Oracabessa lock-up escapee to answer several charges
Published:Monday | March 17, 2025 | 6:46 AM
Detectives assigned to the St Mary Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have laid several charges against a man who previously escaped custody.
Twenty-two-year-old Nolando Atkinson, of Boscobel Heights, St Mary, is charged with shooting with intent, possession of prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition, using a firearm to commit a felony and assault at common law following an incident in Wood Park, Gayle, in the parish on March 7.
The Port Maria police say about 6:10 p.m., lawmen conducted a snap raid operation in the community of Wood Park in search of wanted men said to be escapees from the Oracabessa Police Station.
Two men were seen and one of them allegedly pointed a firearm and opened gunfire at the police.
The team reportedly took evasive action and returned fire.
During the encounter Atkinson got hit in the left leg which resulted in him falling to the ground. The other man then managed to escape.
Atkinson was assisted to the hospital by the police where he was treated and later escorted back to police custody.
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