of items, including a camera, money and a pair of sunglasses worth $1 840.14.
However, Jordan, who claims to reside at Stuart Hill, St John, pleaded guilty to other offences which he said were committed because of his need to get money to feed his crack cocaine addiction.
He admitted that between December 2 and 3 last year, he entered Uncle Mikes Bar as a trespasser and stole rice, sugar, seasonings, rum, toothpaste and other items worth $244.80, belonging to Claudia Griffith.
On January 2 this year, he entered the home of Yolande Francis and stole tin and frozen foods worth $305. The following day, he entered Lianne Howard’s house and stole a number of items, including four pairs of shoes, 20 shirts, five pairs of pants, three packs of boxers, five watches, a drill, a speaker and three hams.
He also targeted McBrides, first between July 25 and 26 last year when he stole ten bottles of champagne worth $250 and then again on September 3 and 14, making away with a Hilti, tile cutter and a compressor worth $3 500, belonging to Khamraj Jaisingh.
Between December 23 and 25 last year, he entered Black Stone Law Company and stole a cellular phone and case as well as two cash boxes worth $1 030.
Chicken Galore was targeted between November 24 and 25 and Jordan made away with five packs of chicken worth $531.25, while the Cove Night Club was burglarized of a DJ mixer, a laptop bag, and five connection cables worth $2 570 belonging to Herman Maloney, between December 11 and 12.
Backyard Restaurant was not spared Jordan’s crime spree. He took a $400 television from there between December 24 and 25. A number of items totaling $1 858.50, belonging to Dave Ranson, were also taken from the Coral Mist Hotel between December 26 and 27.
Melrose Beach Apartment also took a hit when Jordan stole three televisions, Firesticks and money belonging to Sonia Alleyne.
Prosecutor Sergeant Victoria Taitt objected to bail on the first three indictable charges on the basis of the serious nature of the offences.
She pointed out that the alleged rapes were committed with “acts of violence” towards the women, who are visitors.
The prosecution also expressed fears that the convicted man, who is known to the court, would reoffend. She added that what was also troubling was that the accused was taken into custody on December 14 last year and tested positive for COVID-19.
“He was taken to an institution and did not present himself to police on his release. The accused has no fixed place of abode and there are concerns that he will not show up for court dates, or officials will not be able to locate him,” said the prosecuting sergeant who further pointed to the strength of the evidence which she said was based on the fact that some of the property was recovered.
In his bail application, Jordan explained he was taken to the Harrison Point Isolation Centre by the police after testing positive for COVID-19.
But he was adamant that it “is not my fault that they didn’t come back for me”. “They were to come back. I left and went home that Monday,” he said but admitted that he did not report to police on any of the following days.
“I use crack cocaine. That is the reason I did all these things I did, because I needed the money to buy drugs,” he said before he was remanded to appear before the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court at St Joseph on February 3.
He will reappear before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on February 9 for sentencing.
