Man fined $800 for heroin possession

A 49-year-old Crawl Hill man pleaded guilty in Plea Court yesterday to charges of possession of drugs.

Crown counsel Cindy Clarke told the court Kevin Robinson had been stopped by Police on September 24 on Court Street.

When he was searched, Police found a folded $2 bill in his wallet containing heroin.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Robinson $800 to be paid by February 25.

Teen denies drink driving

An 18-year-old St. David?s woman pleaded not guilty in court yesterday to charges of driving while intoxicated.

Sasha Aquita Richardson from Aunt Jinney?s Lane in Southside, St. David?s was arrested by Police on September 26 last year for allegedly driving while under the influence.

Richardson pleaded not-guilty, saying she had only moved the car for a friend earlier in the evening and had been charged with the crime 12 hours after the incident.

?I was asleep when the Police came so how could I have been arrested for driving while under the influence?? she asked.

Crown counsel Cindy Clarke confirmed that Richardson had been approached after the incident adding that she had refused to co-operate with Police for a breathalyser test, which she later failed.

The case was adjourned until March 24 and Richardson was released on $1,000 bail.

Gravely ill man shown leniency

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner showed leniency in plea court yesterday when he gave a 50-year-old man additional time to pay his outstanding $1,200 fines.

Darrell Densworth from Cottage Hill Road in Hamilton Parish, appealed to the court yesterday saying he had been gravely ill and couldn?t pay his fines on time. One of the fines was for drug possession.

?I?ve been real sick. I?m a candidate for... dialysis and have been sick your honour. They?ve had to help me eat and go to the bathroom. I?ve been real sick,? Densworth told the court.

He added that Mr. Warner couldn?t lock him up because he was starting a new job yesterday.

Mr. Warner asked Densworth if he was still using drugs, to which Densworth replied, ?I ain?t!?

He pleaded for another month to pay the fines and Mr. Warner gave him until February 25 to pay.

Unlicensed truck earns driver fine

A man was fined in Magistrates? Court on Thursday for driving his employer?s unlicensed and uninsured truck-trailer.

Martin Ford, 43, of Warwick was fined $200 for driving an unlicensed trailer, $200 for no third party insurance, $100 for no licence plate and $100 for not exhibiting a licence certificate.

?My boss told me to do it,? Ford insisted, saying he worked for Antoine Wade, driving an asphalt truck.

However, Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner said it was no defence to say the trailer did not belong to him and it was his duty to know if his employer?s vehicles were ?properly licensed and insured?.

?You deal with me right now and I?ll deal with my boss later,? Ford said. ?Don?t worry ? I won?t do anything violent. I?m not going to drive his trucks anymore.?