Gun and ammunition accused gets tougher sentence
Article by May 22, 2021
A man found with a loaded gun in the “heart of Bridgetown” has two years and 97 days more left to spend at HMP Dodds.
This was the sentence handed down to Tevin Tevon Herbert, of 51 Kensington Lodge, Passage Road, St Michael today by Justice Laurie Ann Smith-Bovell during a virtual sitting of the No.4 Supreme Court.
On April 7, 2021; Herbert pleaded guilty to having a .380 auto calibre pistol and 12 rounds of ammunition on December 24, 2018.
On that date, police received information which caused them to visit I-Exchange, Broad Street, St Michael. On arrival, they saw Herbert with a magazine protruding from his right pants pocket. The officers approached and identified themselves. During a search, a magazine with six rounds of ammunition was retrieved and he was arrested. At the police station, a black firearm with ammunition was removed from the crouch of Herbert’s boxer shorts.