welcome back we're continuing the news five members of Westmoreland based Kings Valley gang
have been charged for various crimes including murder and armed robbery under the anti-gang
legislation the new charges followed several of the gang's members being freed last july
for lack of evidence deputy commissioner of police Fitz Bailey says the new charges and
the rest of members of the king's valley gang from westmoreland happened after the
men were acquitted of charges under the anti-gang legislation last july
he says seven suspects were arrested after joint police operation
five have since been charged with being a part of a criminal organization the persons arrested are
kevin christopher wilson o.c bamson 38 years old waiter of kings valley
kenisha shanice moody 19 years old miss moody is a girlfriend of the king's valley
gyan leader dervald williams oc lucky and she was arrested at lucy's residence a subsequent
search of the premises was conducted in which 15 9 mm ammunitions and 9.38 ammunition were found in
miss moody's purse miss moody was subsequently arrested and charged for illegal possession
of ammunition our investigation has also revealed that miss modi was acting on behalf of
williams in the sale of guns and ammunitions orville orlando jones oc bigger gerald rankin
oc anderson and jeremy lindo were also arrested dcp bailly says they committed crimes under the
instruction of the king's valley gang leader devil williams oc lucky who has been reminded
for charges of proposing and conspiring to murder the crimes identified include murder shooting and
wounding with intent burglary robbery extortion last name of motor vehicle illegal possession
of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition a businessman was also charged in relation to
having stolen vehicle in his possession five motor vehicles were seized from this particular business
which were stolen during incidents of murder shooting or robberies big yard auto parts and its
owner ted robinson was charged with five counts of unlawful possession of property and receiving
stolen property among other charges the police are also searching for other members of the gang
kirkwright tv genus clarendon residents are being warned to stay away from gangs the appeal comes
amidst an increase in the recruitment of women into criminal gangs codianne barrett reports
the clarendon police seized this nine millimeter taurus pistol during an operation in the long
gully community in effortville over 20 houses were targeted in the operation 15 people were taken
into custody in relation to the gun and ammunition seizure head of operations for the clarendon
police superintendent christopher phillips said the arrest in effortville add to the trend on how
gangsters are recruiting we also observe that there's an increase in females involvement in
these kind of organized young activities taking place in the communities so we want to appeal
to persons to be very mindful not to get caught up in these the police say the masterminds and
gangs are starting to find more roles for women most times during the investigations and you
know you're doing the assessment and intelligence you recognize that the females are playing a very
active role within these these gangs we might not you know have enough to hold them sometimes but
there are indications that they are actively involved the security forces have arrested
or neutralized several of the parish's major crime producers and that is beginning to have
an impact on the crime levels in communities in terms of major crimes uh the figures
going down we still not comfortable and we're going to continue to press on to focus heavily
on gangsters operating in clarendon so persons who consider themselves gangsters operating in
clarendon during this time just know that we are going to come at you cody and barrett tvj news