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The Turneffe Six Arraigned
posted (July 3, 2015)
This evening, the 6 men who the coast guard caught Wednesday on Turneffe Caye with a gun were taken to court.

As we told you, 21-year-old Everon Teck, 43-year-old Emilio Camara, 29-year-old Geovanni Murillo, 52-year-old Goldburn Goff, 21-year-old Dion Usher, and 33-year-old Jerome Bowen were on Turneffe Island on Wedneday when a Coast Guard team decided to search their camp. They found a gun, a number of bullets, a small quantity of drugs, and 183 undersized lobster.

In court, Deon Usher took ownership of the 183 undersized lobsters. He was fined $100 for the offense, the minimum imposed of a $500 penalty fine, and an additional $20 for each undersized lobster which added up to almost $4,000 in fines. Since he pleaded guilty to this fisheries offense, the charge was withdrawn from the other men.

The Chief Magistrate ordered that Usher must pay $1,000 of the fine now the balance by December 31, 2015 in default 6 months imprisonment. In default of today $1,000, Usher will have to serve 6 months imprisonment, order the Chief Magistrate. v On the weed possession charge, Everon Tech pleaded guilty however, the court police prosecutor did not have the facts before the court to prove the charge, and so, he asked the court time to have it ready so the matter was defer for sentencing upon Teck for September 24, 2015. The charge was then withdrawn from the other 5 since Tech pleaded guilty.

Since they all pleaded not guilty for the firearm offences charges, they were not eligible for bail, and they were remanded to prison until September 24, 2015.

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