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Cops Caught Major Weapons
posted (June 8, 2015)
And while police fear the Gentle death may trigger a whole new wave of gang warfare - because he is associated with the SSG gang, city COPS did some good work this weekend seizing four weapons.

The first incident happened on Saturday afternoon at around 1:25 p.m. on Freetown Road. An undertaker was inside his yard socializing when a dark complexioned man walked into the yard. He immediately pulled out a handgun, cranked it, and pointed it at the man's head. Fearing for his life, the undertaker ran inside his house, and called police. They responded quickly, detained 3 persons and recovered a 9mm pistol.

10 hours later, at around 11:30 p.m., the police responded to a robbery in progress at the UNO Gas Station at mile 1 on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The officers spoke with the cashier who told them that she was inside the gas station's snack shop when 2 men, one armed with a knife, and another with a gun, barged in and robbed them of cash and cellular phones to a total value of $1,147. The officers responded and managed to retrieve a silver Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol.

Then, early Sunday morning, at around 1:45 a.m., police was about to search 30 year-old Kareem Betancourt of Ring Road, Martins area. He was trying to get into a night club on New Town Barracks, and that's when, according to police, he panicked, pulled out a weapon and pointed it at the officer. The officer responded in the same manner, but he managed to get a shot of first, injuring Betancourt to the right elbow. The officer then retrieved the weapon, which he discovered to be a .45 pistol with 5 live rounds of ammunition. Betancourt was transported to the KHMH, where he was admitted in a stable condition. He remains under police guard, and when he is deemed healthy enough, he will be charged with a number of criminal charges including firearms offences and aggravated assault.

Then, at around 7:30 last night, police officers were on Fabers Road, and that's when they spotted 23 year-old Anthony Dennison of Boots Crescent on a bike at the intersection. When he spotted the officers, he tried to ride away, and while he was fleeing, the officers reportedly observed when threw away a black object in a yard. He was quickly apprehended, and taken back to the location where he discarded the item. They retrieved it and discovered that it was 9mm pistol with 9 rounds on ammunition. Anthony Dennison was arrested and charged with the offences of keeping an unlicensed firearm, and keeping unlicensed ammunition. It is expected that he will be arraigned and remanded at the earliest convenience.

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