标签： Trinidad and Tobago

A devastating early-morning electrical accident in Rampanalgas Village, Balandra has left two family members hospitalized with electrocution injuries, local law enforcement confirmed this week.

The emergency unfolded shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday at the residential property of 45-year-old Stephanie Charles, located at Lot 1 in the community. Charles told investigating officers she and her household were at rest when a sudden sharp bang echoed through the home, followed by an intense flash of light. Alarmed that the property was catching fire, Charles and four of her relatives immediately began an emergency evacuation.

Her 20-year-old son, Jesus Maharaj, brought up the rear of the exiting group as the family moved toward safety. When Maharaj stepped into the home’s yard, he caught his foot on an unexpected fallen high-tension electrical cable that had dropped to the ground, sending a fatal-strength current through his body that knocked him unconscious.

Adrian Lewis, Charles’ 37-year-old common-law husband, did not hesitate when he saw Maharaj collapse. He rushed back into the yard to pull the younger man to safety, only to make contact with the live line himself, suffering a second electrocution.

First responders quickly transported both injured men to the local Toco Health Centre for urgent stabilizing care. Once their conditions were deemed stable enough for further treatment, they were transferred to the larger Sangre Grande Hospital for continued care. Charles has corroborated early reports, confirming her son’s account of tripping over the fallen cable during the evacuation. As of Thursday’s initial investigation, officers have not been able to question Maharaj or Lewis directly, as both remain under active medical care for their injuries.

A brazen theft has shaken one of Hong Kong’s core law enforcement facilities, after an on-duty police officer reported that luxury gold jewellery valued at more than HK$57,800 was stolen from her personal handbag while she was carrying out official duties at Central Police Station earlier this week.

Per official police documentation of the incident, the officer detailed that she left her handbag unattended on a desk inside the station’s Charge Office at approximately 8:15 a.m. on Monday, before departing the room to fulfill her scheduled work responsibilities. She did not return to the Charge Office until roughly eight hours later, at around 4:00 p.m., when she first noticed that multiple high-value jewellery pieces had been taken from her bag and launched an official inquiry.

The stolen items all carry significant luxury and monetary value, according to the officer’s official theft report. The most valuable piece is a gold Bubble Gucci chain appraised at HK$45,000, followed by a matching Bubble Gucci gold bracelet engraved with the initials “KK”, which is valued at HK$9,000. The third stolen item is a gold ring set with a white gemstone, worth an estimated HK$3,800. When combined, the total estimated worth of all stolen jewellery reaches HK$57,800.

In the wake of the reported theft, specialist Crime Scene Investigators have already attended the location to process the officer’s handbag for potential forensic evidence, including DNA traces and latent fingerprints that could lead investigators to the responsible party. As the investigation continues, probe leads have also requested all relevant closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from within the Central Police Station compound to review movements of all people who entered and exited the Charge Office on the day of the incident, to identify potential persons of interest.

A violent fatal shooting has shaken the quiet community of South Oropouche, after a local man was gunned down in his own residence mere minutes after arriving home on Thursday night.

The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Dillon Bunsee, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck, and was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local medical facility for emergency care.

Law enforcement officials confirmed that the incident unfolded shortly after 11 p.m., when Bunsee was waiting in the garage of his Warden Street home when an unidentified gunman approached and opened fire. Immediately after the attack, the shooter fled the scene on foot and remains at large as of the latest updates.

Pictures from the crime scene confirm the location of the attack at Bunsee’s residential property, captured by photojournalist Dexter Philip. First responding law enforcement officers placed the bleeding victim in the rear tray of a police pickup truck to rush him for care. Disturbing on-scene accounts detail the moments that followed: as Bunsee lay bleeding out, his heartbroken mother was able to reach her son, touching his bloodied and swollen head as she cried out, ‘Dillon, mammy talking to you.’ Another bystander can be heard desperately pleading with officers to hurry the victim to care, begging ‘carry him to the hospital now nah, please.’

Bunsee was ultimately transported to San Fernando General Hospital, where he passed away while medical teams worked to treat his life-threatening injuries. Local law enforcement has not yet released additional details on potential motives for the shooting or updates on the manhunt for the perpetrator as the investigation continues.

In an unexpected turn of events that has left a local Catholic community both relieved and puzzled, two sacred ceremonial monstrances stolen from St Mary’s RC Church have been quietly returned to a neighboring parish. The precious liturgical items, valued at a total of $15,000, were discovered early Friday morning inside a black tote bag resting on the entrance steps of St James Church, found by parishioners arriving for the 6:15 a.m. daily mass. Along with the returned vessels, finders also discovered an unexplained $100 cash and an unsigned note, the contents of which have not been publicly disclosed.

The incident of theft itself unfolded just over a week prior, on the morning of June 2. Father Emmanuel Pierre, widely known to his congregation as Father Mannie, had arrived at St Mary’s around 5 a.m. to prepare for the day’s services when he encountered an unexpected intruder inside the church building. The intruder was masked and fully clad in a white protective overall, and the priest immediately challenged the trespasser, shouting “I caught you! I caught you!” Startled by the confrontation, the intruder fled the building on foot, jumped into a waiting getaway car, and sped away from the scene before any bystanders could intervene. Remarkably, Father Pierre was left unharmed during the encounter, though the theft was a significant blow to the parish.

The stolen items are not ordinary religious artifacts: monstrances are sacred vessels used in Roman Catholic liturgy to hold the consecrated Eucharist, most prominently during public Corpus Christi processions and times of Eucharistic adoration. The theft occurred just a few days before the annual Corpus Christi feast, one of the few occasions each year when the items are required for major public services, leaving the parish scrambling to arrange alternatives ahead of the celebration. Following the discovery of the returned monstrances Friday morning, Father Pierre immediately contacted local law enforcement to update them on the development, as the investigation into the original theft remains ongoing. Members of the St Mary’s parish have expressed profound gratitude that the sacred items have been returned, bringing an unexpected close to an incident that shook their small community.

In a move timed alongside parliamentary debate over a three-month extension of the country’s state of emergency, Trinidad and Tobago’s state authorities have issued 11 new preventive detention orders (PDOs) targeting alleged members and leaders of transnational and local organized criminal networks. The orders, covering legal notices 410 through 420, were published shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and bear the signature of Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, in full compliance with Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the 2026 Emergency Powers Regulations.

Under Regulation 14 of the same legislation, PDOs are authorized to hold individuals preventively when intelligence indicates their actions would threaten public safety. The signatures on the 11 new orders were finalized between May 19 and June 5 of this year. All 11 detainees have been publicly identified by authorities: Akeem Cole, Akino Warner, Akeema Ferguson, Eric Goring, Wayne Havelock, Curtis Isaac, Jasiniho Boneo, Nicholas Sumner, Mark Williams, Shane Dindial, and Anika Chadee. Two of the 11 detainees are women, while three are accused of holding top leadership positions in their respective criminal operations.

According to official legal notices, all detainees are tied to organized criminal groups active across multiple Trinidadian districts, including Port of Spain, Morvant, Tunapuna, Central Trinidad, Claxton Bay, Couva, Chaguanas, Gasparillo, Marabella, and Piparo. The two women detained face specific, serious allegations tied to enabling violent criminal activity. Akeema Ferguson, also known by the alias “Kima” and a resident of Longdenville and Edinburgh 500, is accused of providing real-time surveillance intelligence to a criminal syndicate during armed home invasion operations across Central Trinidad. The second woman, Anika Chadee of Piparo, is alleged to have participated in a criminal group’s plots to acquire additional firearms and carry out a public attack, after authorities previously seized a weapon and ammunition from her home.

Three detainees are flagged as senior gang leaders. Akino Warner, widely known as “Boogsie”, is named as the head of the notorious Bayshore 3 Gang. Wayne Havelock, who uses multiple aliases including “Joey” and “Haveblock”, is identified as the leader of a large-scale organized criminal group and narcotics trafficking network active across Claxton Bay, St Margaret’s, Couva, and Chaguanas. Shane Dindial, also of Piparo, is the third accused leadership associate, with a prior history of murder investigation and a recent offense of illegal firearm possession; intelligence indicates he was seeking to acquire a second weapon to carry out a public attack.

Multiple other detainees are described as armed enforcers or shooters for their respective gangs. Eric Goring of St Joseph is an alleged enforcer for the Bangladesh Gang, a group linked to shootings, assaults, home invasions, and drug and firearms trafficking. Goring is also accused of participating in targeted attacks against rival gang factions. Curtis Isaac, also known as “Donkey” and “Road” from North Malick, Morvant, serves as an armed shooter and enforcer for the Seven Gang, and is accused of patrolling rival territory, protecting gang turf, and targeting opposing members amid ongoing violent conflict in the Morvant area. Jasiniho Boneo, alias “Elmo” of Tunapuna, is named as a core operative and armed enforcer for the ABG Resistance group, and is tied to a March 22 armed crime spree across Tunapuna and El Dorado, as well as a plot to target a commercial establishment near the Tunapuna Market.

Lower-ranking gang members facing detention include Akeem Cole, a member of the 6 Gang based in Clifton Towers, Mt Hope, and East Dry River. The 6 Gang is accused of running extortion rackets, trafficking narcotics and illegal firearms, carrying out armed robberies, and plotting retaliatory attacks against its bitter rival, the Seven Gang, following the killing of a 6 Gang member known as “Dappa Six”. Nicholas Sumner (alias “Izy” and “Mr Spin It”) and Mark Williams are both listed as members of the SIXX Gang operating out of East Dry River, a syndicate linked to armed robbery, motor vehicle theft, and firearms offenses. The two men are accused of planning new armed robberies to raise funds for ongoing gang operations and support for members already incarcerated.

Havelock, the Claxton Bay-based network leader, faces particularly severe allegations: authorities claim he oversees a smuggling operation that uses maritime routes, mangrove channels, and unregistered vessels to move narcotics and firearms across borders. He is also accused of authorizing contract killings and retaliatory attacks against both rival gang members and law enforcement officers. His counterpart Warner, leader of Bayshore 3 Gang, is tied to both local and international trafficking of narcotics and firearms, with intelligence linking his network to a recent large-scale narcotics seizure intended for both domestic and international distribution.