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Fired At A Cop, Goes To Jail
posted (February 5, 2014)

29 year-old Alrick Smith is spending his second night of a 6 month jail sentence after he was convicted of aggravated assault with a firearm on Police Constable Norman Anthony for opening fire on the officer while trying to escape.

Anthony testified in the case that on May 11, 2011, Smith was accused of stealing cattle in Bermudian Landing. He received information that a van matching the description of vehicle used a cattle heist was located in the May Pen village, and he responded accordingly.

He said that when he got there, he saw Smith in the vehicle after a police chase, and he managed to corner him. Anthony says that when Smith realized that he couldn't escape, he pulled a firearm and fired a shot at him. When Anthony took cover, Smith escaped, but he was later captured and charged.

Smith told the court in his defence that on date, he was indeed in a vehicle which Constable Anthony chased down, but he was a passenger in the vehicle, and it was someone else who was with him who fired the shot at the officer.

After considering all the evidence, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer found him guilty of the offence, and sentenced him to serve 6 months in jail.

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