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23 year old Jeffery McDougal says he was charged with Jawmaine's murder, put on the prison bus by police officers and then taken off. He says he was then given 24 hours to hand in a gun in order for them to drop his murder charge. Quite a story and he came to tell it to us himself this afternoon:..

Voice of: Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"The officers took back the charge me and say that I have to give them a gun tomorrow, or else they will give back the charge on me. They had already charged me, but they told me that they need a gun and then they will not charge me. I was supposed to go on the jail bus, but he told the officer controlling the jail bus, not to worry about that, so they just release me like that and they told me that I have until tomorrow to give them a gun or else they will slap that charge back on me."

Monica Bodden
"You have your charge sheet?"

Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"No ma'am. The officer took it away, because he didn't want me to bring it out. I told then officer that I will put this on the media because they were already sending me up and pull me from the jail bus and tell me that I am free to go and that I must have a gun for them tomorrow, then they will crash this whole case. On the real, I didn't do this murder. They had already hold a 15 year-old who did this murder and put him on the news. The 15 year-old give a statement saying that it was me. The same person who gave that statement is the one who did the murder."

Monica Bodden
"Whats your next move?"

Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"If anything I will sue the department, because this is bogus that they are doing to me. They are trying to abstract me. How could you charge somebody and take back the charge from them and tell them to bring in a gun and once I don't give them a gun, they will recharge me tomorrow. I have no gun. I am working at Herman Longsworth office right now. I told them that and they are trying to bogus me."

Monica Bodden
"How old are you?"

Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"24."

Monica Bodden
"When were you detained for this murder?"

Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"Yesterday, Sunday. They had beaten me like 4 months ago and I was in the hospital because I was urinating blood. They had beaten me on Saturday evening and I woke up on Sunday afternoon on drips and thing. They say that they would not charge me due to they had beaten me. They say that they will let me go, but I need to move away from Belize City. I came back the other day to visit my mom and they came for me yesterday and they informed me that I am under arrest for murder and if I have anything to say, they will use against me. They gave me a charge sheet this morning and took me to the Precinct and told me that they have a deal for me. I ask what was the deal and they say to hand them a gun and then they will not show this charge on the news. I was already on the jail bus and the officer took me from the bus. The officer in the bus ask how will he (other officer) do that and he replied that it is on him. That is what Mr. Grinage told me."

Monica Bodden
"They had any evidence against you, linking you to this murder?"

Jeffery McDougal - Charged with Murder
"No. They said that they have one statement that they got and they just charge me yesterday after a year now. They had held me 4 times already for this and beat me up and they still didn't get anything, so how can they charge me for something that I didn't do? And what I don't have - they want a gun from me. I don't even have a gun to start off with."