Man drunk, unmasked in police station jailed

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A Marabella man learnt the hard way that walking into a police station unmasked and drunk is not the best idea.

Phillip Henry Stamer got into a confrontation with the police which led to him being charged and subsequently imprisoned for 30 days.

Stamer, who was on bail for another matter, went to the Marabella Police Station on Wednesday to get his book signed as instructed by the magistrate as a condition of his bail.

When he walked into the station around 11 am WPC Hepburn observed that he was not wearing a face mask and was swaying.

She inquired from Stamer whom she also knows as Supervisee, why he was not wearing a mask.

“Girl just sign meh book,” he shouted as he began walking out the station.

When the officer reminded him that not wearing a face mask in public was an offence, he turned around and cursed her.

Hepburn told him he was under arrest and held on to his hand.

However, Stamer violently pulled his hand away.

With help from her colleagues, the officer arrested Stamer and took him to the charge room, but he refused to give his fingerprint impressions and to be photographed.

“Ah not giving nothing and ah not taking no picture,” he shouted.

Stamer was then charged with obscene language, resisting arrest, being drunk in a public place and refusing to take his fingerprint impressions.

He pleaded guilty during a virtual appearance before San Fernando Senior Magistrate Armina Deonarinesingh.

He was sentenced to 30 days on each charge, but the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

Man held after Backhoe with false number plates seized

A Palmiste man was arrested and a backhoe with false registration plates seized by officers of the Stolen Vehicles Squad during an anti-crime exercise.

A report said officers of the Port- of- Spain Criminal Investigations Department, conducted an exercise in the Central Division on Thursday during which they executed a search warrant at the Brasso Road, Palmiste home of a 69-year-old man.

The search resulted in officers finding a number of motor vehicles which were examined and their chassis numbers found to be intact. However, the chassis and engine number of one yellow JCB backhoe were examined and it was found to be bearing false registration plates.

The vehicle was seized and the suspect was arrested.

Investigations are ongoing.

The exercise was coordinated by Senior Supt Sharon Cooper, Supt Smith and ASP Morales.