PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A brazen early-morning attack on a southern Trinidad police station that left an acting police corporal dead and a cache of weapons stolen has resulted in criminal charges against three suspects, one of whom is a serving municipal police officer, Trinidadian law enforcement officials confirmed this week.
The 42-year-old victim, Anuska Eversley, a mother of three, was discovered dead with visible signs of violence at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station on Lady Hailes Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. on the Sunday of the incident. First responders soon uncovered that multiple firearms and rounds of ammunition had been stolen from the station’s secured armoury, launching a widespread, multi-district manhunt for perpetrators.
Trinidad and Tobago Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro told local media outlet the Trinidad Guardian that charges were formally filed only after Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard issued a formal directive authorizing investigators to move forward with the case. The three accused are 28-year-old municipal police officer Jivan Cooper, a 24-year-old scrap iron dealer, and a 20-year-old construction worker. All three face four joint criminal charges: murder, robbery with violence, firearms trafficking, and illegal possession of ammunition.
Guevarro explained that the charges came after a series of synchronized law enforcement operations across Claxton Bay, Gasparillo, Macaulay and their surrounding communities. Those raids not only led investigators to the suspects but also yielded a major seizure of illegal weapons: authorities recovered 44 firearms alongside large stockpiles of ammunition and high-capacity gun magazines.
“These charges arise out of coordinated enquiries and recovery operations conducted over the past several days,” Guevarro said. The commissioner added that the investigation remains active, with law enforcement continuing to work to identify additional co-conspirators and recover more stolen and illicit weapons.
Officials have not yet released a final count of how many weapons were taken from the police station armoury, as Guevarro confirmed that a full official audit of the armoury inventory is still ongoing. In the aftermath of the killing and breach of the police facility, top leadership of the Trinidad Municipal Police Service has undergone a temporary shake-up: Service head Surrendra Sagramsingh has been placed on administrative leave, with former official Wayne Mystar stepping in to serve as acting head. Additionally, five officers assigned to the San Fernando station have been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the internal and criminal investigation into the incident.