Young Diamond resident fined for ammunition possession

A 22 year old man, who was caught with three live rounds of ammunition was fined after claiming that he had no intentions to do anything bad with them.

Danwell Craigg of Diamond, appeared at the Serious Offences Court before Senior Magistrate, Colin John yesterday, October 7, 2024 where he was charged that on October 4, 2024 at Diamond, he had in his possession three live rounds of .22 ammunition without a license issued under the Firearm Act.

At about 7:10 p.m on the date in question, PC73 Jack was one of a party of Rapid Response Unit personnel on auto-mobile patrol in the Diamond area.

While there, the officer saw a man with a bottle in his hand walking towards the transport. Upon reaching closer to the transport, the man threw something on the ground, and PC Jack instructed the driver to stop.

PC Jack and another police officer alighted the transport. He identified himself and the other officer to the man, then notified him of his observations.

The man identified himself as Danwell Craigg of Diamond. When PC Jack questioned Craigg about what he had thrown away, Craigg responded that it was nothing.

Jack escorted Craigg to the area where he had seen him throw something on the ground and made checks. Jack discovered a mini zip- lock bag containing three rounds of ammunition.

Jack showed the ammunition to Craigg and cautioned him, to which Craig replied, “Officer, me find them up High School so me take them cause me been kinda high”.

PC Jack pointed out the offence of unlicensed ammunition to Craigg and kept the bag and its contents as exhibits. The officer then informed Craigg that he is under arrest for suspicion of said offence, and took him to the Criminal Investigation Department.

Further investigations revealed that the ammunition were live rounds, and Craigg is not a licensed holder. He has no previous convictions.

After the facts were read, Craigg told the court, “I didn’t have no bad intentions to do anything with them”. He said that he does landscaping.

The Senior Magistrate told the young man that he should have given the ammunition to the police. However, he said that the offence fell into the lesser category and consequence, warranting a non-custodial sentence.

John then fined Craigg $1000 to be paid in one month. Failure to do so will result in six months imprisonment. The Senior Magistrate also ordered that the ammunition be confiscated.