Delante Hodsoll, of Mullett Bay Road, yesterday pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to violently resisting arrest on September 11.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said Hodsoll was walking along Mullett Bay Road, with a female, when Police officers stopped him.

The officers asked to speak to him regarding a warrant for his arrest for the non-payment of fines.

Sgt. Grant said Hodsoll became irate and when an officer grabbed him by the arm he began to struggle.

Hodsoll broke free and ran away from the officers who managed to recapture and arrest him.

Hodsoll told Senior Magistrate Will Francis he resisted arrest because one of the officers "snatched'' him around the neck.

"I told him I'd come with him,'' Hodsoll claimed. "Then one of them grabbed me around the neck. I have no problem with the officers down in St.

George's.'' Hodsoll also denied that he never ran away from the officers.

But Mr. Francis ordered him to pay a $300 fine.

MAN ADMITS HE INTENDED TO DEFRAUD CTS Man admits he intended to defraud A 29-year-old Sandys Parish man this week received a lesson on how to sell a car.

Scott Simmons, of Scott's Hill Road, admitted in Magistrates' Court that he, with intent to defraud, obtained money by false pretences from Maria Carreiro by selling a car that he pretended to own.

Simmons also admitted to, being the mortgager of that car, disposed of the car -- by selling it to Ms Carreiro -- without the consent of the mortgagee, Bermuda Homes Ltd.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said Ms Carreiro bought the car from Scott for $12,500 in March of last year.

But Scott failed to disclose that there was a mortgage on the car.

Sgt. Grant said Bermuda Home, after several missed payments, repossessed the car.

Duty counsel Sonia Grant pointed out that in the last two years the law regarding second-hand car sales had changed.

"Due to the change in the law, it has put an added burden on the seller to pay off the loan,'' Ms Grant said. "There should be an onus, however small, on lending institutions to tell people that if they are planning to sell their car, they have to inform them.'' Scott told Senior Magistrate Will Francis that he did not inform Ms Carreiro about the mortgage because he intended to pay the mortgage off himself as well as meet the payment of a new car he had purchased.

"I took the money from the sale of the car and used it as a down payment on a new car,'' he explained, adding that the offences came to light when he missed payments.

Mr. Francis, before ordering Scott to pay $500 for each of the offences, issued a general warning to the public to check the public registration of chattel mortgages before buying a second-hand car.

"Check it to make sure there are no mortgages on it,'' he stressed.

DISQUALIFIED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING CTS Disqualified for impaired driving Driving home after having a drink at a friend's house proved costly for a 29-year-old Sandy's Parish man yesterday.

Effiem Simmons, of Mangrove Bay, admitted in Magistrates' Court to driving his cycle on Kindley Field Road, St. George's while impaired on August 28.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said Police were on patrol when they spotted Simmons' bike swerving along the road.

Upon stopping Simmons, the officers noticed that his breath smelled of alcohol, his eyes were glossy and he was unsteady on his feet.

Sgt. Grant said Simmons told Police he had only had one drink at a friend's house.

Simmons, who had a 1993 conviction for impaired driving, was found to have 185 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

"If I had realised that I had exceeded the limit,'' Simmons told the court, "I wouldn't have rode.'' Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered Simmons to pay a $450 fine and banned him from driving all motor vehicles for a year.

WARWICK MAN FINED FOR CANNABIS CTS Warwick man fined for cannabis Putting on the wrong pair of pants landed a 21-year-old Warwick man in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Marlon Rewan, of St. Mary's Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to possessing 0.26 grams of cannabis on April 26.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said Rewan was in Police custody at 7.30 a.m., for another unrelated matter, when a routine search turned up a yellow envelope containing the drug.

"I live with my brothers and cousins,'' Rewan explained. "The house was being searched and at that time in the morning I just put on any pair of pants. The stuff was in the pocket.'' Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered Rewan to pay a $100 fine.

MAN ADMITS DRINKING IN PUBLIC CTS Man admits drinking in public Drinking in a public place cost a 37-year-old Paget man $50 yesterday.

Lloyd W. Masters, of Ord Road, admitted to the offence in Magistrates' Court.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said officers found Masters unsteady and smelling of alcohol on Front Street around 7.15 p.m. on September 11.

Police also found whiskey and rum bottles on him.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered Masters to pay a $50 fine.

FIGHT IS COSTLY FOR HOTEL BARTENDER CTS Fight is costly for hotel bartender A 22-year-old Warwick man was yesterday fined $500 for fighting with a fellow employee.

Shannon Dowling, of Farm Lane, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to grievous bodily harm and destroying a window and three bottles of wine at Sonesta Beach hotel on August 7.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant said Dowling, a former bartender at the hotel, had a fight with a waiter on August 3.

Four days later both men were fired for their actions.

But upon hearing they were fired Dowling kicked the waiter causing him to fall over a wine rack, Sgt. Grant said.

Dowling then punched the waiter, sending him through a glass pane, and causing $698 in damage.

The waiter received two gashes to the back of his neck and required ten stitches to close the wounds.

But Dowling told Senior Magistrate Will Francis: "I was provoked by the incident on the Saturday night. He provokes people all the time.

"On the Wednesday we were fired for fighting. I was getting frustrated and my temper flared. My first reaction was to attack him.'' Dowling added that he was normally not a violent person and planned to compensate Sonesta for the damages.

Mr. Francis ordered Dowling to pay a $400 fine for the grievous bodily harm offence and a $100 fine for destroying the window and the wine bottles.