Former most wanted remanded for shooting
ASt James man pleaded guilty to assaulting a constable and using abusive and indecent language, but denied resisting arrest during a search of his premises, when he appeared in court last Wednesday.
The court was told that on June 15, at about 11 p.m., a police team was carrying out operations in the area when they went to the home of 23-year-old Romario Gayle in Cambridge, St James, and requested a search.
It is further alleged that Gayle began to behave boisterously and got into an altercation with one of the policemen, while saying: “You a one badmind boy, a something you a look fi thief.” He was subsequently arrested. However, Gayle told Parish Judge Sandria Wong-Small that his altercation with the cop occurred due to the manner in which the police team was searching his house.
“They opened the drawers and threw the clothes out. I have a 24-hour camera set up at the house to show that I wasn’t resisting arrest,” said Gayle.
“It is no longer a joke thing, that sort of behaviour is not proper at all,” Wong-Small replied sternly.
Gayle was subsequently instructed to return to court on September 28, when the matter of resisting arrest will be mentioned. The judge also requested a social enquiry report to assist in determining his sentence in the other matters.
ASt James man who previously featured on the police’s most wanted list, was remanded in custody following his most recent appearance in the St James Parish Court last Wednesday.
Timoy Spence, of a Tucker address, is charged with shooting with intent.
Spence and his brother, Leon, had been wanted by the police in relation to a shooting incident which occurred at Red Square, Tucker, on January 31.
It is alleged that the men were involved in a dispute with another man at Red Square, when both of them brandished firearms and opened fire on the other man.
Timoy and Leon Spence were subsequently listed among the parish’s most wanted men. They later turned themselves in to the police in February, in the company of their attorney. When Timoy Spence appeared in court last Wednesday, it was disclosed that several documents were outstanding from the prosecution’s case file, including the ballistic report, the scene-of-crime report, and a DNA report. As a result, Parish Judge Sandria Wong-Small ordered that Spence be remanded in custody until September 12, when the case will be set for mention. – C.T.