Crime/Justice

Published 19 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Shooting victims including one dead, identified

Charlestown/Basseterre, November 19, 2017 – Police have identified the man gunned down in Nevis last Friday afternoon.

He is Lincoln Liburd, a 56-year-old huckster from Craddock Road, Charlestown.

Residents of Zetlands Village in Gingerland reported hearing the sound of shots. At the scene, a bus owned by Liburd was discovered on the road. During a search of the area, police discovered his body some distance away from his vehicle which he used to sell clothes and other items around the island.

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Published 18 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Pastor killed in road accident after attending gospel concert

Basseterre – A pastor who was on his way home from a gospel concert is dead after he was runover by another vehicle.

Pastor Mark Hodge of Sandy Point was trying to jump start his vehicle when the driver of a car ploughed into him at Needsmust.

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Published 17 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

One dead in Nevis in third shooting incident in the Federation on Friday

Basseterre/Charlestown, November 17, 2017 – Separate shooting incidents in Dieppe Bay, St. Kitts and Cotton Ground and Gingerland in Nevis, have resulted in the murder of one man, according to multiple sources Friday.

The deadly incident late Friday afternoon occurred in Gingerland, Nevis. The circumstances including the name of the victim are unavailable at this time. The murder will be the Federation’s 20th for 2017.

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Published 15 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Mac 11 Freed Of Murder Charge

St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): After sitting in jail for an entire year on a murder charge, Dwight “Mac 11” Jacobs of Buckley’s Estate has been released.

The 30 year-old basketball player was arrested and charged for the offence of murder and Wounding with intent for a shooting in St. Johnston Village on October 27, 2016 that left 29-year-old Marlon “Mabo” Mills dead and his girlfriend who was in the vehicle with him at the time shot in the leg.

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Published 14 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Robbers clean out cottage; money from Vibes Bar

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 14, 2017 – Two daring robberies were reported over the weekend in St. Kitts, with thieves making off with over EC$300,000 in furniture, valuables  and cash.

Last Thursday night, robbers emptied the Mattingly Heights cottage of a prominent retired businessman. No one occupied the cottage at the time.

“The cottage was cleaned out of almost everything,” a reliable source said. Furniture and valuables were removed leaving the house looking like a “dancehall.”

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