Cops on the run...
November 16, 2005
THE BUREAU of Special Investigation (BSI) has turned the searchlight on at least eight members of the police force who have reportedly fled the island, following a ruling by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry, for them to be charged criminally.
"We have about 15 outstanding warrants for these policemen, ranging from murder to wounding," head of the BSI, acting Assistant Commissioner Granville Gause, told The Gleaner yesterday.
ACP Gause further explained that the names and photographs of the fugitive officers had already been published in the police gazette and other sources of information in the force.
"We have reasons to believe that they have fled the island," said ACP Gause, who has already approached the DPP for advice on how to have the officers extradited to the island to face the charges.
According to ACP Gause, the DPP has advised the BSI that if the location of the officers overseas could be identified, then the necessary arrangements would be made to have them arrested.
Among the policemen on the list are Constable Robert Cole, formerly of the Hunts Bay Police Station. He is wanted on warrants for murder and felonious wounding, arising out of an incident in Seaview Gardens, St. Andrew, on October 24, 2001, where three men were shot, one fatally.
District Constable Clement Rose Green, of the St. James division, has been implicated in the August 9, 2000 murder of Everton Stewart. Sergeant Derrick Bailey is wanted for the murder of Richard Williams, who was killed on Spanish Town Road, St. Andrew, on June 8, 2002.
10-YEAR-OLD KILLED...
Author: Glenroy Sinclair
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
