A 26-year-old man, who claimed he was checking on his neighbor’s property at midnight, was yesterday fined $400 for violating the weekend lockdown.
Police arrested Zhakero Archer after they found him walking on Breadfruit Street around midnight on April 20.
Archer pleaded guilty to violating the weekend lockdown aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Archer claimed that he went to check his neighbor’s property after he heard his dogs barking.
Magistrate Samuel McKinney told Archer that he could have called his neighbor or the police.
He paid a $400 fine to avoid spending four months in prison.
Police arrested Owen Rolle at 2 a.m. on April 20 in Nassau Village.
He claimed he went to his friend’s house to arrange a ride to work.
Rolle paid a $400 fine.
Laphanza Riley, 43, admitted breaking the 24-hour curfew by being on Bacardi Road at 10:40 p.m. on April 20.
He claimed that he was on the streets looking for food.
Mckinney fined him $250 or he would spend one month in prison. Police arrested Oral Murphy at 3 a.m. on April 18 on Blue Hill Road South during the lockdown.
Murphy claimed that he was going to collect money from his boss.
He has to pay a $400 fine or spend four months in prison.
In addition to fines, the court ordered all the curfew violators to stay out of legal trouble for a year to avoid paying a $1,000 fine or spend six months in prison.
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