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Nurse Remanded Because Her Son Stashed A Gun
posted (April 26, 2012)
Last night, we told you about Jermaine "Horse" Garnett's alleged shooter, Gion Bernard being taken to Magistrate's Court. Well, today, it's his family that went to court: they had the misfortune to occupy the family home where he stashed the gun allegedly used in the shooting.

According to police, while investigating Bernard for attempted murder, they received information that his gun was located at his family's home at #34-B Castle Street.

As a result, they searched the house yesterday at 11:35 a.m. and they discovered a chrome and black 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol along with five live rounds of .380 ammunition inside.

Police say that Nurse Judith Rocke and her son, Michael Herrera Jr. were both present at the time of the search, and as a result, they were arrested and charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and keeping unlicensed ammunition.

In court today, both pleaded not guilty to the charges, and Rocke asked to address to the court. She told Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer that she was at work from Tuesday, and not at home when the gun was found - which is what the police are saying.

She also said that her son, Gion (Guy-on) Bernard, was supposed to be brought to court today because he was going to plead guilty to the charges for the gun and ammunition, but CIB didn't do as they said that they would.

Senior Magistrate Frazer told her that there is nothing that the court can do because of the law, and as a result, she remanded them to prison until June 8.

Rocke and Herrera were represented by attorney Dickey Bradley, and they are charged jointly with Bernard and Shane Crawford, who haven't been arraigned yet.

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