ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Two Charged in Connection with Theft of Cooking Gas Cylinders
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Friday, 20 February 2026
The police have arrested and jointly charged 29-year-old Marcus Gilpin of Skerritts Pasture and 28-year-old Jabari Lake of Cedar Grove with two (2) counts each of Unlawful Possession of Propane Cooking Gas Cylinders.
The offences allegedly occurred on Monday, 16 February, at Paynters and Skerritts Pasture respectively.
Police officers attached to Langfords Police Station and the Special Services Unit, executed search warrants at both properties, which resulted in the seizure of three (3) 100-pound propane cooking gas cylinders and one (1) 20-pound propane cylinder, along with other items suspected to have been stolen.
Both men were taken into police custody and subsequently charged. They are expected to appear before the Magistrate’s Court at a later date.
Investigations into the matter remain ongoing.
Meanwhile, the police are appealing to members of the public who may have had propane cooking gas cylinders stolen to contact the Langfords Police Station at 462- 562-5730 or the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913. Information can also be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477).
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WHAT THE HELL…! OH LAWD! …ANOTHER CHANTEL CRUMP BLUNDER
INCOMPETENCE IN THE HIGHEST…? …WHEN WILL THEY LEARN
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CHANTEL CRUMP: …BRIEF WALK THROUGH:
FACT I: ‘…CHANTEL CRUMP IS DEAD:
FACT II: …CHANTEL CRUMP IS BURIED:
FACT III: …A FEMALE WAS HURRIEDLY CHARGED: not
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(a) ‘…NOT WITH HER DEATH: but
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(b) ‘…ALLEGATION/CHARGE OF MURDER.’
(c) ‘…PATHOLOGIST ‘…NOT SO CONCLUDE AND CONFIRM: thus
(d) …DPP COULD: not
(e) …FILE STATEMENTS: and
(f) …COULD NOT PROCEED TO ‘…ISSUING FIAT’ FOR COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS:
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FORENSICALLY, MATTER STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.’
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SEARCH OF PREMISES
FACT I: ‘…POLICE APPLIED TO ‘MAGISTRACY’ FOR, AND OBTAINED ‘…SEARCH WARRANTS:
FACT II: …POLICE REPORTEDLY CONDUCTED SEARCHES AT PRIVATE PREMISES:
FACT III: …POLICE REPORTEDLY FOUND AND SEIZED:
FACT IV: …THREE 100LB ‘…LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS CYLINDERS (LPG): and
FACT V: …ONE 20LB LPG CYLINDER:
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HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL: …HIGHLY COMMENDABLE:
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NOW: ‘…HASTILY: STUPIDLY: …INCOMPETENCY:
POLICE, BEFORE FULL INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETED: seemingly
(a) ‘…HASTILY:
(b) …STUPIDLY: are
(c) …INFORMING GENERAL PUBLIC: that
(i) …TWO MEN CHARGED WITH ‘…THEFT:
(Absolutely no ‘…THEFT ACT’ in this jurisdiction: ‘…LARCENY ACT):
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CONTINUING: POLICE HAVE ARRESTED: and
(ii) …JOINTLY CHARGED:
(iii) …MARCUS GILPIN: and
(iv) …JABARI LAKE WITH THE OFFENCE: of
v) …UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.’
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NO THEFT: …NO CITIZEN HAS CALIMED OWNERSHIP:
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There was ‘…NO THEFT’ and ‘…NO OWNER’ has been identified.
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THE CHARGE: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION- CORRECTLY PREFERRED [Paragraph 3]:
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PROFESSIONALLY-PUBLISHED STUPIDITY:
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Having ‘…FORMALLY CHARGED’ two Defendants, ‘…STRATCOM’ is saying:
(i) ‘…INVESTIGATIONs INTO THE ‘…MATTER REMAIN ONGOING’ – What matter?
(ii) …THE POLICE ARE APPEALING: to
(iii) …MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: who
(iv) …MAY HAVE HAD PROPANE COOKING GAS CYLINDERS STOLEN: to
(v) …CONTACT THE LANGFORD POLICE STATION; [Paragraph 7].
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NOW:
QUESTIONS
If investigations ‘…REMAIN ONGOING’ [Paragraph 6]:
(i) ‘…WHY HASTILY CHARGED WITH ‘…UNLAWFUL POSSESSION?: and
(ii) …WHAT IF THE DEFENDANTS ‘…ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY,’ AND CONFINED TO THE PENAL INSTITUTION?’
NOW SHOULD AN OWNER OR OWNERS SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFY: the
(a) …THE LPG CYLINDERS AS THEIR PROPERTY: and
(b) …WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DEFENDANTS WHO WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED BY THE COURT TO IMPRISONMENT?
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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ADVICE:
AVOID HASTY CHARGING: …COMPLETE FULL INVESTIGATIONS: …SHOW NO PROFESSIONAL INCOMPETENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: …AVOID EMBARRASSMENT.
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