This operation led to the arrests of three suspects regarding offences of: Murder, Using Firearm with Intent and Assault with Firearm.
The following individuals were arrested and subsequently charged for the respective offences:
- Thirty-three-year-old (33) MacGyver Garvin Jn. Louis of Fond Le Grande, Castries was arrested and formally charged by the Major Crimes Unit, for the Murder of thirty-two-year-old (32) Darrel Craig Deterville alias “Darwo” of Pavee, Castries. Darrel Deterville’s body was discovered in a vehicle parked along Nelson Mandela Drive, Vigie Castries, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. MacGyver Jn Louis was remanded following a bail application before the court.
- Thirty-year-old (30) Chrisman Lance John of Bois Patat, Castries was arrested and formally charged by the CID in Castries, for the offence of Using Firearm Intent. This charged emanated from a shooting which occurred on Friday, May 31, 2024, at Bois Patat, Castries. Chrisman John is currently awaiting a bail hearing.
- Twenty-two-year-old (22) Cijay Charles of Bexon, Castries was formally arrested and charged for the offence of Unlawful Assault with a Firearm by the CID in Castries. This charge stemmed from an investigation into an assault which occurred Sunday, May 12, 2024, at Bexon, Castries. Following his bail application, the First District Court granted Cijay Charles bail in the sum of twenty-thousand dollars (XCD20,000.00) cash, suitable surety, or land documents.
In a separate incident, police charged a woman for the stabbing death of a man.
On Saturday, June 1, 2024, about 9:20 p.m. Police Officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department, Castries responded to a suspected homicide along Jeremie Street, Castries.
Medical personnel relayed to officers, that a forty-one (41) year old, identified as Caleb Sydney, had been pronounced dead at a medical facility. The resident of Entrepot, Castries, had been conveyed to the facility for care, following an alleged altercation, with his partner in the city. During the incident, he sustained multiple stab wounds about the body. The female suspect was taken into custody by officers.
Trouya St. Martin, a thirty- one (31) year-old resident of La Pansee, Castries, was formally charged for causing the death of Caleb Sydney. She was remanded into custody following a bail application before the First District Court on Friday, June 7, 2024.