HANOVER MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AT COMMON LAW AND POSSESSION OF A PROHIBITED WEAPON
Detectives assigned to the Hanover Policing Division arrested and charged 39-year-old Devroy Morrison, otherwise called ‘Dev,’ a labourer of Old Pen, Hopewell, in the parish following an incident in his community on Tuesday, January 27.
He has been charged with Assault at Common Law and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon.
Reports from the Lucea Police are that at about 6:00 p.m., Morrison was approached and accosted by a man about the theft of some lumber from his yard. An argument developed, and the man armed himself with a machete, to which Morrison responded by brandishing a firearm. The man then fled the scene and made a report to the police.
On Monday, February 16, Morrison was arrested during a police operation in his community. He was charged the following day after a question-and-answer session.
His court date is being finalised.
