A 20-year-old Dock Yard male appeared in court today (May 13th) charged with a series of firearm-related offences.
The accused, JAMES SIMON, was denied bail and remanded into custody pending a Sufficiency Hearing scheduled for July 05th, 2024.
Mr. SIMON faces the following charges:
∙ One Count: Robbery;
∙ One Count: Gang Membership
∙ One Count: Possession of a Firearm for the Benefit of a Gang
∙ One Count: Possession of Ammunition for the Benefit of a Gang.
The charges against Mr Simon followed investigations by officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force into a robbery at the parking lot of a Casino where three males robbed a victim.
Additionally, Mr Simon is charged with the following offences, having been arrested on May 02nd, 2024, along South Dock Road.
∙ One Count: Possession of a Firearm
∙ One Count: Possession of Ammunition
∙ One Count: Unlawful Entry
Officers also charged a teenage minor who was in the company of Mr Simon on May 02nd with One Count of UNLAWFUL ENTRY. The accused, seventeen and from Kew Town, Providenciales, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on May 20th.