First court appearance on gun, ammo charges

Two men and a woman were on Thursday remanded to Dodds on joint and separate charges under the Firearms Act.

Home care worker Celia Alicia Taylor, 35, of #170 7th Avenue, West Terrace Gardens, St James; general worker Jamar Emmanuel Polin, 30, of Sargeants Village, Christ Church; and Rodney Romario Rogers, also a 30-year-old general worker, of Fairy Valley, Christ Church are charged with having possession of 16 rounds of ammunition without a valid permit and a firearm without a valid licence on July 29 in the District ‘B’ jurisdiction.

Rogers is separately charged with having possession of a firearm without a valid licence on the same date as well as 26 rounds of ammunition without the necessary permits and licences.

He is further accused on two counts of having possession of an illegal gun to commit the arrestable offence of endangering life.

The men could not plead to the indictable charges when they appeared before Magistrate Manila Renee on Thursday in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court.

Attorney-at-law Neville Reid represents Taylor, Rogers has defence lawyer Shadia Simpson representing him and Polin has no legal representation.

The trio was remanded until September 5. Their cases were also transferred to the Oistins Magistrates’ Court for that date.