A 19-year-old man has been jailed for one year after admitting to possessing a modified flare gun discovered during a police patrol in the Deep Bay area.
Jeremy Floyd was arrested on Dec. 28 when officers stopped a vehicle and recovered a black-and-orange altered flare gun hidden under the rear seat. He later pleaded guilty to the offense.
Three other men detained during the stop, all from Greenbay, denied the charges. Prosecutors subsequently dropped the cases against them.
Acting Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel imposed the sentence on Jan. 6, citing sentencing guidelines from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and noting that the weapon had been held for several months. The court also considered Floyd’s early guilty plea and cooperation with investigators, which reduced the sentence.
Character references described Floyd as a working young man who supports his family and is involved in the fishing community. The court credited him for six days already served and ordered the weapon forfeited to police.
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Do we ever try to find out why people feel the need to be in possession of these guns, whether flare or real or modified? Perhaps if we can get to the reason they feel the need to have them we can find an answer to how we change the mindset of the culture.
@Joan, I was thinking the same. He is a fisherman and people now have a reasonable fear/expectation of being victimized from inherently dangerous crimes.
I make my mind up that I will not break the law and unlawfully arm myself but expect robbery and even death when I visit Antigua at this time.
It is so sad, that fear of criminality victimization and not having adequate policing could be the reason for this violation and now the young man is going to spend time in prison. If this was the reason, I humbly apologise and beg for pardon for that young man, because we as society has failed him. The police have failed him and the government have failed him.
The company that we keep
Illegal weapons on the streets are a serious concern. This sends a clear message
This could have ended much worse if that weapon had been used.
I want to how do getbthiese stuff into antia. Are lacking proper methods at customs orvwhat cause there no eay that this should be possible that a teenager can get access to this material.
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