| Police briefs: Commissioner, assistant refute anonymous claims | | Print | |
| Thursday, 01 December 2011 14:00 | |||
 Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar said he has no information to support a claim in an anonymous letter to the governor saying that most police officers want him and his assistant to be removed from power. During a press conference Nov. 28, Farquhar and Assistant Commissioner Brad Sullivan dismissed the numerous accusations in the letter as unfair and incorrect. The pair of Royal Canadian Mounted Police veteran officers were brought here in April to make much needed improvements in the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, which has been undermanned, underfunded and often criticized for ineffectiveness and corruption. So far in their two-year stint here, the top cops have made changes to ensure integrity in their ranks and to improve investigations, court case preparation, evidence handling and police visibility. The latter was said to be unpopular especially on Grand Turk where more officers were recently put on foot patrol. Also since the Mounties’ arrival, four police officers have been suspended and charged with crimes: an off-duty officer on Grand Turk charged with rape, a police constable working as a 911 operator charged with handling stolen goods on Providenciales, an officer charged with theft on South Caicos and an officer charged with having sexual relations with a minor on Providenciales. Also two police cadets in training were released for unspecified reasons. TCI Lotto robbers convicted, sentenced to prison terms Two men were convicted Nov. 21 of various crimes in the April 16, 2010, robbery of TCI Lotto. Rubin Campbell, 25, was found guilty of robbery, wounding and conspiracy to rob. He was sentenced to 12 months incarceration for robbery, five years for wounding and 12 years for conspiracy to rob. Amichaud Velyn, 28, was found guilty of robbery and received 27 months incarceration, and a deportation order was recommended. 21-year-old found guilty in robbery, attempted murder A 21-year-old man awaits sentencing after being convicted of several crimes for robbing a Five Cays store. George Munroe, a Bahamian born Turks and Caicos Islander, was found guilty of robbing B&S Variety Store on Five Cays Road on Providenciales on Aug. 24, 2010. He was convicted of attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm, robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was remanded in custody at Her Majesty’s Prison on Grand Turk until sentencing Dec. 6. Man sentenced to 9 months in prison for wounding A 31-year-old Turks and Caicos Islander has been sentenced to nine months in prison for wounding. Jamy Williams was found guilty of wounding during an incident which occurred Nov. 3, 2009, in Five Cays on Providenciales. Two men arrested, charged for unlicensed firearm Two men are being held in custody on a charge that they possessed an unlicensed firearm. Joseph Lewis, 26, and John Spencer Jerad Missick Jr., 23, are charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm that was found in their possession Nov. 16 on Providenciales. Both subjects were remanded in custody until Jan. 6 for a sufficiency hearing in the Supreme Court on Grand Turk.
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