Ex-soldier charged for armed robbery
Published:Thursday | July 6, 2023 | 1:46 PM
A 21-year-old former soldier is set to answer to several criminal charges after he was held in connection with a robbery at a shop in Hectors River district, Portland, on June 29.
He is Craijay Pryce of Blacksmith Lane, Seaforth in St Thomas.
He is charged with robbery with aggravation, unauthorised possession of a prohibited weapon, using a prohibited weapon to commit a felony and assault at common law.
A media release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit states that Pryce and another masked man, armed with handguns, allegedly entered a shop about 1:15 p.m. and robbed persons of cash and cellular phones.
The men then fired shots before escaping in a motor car. No one was injured.
A report was made to the police and Pryce was arrested and charged on Wednesday.
He is set to appear in the Port Antonio Parish Court on Friday.
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