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Turks and Caicos, November 27, 2024 – The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RT&CIPF) acknowledges the conclusion of the Supreme Court trial of Rex v. Andre DeSouza, which resulted in convictions and sentencing for three serious offences.

At yesterday’s (November 26^th) sentencing hearing, the court imposed the following penalties on

Mr DeSouza, a Jamaican national, also called “Killy Killy”:

1. Carrying Firearm – Seven (7) years imprisonment
2. Carrying Ammunition – Seven (7) years imprisonment

Overstaying Leave to Remain in the TCI – Two (2) months’ imprisosonment

The sentences will run concurrently.  Additionally, a deportation order will be enforced upon the completion of his sentence.

The convictions stem from an incident on September 21, 2022, during a police investigation in the Lofton Morley area where Mr DeSouza attempted to evade officers and brandished a firearm.

A loaded Taurus Millennium G2 9mm pistol with its serial number erased, along with ammunition, was recovered.

Superintendent (Crime, Safeguarding and Public Protection and Intelligence) Dean Holden expressed gratitude for the professionalism and dedication of the officers involved in this case’s investigation, arrest, and prosecution.

Superintendent Holden said, “The sentencing of Andre DeSouza underscores the RTCIPF’s unwavering commitment to upholding the law and ensuring the safety of our community. I commend the diligence and bravery of the officers involved in this case. Their efforts continue to demonstrate the high standards of service and dedication within the RTCIPF.

“The sentence ordered by the court in this case is the maximum sentence under the Firearms Ordinance that was in force when the offence was committed in September 2022. In October 2022, the Ordinance was amended with an increase in sentencing powers to 12 years imprisonment; however, as this offence was committed earlier than that, the court had to refer to the previous ordinance and the lesser sentencing power.”

Anyone with information on illegal activities is asked to contact the closest police station, 911, the Serious Crime Unit at 231-1842, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 to provide information anonymously.

Additionally, individuals are encouraged to download the Crime Stoppers P3 app to share information.

Turks and Caicos, 18th November 2024

JOVOUGHN ALEXSTAIR GREEN, of Dock Yard, Providenciales, has been remanded in custody pending a Sufficiency Hearing on January 10, 2025.

Mr Green alias “Brim” and “Brimmy, 29, was charged on November 02nd with the following offences:

 One Count Possession of a Firearm

 One Count Possession of Ammunition

 One Count Possession of Controlled Drug

The charges against Mr. Green were laid following an incident on October 30, 2024, during Operation MIGHT near Dock Yard.

Wilkie Arthur

Eagle Legal News Media

(Wednesday, November 20th, 2024) Turks and Caicos Islands – It happened on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 around midnight. A wife waiting on her husband to come pick her up from work, reports that he never showed up.

She became very concerned when she was calling his cell phone, and he wasn’t answering. She explained that she called the police on 911 and made the report.

When she contacted other family and friends of the family, they told her that her husband had left in his blue Honda Fit car around 6 that evening and hadn’t been seen since.

The husband never made it home that night, and the wife and other concerned loved ones say they couldn’t sleep and sat up awaiting his return home.

The following day, Wednesday, November 13, the husband was found by police at the Cheshire Hall Medical Center undergoing medical treatment. Everyone would soon learn that the traumatic events of the night before deeply distressing; the man was admitted to hospital with inordinately high pressure

He told hospital staff and law enforcement that he went to Dock Yard and dropped off two of his Haitian workers who worked construction with him at the Palms. The male victim said, upon leaving, he was stopped and pulled from his car by three armed men.

One of the men took the driver’s seat while the others cloaked his head and tied him up. He said they drove off and dumped him in the bushes; he’d find he was in an area known as Yard.

He said the three masked men drove off without physically harming him ( thanks be to God ) with his car, wallet, and lots of his expensive electrical and other work tools in the car. He said he was able to bite loose the ties and ran discreetly asking for a ride to the hospital because he was feeling extremely sick, dizzy, and weak.

Up to press time, Eagle Legal News still has not received information on this frightening report.

It’s also unclear if the blue coloured Honda Fit, which the husband was driving,