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Desron ‘Lavaman’ Rodriguez released from police custody Desron Rodriguez Social Share ‘National hero material’, ‘brave’, ‘thrill seeker’, ‘explorer’, ‘volcano hunter’ and ‘doltish’, are just some of the names that Desron Rodriguez has been called on social media.  Since La Soufriere volcano started erupting in December 2020, Rodriguez has posted several videos on his social media platforms, allegedly showing him at the summit of the erupting volcano.   In some of the videos and photos, other persons are seen with Rodriguez.   The trips to the vol...

left to Right: Grant Connell, Junior “Spirit” Cottle & JERROL THOMPSON Social Share Lawyer Grant Connell thinks that the fines imposed on marijuana farmers when they appear in court are not in sync with the prices attached to the medicinal marijuana industry.   Speaking on Wednesday to SEARCHLIGHT, Connell said that a few months ago, Junior “Spirit” Cottle, head of the Cannabis Revival Committee (CRC), had an affidavit laying out the market price of marijuana, especially when there is a glut on the market, but the court still uses the valuation of the police which som...

Decision on submissions in Nigerian woman’s case is set for Friday Evidence against my client is tenuous! – Grant Connell Lawyer Grant Connell leaves the courthouse with client Nigerian/Vincentian Eunice Dowers. Social Share Nigerian/Vincentian Eunice Dowers has argued that she should not have a case to answer, that the evidence against her is tenuous, as it relates to charges of taking possession of businessman Bertille ‘Silky’ DaSilva’s credit card. Crown counsel Rose-Ann Richardson The prosecution closed its case last Thursday in the trial of the former Star Garage L...

Man, awaiting extradition hearing, granted bail Kern Mayers Social Share A man awaiting an extradition hearing in relation to charges from the United States, has been granted bail after his lawyers raised certain concerns. Counsel Joseph Delves Kern Mayers last made headlines when he was apprehended by the police on December 10, as a man wanted in Pennsylvania, United States (US) and being on that state’s “Ten most wanted” list. Mayers, a resident of Campden Park, was employed at an automotive parts store in Kingstown. At the Serious Offences Court (SOC) yesterday, January ...

Article by Social Share Kingstown – The Vincentian man who is on the most wanted list in the American state of Pennsylvania was granted bail when he appeared in court here on Monday. Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne, sitting at the Serious Offences Court, granted Kern Z. Mayers bail in the sum of EC$40 000 (US$14 800) with one surety. She further ordered him to surrender his travel documents and to report to the Questelles Police Station on Mondays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. until the outcome of his extradition hearing, set for April 4, 2021. Browne also ordered that stop notices be pl...