Published 18 August 2018
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STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF SERGEANT LEON POWELL BY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IAN M. QUEELEY JP, DSA, MBA
Published 8 August 2018
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STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF SERGEANT LEON POWELL
BY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IAN M. QUEELEY JP, DSA, MBA
On behalf of the High Command, Gazetted Officers rank and file of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Sergeant Leon Powell, the rank and file of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and, in particular, to his brothers Constables Kevin Powell and Damien Dasent.
POLICE SERGEANT SHOT AND KILLED DURING ARMED ROBBERY
Published 8 August 2018
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POLICE SERGEANT SHOT AND KILLED DURING ARMED ROBBERY
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2018 (RSCNPF): The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has launched a massive investigation into the shooting death of Sergeant Leon Powell.
Sergeant Powell owns and operates a bar in Newton Ground. At about 1 a.m. on Saturday 18, 2018 Police received a report of an armed robbery in Newton Ground at his bar. Investigations so far have revealed that two armed, masked men entered the bar and demanded money from him. A struggle ensued between Powell and one of the armed men and one of them shot Powell several times about the body. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Former PM Douglas pays tribute to police Sgt. Leon “Shabba” Powell gunned down early Saturday
Published 8 August 2018
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Former PM Douglas pays tribute to police Sgt. Leon “Shabba” Powell gunned down early Saturday
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2018 – Former St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has paid tribute for one of his former security officers who was murdered in cold blood in St. Kitts on Saturday morning.
Police Sargeant Leon Powell was an officer in the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force for around 20 years.
PM HARRIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF SGT. LEON DASENT POWELL, WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT IN AN APPARENT ROBBERY THAT WENT AWRY
Published August 18, 2018
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PM HARRIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF SGT. LEON DASENT POWELL, WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT IN AN APPARENT ROBBERY THAT WENT AWRY
The Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, extends his heartfelt condolences, and those of the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis, to the family and loved ones of Leon Dasent Powell, a 44-year-old sergeant who was fatally shot in an apparent robbery that went awry.
Armed masked men attempted to rob Sgt. Leon Dasent Powell’s bar in Newton Ground around 1:00am (Saturday, August 18th, 2018). A struggle ensued, resulting in him being shot several times and dying at the scene.