Serious Sexual Assault charge against TCI Police Force member, constable suspended

Providenciales, #TurksandCaicosIslands, March 3, 2018 – Police have arrested and suspended one of their own in an investigation which is spawning condemning comments and raising serious questions about the Force and the man, who is also a trusted leader within the Christian community.

A youth pastor, also a Police officer was arrested following a search warrant executed on his Grand Turk home on Thursday night.

A Friday morning police report said:  “A Police Constable was arrested on Thursday 1st March 2018, on suspicion of a serious sexual assault and has since been placed on USD$5000 bail.  The Officer is currently on administrative leave.”

Social media comments from people who claim to be close to the family are that his wife is also somehow involved in the scandalous case.  It is alleged she threatened the young woman who filed the ‘rape’ report.

Police say the Police Constable’s wife is however, not arrested as some public commentaries have indicated.

The arrest of the Grand Turk policeman is not the first arrest of a member of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force on allegations of sexual assault or misconduct.  There is an ongoing trial involving suspended Police Inspector Hilton Duncan who is accused by a former Police Training School student and lower ranking police woman.

The officer arrested on Thursday did pay the $5,000 and is currently out on Police bail.