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| Akile Simon |
The two media men along with security officer Marlie Charles and taxi-driver Randy Borris are charged with with robbing the owner of K&A Liquor Mart of over $300,000 on Sunday night.
Simon asked the magistrate to send a note to Prisons Commissioner Martin Martinez regarding his safety, saying because of his work as a court and crime reporter his safety might be ata risk.
The reporter faces 10 charges stemming from offences allegedly committed earlier this year, some of them in the Tunapuna district.
He is charged with robbing the liquor mart owner of TT$185,807, US$28,067 and nine bottles of Johnnie Walker Black Scotch Whisky valued at $2,700; possession of six rounds of ammunition; possession of a nine-millimetre pistol; impersonating a police officer; and uttering a forged document, which was a bogus search warrant.
In addition he is charged with breaking into the home of Justin Maharaj at Eastern Main Road, Arima, on March 17 and stealing a safe containing TT$120,000, US$38,000, £5,000, Can500, and $90,000 worth of gold jewelry. He allegedly committed the crime while impersonating a police officer.
He is also accused of receiving a pistol, two ammunition magazines and 23 rounds of ammunition belonging to retired Police Commissioner Kenny Mohammed sometime between January 14 and May 20, knowing the items to be stolen; possession of an ammunition magazine and of eight rounds of ammunition, allegedly found by officers who on May 21 searched his Grass Trace, Curepe home.
Simon pleaded not guilty to the charges of impersonation and uttering the false document. The magistrate did not ask for him to enter a plea on the other charges since they have been laid indictably.
Alexander is facing two charges of robbing the owner of the liquor store and driving a vehicle with a false licence plate. He pleaded not guilty to the second charge.
He is charged with robbing the liquor mart owner of TT$185,807, US$28,067 and nine bottles of Johnnie Walker Black Scotch Whisky valued at $2,700; possession of six rounds of ammunition; possession of a nine-millimetre pistol; impersonating a police officer; and uttering a forged document, which was a bogus search warrant.
In addition he is charged with breaking into the home of Justin Maharaj at Eastern Main Road, Arima, on March 17 and stealing a safe containing TT$120,000, US$38,000, £5,000, Can500, and $90,000 worth of gold jewelry. He allegedly committed the crime while impersonating a police officer.
He is also accused of receiving a pistol, two ammunition magazines and 23 rounds of ammunition belonging to retired Police Commissioner Kenny Mohammed sometime between January 14 and May 20, knowing the items to be stolen; possession of an ammunition magazine and of eight rounds of ammunition, allegedly found by officers who on May 21 searched his Grass Trace, Curepe home.
Simon pleaded not guilty to the charges of impersonation and uttering the false document. The magistrate did not ask for him to enter a plea on the other charges since they have been laid indictably.
Alexander is facing two charges of robbing the owner of the liquor store and driving a vehicle with a false licence plate. He pleaded not guilty to the second charge.
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