A 26-year-old local general laborer is now in custody at Dodds Prison after a court appearance on a firearms charge directly connected to a shooting that rattled the Chapman Lane neighborhood earlier this June. Mahindra Alexander Thomas, a resident of Emmerton Lane in the Chapman Lane district of St Michael, faced proceedings before Acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick at the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court.
The accusation against Thomas outlines that he discharged a firearm while committing the serious indictable offense of affray during the June 3 incident. Court procedure dictated that no formal plea was entered for the indictable charge, as the case advances through the legal system. Represented by his retained defense attorney Simon Clarke, Thomas was ordered to be remanded into custody ahead of his next scheduled hearing. He will next appear before the District ‘A’ Traffic Court for a procedural update on July 20.