Published 6 June 2017
Another murder rocks St. Kitts and Nevis
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 6TH 2017 – Another young man is dead following the three Whitsun weekend murders.
Twenty-one year old Jahma Francis of St. Paul’s was one of three persons shot Tuesday afternoon (June 6th 2017) in St. Paul’s police have confirmed he died later at the J. N. France General Hospital.
Published 4 June 2017
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 04, 2017 (RSCNPF): An early morning citizen safety patrol and search by officers of the Special Services Unit (SSU) and members of the St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force in St. Pauls has resulted in the seizure of an illegal firearm and matching ammunition.
While patrolling and conducting searches around 6.00 am on Sunday (June 04), the patrol discovered and seized of one Cobray M-11 pistol with a magazine containing fifteen (15) rounds of ammunition hidden on a property.
Published 4 June 2017
ROBUST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AIM TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS’ SECURITY FORCES
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 2ND, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – Safeguarding the public’s respect and confidence in St. Kitts and Nevis’ security forces is a priority of Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris’ administration, which has established robust policies and procedures to protect the integrity of law enforcement agencies and officers.
“When the public has confidence in the integrity of our security forces, this leads to better information-sharing by them with regard to criminal activity,” Prime Minister Harris said during his press conference on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 while discussing stricter recruitment vetting in the Ministry of National Security.
Published 4 June 2017
Police have since issued the following report:
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2017(RSCNPF) Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting incident that was reported at 10.55pm, on Friday (June 02) in Church Ground Nevis that resulted in the murder of one person.
The victim is identified as Lydia Jacobs, a 37 year old female.
Investigations revealed that Ms. Jacobs was shot in the yard of her residence by an unknown assailant(s). She was taken to the Alexandria Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Published 4 June 2017
POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING IN TAYLOR’S VILLAGE
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 04, 2017(RSCNPF) The second victim of a shooting incident that was reported at 9.45pm, on Saturday (June 03) in Taylor’s Village died on Saturday night while undergoing treatment at the Joseph N. France General Hospital.
The victims are identified as Sean Smith, (41), of Taylor’s Village and Dennis Liburd, (46) , of Lower West West Bourne ghaut
