SRC St Joseph District
Operator: 19236 Cpl La Rode
SRC: Robbery with Aggravation
Victim 1: Jonathan Briggs age 19 DOB 15/11/24 of #2 Fraser Lane St Joseph
Victim 2: Daniel Harris 21/1/97 of Lp 92 North Manazilla
Victim 3: Matthew Clark dob 12/1/71 of #20 St Vincent Street, Tunapuna
INVESTIGATOR: 18026 W/Cpl Williams
FACTS:
Around 11:55 p.m. on Thursday 8th of August 2024 victim 1, employee at U-store-Unipet Store St Augustine was operating the cash register when two men entered the said store and announced a robbery. Suspect 1, A dark skin, slim built man, of African descent, approximately 5 feet 8 inches, with an unkept short Afro style who appeared to be in his early twenties was armed with a pistol and clad in a white jersey, and short black pants, Suspect 2, a fair skin man, of mixed descent, slim built, approximately 5 feet 7 inches with cornrows, and a red and black tattoo on the left side of his neck and wearing a surgical mask covering the lower part of his face. The armed suspect pointed the firearm in the direction of the cashier and demanded he hand over the cash. The cashier became fearful and handed over approximately 8,000 TT cash from the cash register and the suspects also took various bottles of alcoholic beverages. Victim 2, the security guard on duty was relieved of his of Samsung 13 cell phone valued to be ascertained. Victim 3 a customer at the store was also relieved of $400 TT currency. Officers of ERP Unit, 18534 PC Nicholas, 9224 PC Lindsay, and 9833 PC James received information of a robbery in progress and proceeded to said Unipet gas station. Upon arrival, the officers observed the suspects exiting the store and suspect #1 pointed a pistol in the direction of the officers and fired several shots in their direction. The officers who became concerned for their safety and that of their colleagues returned fire, 18534 PC Nicholas fired 4 rounds of 9mm of ammunition from his service-issued pistol#13194, 9224 PC Lindsay fired 10 rounds of 9mm ammunition from his service-issued MP5# 7716, and 9833 PC James fired 4 rounds of 9mm ammunition from his service issued pistol# 13198. The suspects entered a silver Nissan Tiida, registration PCZ 7520 and made good their escape in a westerly direction. The officers gave chase, which led to Railway Road Tunapuna in the vicinity of Tunapuna Market where the suspects exited the vehicle and ran off in a southerly direction making good their escape. A quantity of cigarettes, and a total of $2903 TT was recovered from the vehicle. No. 18026 W/Cpl Williams of St. Joseph CID, and No. 19236 Cpl La Rode of Tunapuna CID, also responded to said report at the Unipet Gas Station and recovered a black Berretta Px pistol with 17 rounds of live 9mm ammunition and one magazine from the scene. CSI personnel, 18455 PC Ramoutar processed the scene. A total of twelve (12) 9mm spent shells were found on the scene, 6 belonging to TTPS and 6 others. Three cell phones were also recovered. W/ Cpl Williams conducted enquiries and discovered that said vehicle bore false registration plates and the correct registration for said vehicle was, in fact, PCF 4717, which was confirmed to be stolen. The said vehicle was wrecked to the St. Joseph Police Station pending further enquires.