A 22-year-old civilian employee has been granted $250,000 bail after he appeared in Court, charged with the larceny of a firearm and ammunition from President’s House.

A Media Release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) states that Kyle Scott appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Cherril-Anne Antoine at the Port-of-Spain Fifth Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Monday 18th January 2021), charged with larceny of the firearm and ammunition at President’s House, which took place on 13th January 2021.

Scott was represented by Attorney-At-Law Samuel Thomas. Scott was not called upon to plead as no recommendations were made. The accused was later granted bail in the sum of $250,000, to be approved by the Registrar or the Clerk of the Court. The matter was postponed to 15th February 2021 and transferred to the Port-of-Spain 4B Court.

The TTPS further states that around 2:30pm on 13th January 2021, a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, attached to the President's House, secured his service issued pistol - a Sig Sauer P226 and two (2) magazines and thirty (30) rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition in a locker in the male dormitory and went away. He returned around 6:30pm on the said date and discovered the locker broken into and the firearm and ammunition missing. He gave no one permission to remove the items.

The scene was visited by Ag Sgt Kamal, and several persons were interviewed. WPC Mc Clean, of the Belmont CID, continued inquiries and during the course of the investigations, the missing items were recovered in a vehicle in Port-of-Spain.

One person was detained and after further investigations were conducted, the charge was laid.

Two (2) Venezuelans, 20 and 46, along with two (2) Trinidadians, 32 and 56, were arrested in Moruga early this morning (Monday 18th January 2021) after they were found with six (6) monkeys, a gun and ammunition.

According to a Media Release by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), Officers were on mobile patrol along Lance Mitan Road, Moruga, when around 1am, they stopped a black Cube motor vehicle with four (4) male occupants. A search of the vehicle was conducted and a Smith and Wesson nine-millimetre pistol with thirty-two (32) rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition were allegedly found. An additional search was conducted, resulting in the discovery of six (6) monkeys. The four (4) occupants were subsequently arrested.

Investigations are ongoing.

The bodies of Mohid Hosein, 71 and Navi Hosein, 41, were discovered at their home in a rural area of Freeport - Jobas Road, Chickland - around 11:45am on Saturday (16th January 2021) by a friend who came by to collect some plants. The motive for the double murder appears to be a robbery that escalated into tragedy for the victims.

Mohid worked as a taxi driver, plying the St Mary’s/Chickland route after retiring from PTSC about eight (8) years ago. Navi was a farmer and grew crops on the land surrounding their home. The victims lived alone. Mohid’s wife and another son live in the United States.

According to Police, the victims were found with their hands tied behind their backs. Navi was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the living room and his father, Mohid, was found lying in a pool of blood in a bedroom. The front door was slightly opened. One of the family’s cars was stolen but later found abandoned near the Highway.

A relative of the victims said he was unsure what could have caused the brutal murders and indicated the father and son were last seen at different times during the day on Thursday.

Another relative said the murders came as a shock to the entire family and the community, since his family members were well-loved.

​Meanwhile, Councilor for the area, Anil Baliram, has called for immediate intervention and Police patrols. He noted the area has seen an increase in criminal activity recently.

Investigations into the double murder are ongoing.

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According to reports, Lance Cpl Keverne Daffort Miller (43) went to his parents’ home at Reservoir Hill in Point Fortin early on Friday morning after learning about a commotion involving a group of people there. Minutes later, he was gunned down by an off-duty Police Officer in his parents’ yard.

The group, comprised of mostly Soldiers and Police Officers, was at the house to celebrate Miller’s son's birthday. The son, 24, who lives at the house, is a Police Constable based in the Central Division.

Miller’s father, Daffort Miller, 73, said the bacchanal unfolded after one of the men at the birthday party, another Soldier, used pepper spray to defend himself against a woman during an argument. The fumes was so strong that it made Daffort vomit.

Someone called Miller shortly after 2am to let him know what was taking place at his parents’ house, as he was not at the party. He jumped on his motorbike and arrived less than ten (10) minutes later. Miller, still wearing his helmet, walked up to the group and said, “You know how I stupid – leave my mother yard.”

Daffort said, “He (Miller) turned around to leave, and I was telling him to forget them people. The helmet was on his head and like he was not hearing me.” Daffort then heard four (4) gunshots.

He said the Policeman kept asking, "Where is the gun? I want the gun.” Daffort noted, "I was there, and I did not see my son with any gun.”

Miller was taken to the Point Fortin Area Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 4am on Friday morning. A Police Constable, who works with the Guard and Emergency Branch, has been detained at the Point Fortin Police Station for Miller’s killing.

Police are also investigating unconfirmed reports that the Constable saw Miller brandishing a gun, became fearful for his life and others, and then shot him.

The grieving father strongly denied claims that his son Miller had a gun. “So how come he got shot four times in his back? I am old, but I am not stupid. He did not have any gun. Four of the Policemen had guns,” Daffort said.

Miller, a member of the regiment, was last posted at the La Romaine camp.

[Source: Newsday]

A soldier was shot dead by an off-duty Police Officer early this morning (Friday 15th January 2021) following a heated argument at a ‘Zesser party’ at a house in Reservoir Hill, Point Fortin.

Lance Cpl Kevron Miller, of the Regiment, died around 4am at the Point Fortin Hospital after being shot by a Constable who works with the Guard and Emergency Branch. The Constable has been detained and taken to the Point Fortin Police Station.

No one else was injured, according to Police.

Investigations are ongoing.

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According to a Media Release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), a 47-year-old bank employee has been charged with the murder of his wife, a school teacher. She was bludgeoned to death with a hammer before dawn at her home.

Kurt Sylvester was charged with murder on Thursday 7th January 2021, following the advice of Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard SC. Sylvester was arrested and charged relative to the circumstances surrounding the death of his wife, Suzette Sylvester, which occurred on Monday 4th January 2021.

Suzette’s funeral took place on Friday 8th January 2021, which was attended by her two (2) children, Sesha and Michael, her past and present co-workers, students, relatives and residents of the area. Her children sat near to their grandmother, close to the casket, while they listened to tributes at the funeral.

According to the TTPS Media Release, around 6:15am on Monday morning, Police responded to a report at Mowlah Road, Preysal Village, Couva. On arrival at the said address, Officers met an occupant of the home, who directed them to a bedroom at the said address. Officers proceeded to the bedroom, where they found the body of a female, who at the time was wrapped in a green and white bed sheet, with blood in the area of her head and on the floor.

The EHS arrived on the scene and made checks for signs of life, but found no vital signs. The District Medical Officer visited the scene, viewed the body, and pronounced the woman dead.

Around 6:20am on Monday, the accused gave himself up at the Chaguanas Police Station, where he was arrested.