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CRIME BOSS THE LATE JUMILLO ISMA: NINTH ALLEGED CO-CONSPIRATOR WALKS FREE OF CONSPIRACY CHARGES
Report by Wilkie Arthur
Court Correspondent | Eagle Legal News Network
Turks and Caicos – | Turks and Caicos Islands – Carlos Usher Higgs, 20, became the ninth person charged in an alleged conspiracy involving the late Jumillo Isma—also known as Jamal, Jim, or Sniper—accused of trafficking and supplying firearms, ammunition, and drugs throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Higgs faced four charges brought earlier this year in May:
- Conspiracy to possess firearms
- Conspiracy to possess ammunition
- Conspiracy to supply firearms
- Conspiracy to supply ammunition
At a Sufficiency Hearing on December 6th, Higgs’ defense counsel, Ms. Sheena Mair, argued before Chief Justice Mrs. Mable Agyemang that the law underpinning the Crown’s case had been abolished, among other legal challenges. The Chief Justice, after reviewing the submissions, accepted Ms. Mair’s arguments, leading to the dismissal of all charges against Higgs.
Higgs is the first of the accused in the late crime boss’s alleged conspiracy case to be discharged. The remaining accused individuals, arrested following evidence recovered from Isma’s 2021–2023 cellphone investigations, have been committed to trial and are out on bail pending separate hearings in 2025.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, represented by Public Prosecutor Mrs. Sophia Sandy-Smith, opposed the defense’s submissions, but the Chief Justice ultimately ruled in favor of the defense.
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