A man who scampered to hide drugs in his mother’s bedroom after spotting the police has been convicted of drug possession and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine.
Deon Lloyd appeared in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh where pleaded guilty to possession of 199 grammes of cannabis.
Chief Magistrate Walsh gave the shopkeeper until March 1, 2021 to pay the full sum or he will be imprisoned for a period of eight months. Police officers went to Lloyd’s Lower Ottos home to execute a search warrant on November 20.
The court heard that Lloyd was in the living room and had his front door open when he spotted the lawmen.
According to police, he quickly sprang to his feet and ran to his bedroom from where he removed the marijuana and placed it in his mother’s room.
An officer immediately gave chase to him and a search was conducted in the woman’s bedroom where the illegal drugs were found.
Lloyd’s mother was not at home at the time of the incident. The lawmen also found a sum of money and a scale in Lloyd’s bedroom.
In his defence when answering the charge against him, Lloyd told the court that he is the owner and operator of a cook shop but business had slowed down since the start of the pandemic. As a result, he has been struggling to support himself.
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Good thing his mother wasn’t at home.
Was the search legal? Just to paraphrase the article. “The young man was sitting in his living room with the door opened when he saw the officers. He got up abruptly and one of the officers gave chase”. All this happened before the search. Was a warrant read before the lawmen entered the property? Was their intentions declared before they searched the woman’s home?
I am no student of the law and I am not claiming to know the law but something doesn’t sound too right to my mind. Somebody please correct/educate me
Perhaps hot pursuit
With you I agree, but the police always wins a “hot pursuit” challenge in court.
Bad boy. Bad boy. Bad boy!!!! “Whatcha gonna do, when they come for you, Bad Boy!” For starters, momma should crack your ass. Stupidness.
Wait! How old is he? Living at home with his mama and planting weed in her bedroom? What a thoughtful son.
The street value is only $1190, so the other $4810 is for trafficking.
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