Category: Crime

Detectives of the Major Crimes Unit have arrested and charged De-verne Kevin Scantlebury in connection with a serious matter which occurred on May 17. Police say Scantlebury, 25, of Clement Rock, Airy Hill, St Joseph, has been charged for offences including: possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of 11 rounds of ammunition, possession of cannabis, […]

Managing violent crimes and the general fear of crimes in Barbados remain a major challenge for law enforcement officials. This issue came under the microscope on Friday during a crime and violence symposium at the Hilton Resort, as academics came together with law enforcers to discuss some of the challenges facing the country when it […]

Less law, not more. That is what one trained attorney says Barbados needs in order to effectively fight crime and violence. Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Dr Janeille Matthews, insisted that officials should pay more attention to tackling the root causes of crime and […]

Police have identified the victim of last night’s fatal shooting at Ruby Tenantry, St Philip. He is 29-year-old Katani Jamani Emmanuel Callender, alias “Kay Kay” or “Snoop”, of Sunny Side Court, Deacons Farm, St Michael. Callender was staying at the residence of a friend in Ruby Tenantry, St. Philip. Around 8:30 p.m., he was sitting […]

By Anesta Henry A killer’s single bullet just after midnight last night took 46-year-old Eton Lyken away from his family. He was their sole bread winner. Since receiving word of the tragedy, Lyken’s girlfriend of five years, Mia Kirton, feels as though her life has been turned upside-down. With tears falling on to her daughter […]

Police are investigating the shooting death of a man just after midnight last night. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Eton Likeyn of Beckles Road, St Michael. The incident occurred around 12:25 a.m. at an area between Country Park Towers Block #5 and Highrise Block #1, near Country Road, St Michael. Police say Likeyn […]

Two Canadians have been arrested and charged in connection with importing cannabis into the country. They are 18-year-old Valeria Dodon of No.45 Lisgar Street, Toronto, Ontario and 21-year-old Jaydon Vincent Prince-Gales of No. 97 Olde Town Road, Brampton, Ontario. The two, who were arrested at the Grantley Adams International Airport on April 20, are also […]

Police are investigating a shooting incident in Beckles Hill, St Michael. Police said they were called to the area shortly before 3 p.m. for reports of a shooting. It was reported that two motorcyclist, both with pillion riders, were travelling in opposite directions in the area of Beckles Hill, near Pipers Avenue, Bayville, St Michael. It […]

Hakeem Roberto Stuart, 21, appeared in the Bridgetown Magistrates’ Court today before Magistrate Graveney Bannister on a murder charge. Detectives of the Major Crime Unit arrested Stuart, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, for the shooting death of Damian Trotman at Sheraton Centre. Trotman, of Foursquare, St Phillip, was killed on March 21. Stuart […]

Twenty-three-year-old Aziza Kebret Tsgaye Clarke was remanded to prison when she appeared in court today. Clarke, of Unit 4 Bonnets, Brittons Hill, St Michael, was arrested and formally charged in connection with a number of offences which occurred on March 21 in Graeme Hall, Christ Church. She was not required to plea to the indictable […]

Nineteen-year-old Kadeem O’Brian Clarke has been charged with the murder of Graeme Addison Norville. Clarke, of Johnson Road, Workmans, St George is scheduled to appear before the Oistins Magistrates’ Court on March 29, 2019. Norville,22, was shot and killed on February 16, 2019 at Rock Hall, St George. The deceased was recorded as the country’s […]

Nineteen-year-old Akela Keanna Gittens was granted $8,000 bail when she appeared in the Holetown Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of assisting a man who is suspected to have committed a capital offence. It is alleged that Gittens of 5F Madison Terrace, St Michael, believing that Kadeem Clarke had committed murder, provided accommodation and financial […]

The murder toll increased to 18 this evening after two people were shot at Rices, St Philip. According to Acting Police Inspector Rodney Inniss, 52-year-old Betty Mayers and her son, 32-year-old Jamal Mayers were found lifeless at their residence. Inniss said that around 8 p.m. they received a call that two masked men were seen […]