Crime/Justice

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); After issuing a wanted person bulletin for 33-year-old Shane Amory of New Road on Friday afternoon (Mar 31), saying that a warrant was in existence for his arrest, police informed later that same evening that he had been taken into custody.

WINN FM understands Amory was arrested at his home without incident. He was charged with the March 21 building breaking and larceny at Boozies bar on the Frigate Bay Strip. Diondre Browne of New Road was also charged with building breaking and larceny for the same incident

Shane Amory

Police have issued another wanted person bulletin, this time for Calvin Archibald, known as Cal. Archibald is known to reside at Upper Cayon and Sandy Point.

Police described Archibald as a “person of interest” who should be considered armed and dangerous.

Any person knowing the whereabouts of Calvin Archibald is asked to call the Basseterre Police Station at telephone number 465-2241, or the nearest Police Station, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477(TIPS), or by using the SKN Crime Reporter App on your Smartphone.

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Published: 1 April 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); Police have formally charged the person taken into custody for the burglaries and sexual assaults reported in the West Farm and Camps areas two weeks prior.

According to police the man was charged with two counts of Burglary and two counts of a sexual offence in relation to the March 13 incidents.

Police have not released the individual’s name in accordance with the law as it relates to offences that are sexual in nature.

The Police High Command has praised the investigators and forensic team for the charges being brought, saying it was a result of good investigative work and forensics analysis.

Coming out of the local courts, a number of persons were granted bail for various criminal charges.

Dion Paul of Cayon who was charged with Possession of Cannabis was granted bail in the sum of $5000, and Glenford Percival of New Road who was charged with Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Supply was also granted bail in the sum of $5000. Both are to return to court on May 8th.

Ziron Battice of West Street, Newtown who was charged with the offence of Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm, was granted bailed in the sum of $25,000.

The young man also has to report to the Basseterre Police Station every Monday and Friday and to have no contact with the virtual complainant.

WINN FM understands Battice was arrested and charged after he viciously beat a female who had an altercation with his girlfriend on March 22nd.

In matters at the Dieppe Bay Magistrate Court Glenroy Henderson of Wingfield Road, Old Road who was charged for wounding, was found guilty and fined $3000 to be paid by April 27, or in default serve one month in prison.

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Published: 1 April 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); RSCNPF Press Release:  Detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) are investigating a shooting incident in Bath Village, Nevis that has resulted in injuries to one person.

The shooting occurred about 8.00pm on Saturday  (April 01).

Investigations revealed that the victim received a gunshot injury to his leg while in an altercation with two unknown assailants. He was transported to the Alexandra Hospital for treatment.

Anyone who may have seen the incident is asked to come forward and provide any information they may have to the Police.

You can do so by calling the Violent Crimes Unit at 465-2241, your community/neighbourhood Police Station or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477(TIPS) or by using the SKN Crime Reporter App on your Smartphone.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 31, 2017 (MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY)—The Ministry of National Security teams up with the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Education in organizing a massive anti-crime march and rally in St. Kitts on Tuesday 4th April, 2017.

The march and rally will involve students from all secondary schools in St. Kitts and selected primary schools, as well as students from AVEC, in shouting the rallying anti-crime cry: Stop ‘n’ Think before you proceed (to engage in undesirable, illegal or criminal activity).

The march will leave Taylor’s Range in the vicinity of Basseterre High School/ Washington Archibald High School at about 1:15 p.m., travel down Victoria Road, turn west along Cayon Street, down Church Street passing Government Headquarters, east on Liverpool Row, north up Fort Street, turning east on Central Street into Independence Square.

At Independence Square, there will be a rally. The programme will include remarks from Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards, Deputy Prime Minister, and Dr. Neals Chitan, Crime Reduction Specialist. About 300 students who have been working with Dr. Chitan over the last twelve weeks in Project Stop and Think sessions will graduate and receive their Life Skills Achievement Certificates.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 02, 2017 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Board met on Saturday April 1 to discuss important matters to the development and upkeep of the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF). The Board had not met for several years and has pledged to meet regularly. The Board had its first meeting under the Team Unity Administration on January 21, 2016.

The four member Defence Board comprises of Chairman, Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris; Attorney General, the Honourable Vincent Byron Jr; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, who is by law secretary of the Board, Mr. Osmond Petty, and Commander of the SKNDF, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Wallace.

Lieutenant Colonel Wallace said that some of the matters discussed at the board meeting included promotion, training, complaints and support to the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force.

According to Mr. Petty, other matters on the agenda that were discussed included personnel matters and the establishment of a Commission Board that will be responsible for making recommendation to the governor general regarding persons to be rewarded a commission. He also reported that twenty-six (26) recruits were recently accepted for training in the SKNDF.

Mr. Petty also mentioned that the 34rd Annual Tradewinds Regional Training Exercise will be hosted in St. Kitts in 2018, which will afford local security forces to benefit from training in areas such as disaster relief/emergency response; land and maritime threats, including illicit drug trafficking; marksmanship and weapons handling skills; and military support to law enforcement. He said that this is an opportunity for the security forces to build capacity and for security officers to build life-long friendships with service members from other countries.

Additionally, Mr. Petty said that plans are afoot to link the SKNDF to the Guyana Defence Force for greater collaboration in training and similar exercises.

The Defence Board is a requirement of the St. Christopher and Nevis Defence Force Act, Chapter 19.14 of the revised laws of St. Christopher and Nevis. The revised date of the Act is December 2009. The primary function of the Board is to provide support in the running of the SKNDF, which comprises the Infantry and the Coast Guard. The Board has oversight for all the activities of the SKNDF.

Tradewinds is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-directed, U.S. Southern Command-Sponsored annual exercise conducted in cooperation with Caribbean Basin partner nations. Tradewinds supports the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), as well as U.S. Southern Command’s theater security engagement goal of building partner nation capacity at the tactical and operational levels. The exercise is designed to conduct joint, combined and interagency training, which focuses on increasing regional cooperation for complex multinational security operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations. The training is done in collaboration with the Allied Nations including the United Kingdom, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Suriname.

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