24 Hour Crime Recap – Providenciales
On Friday afternoon the Police in Providenciales had responded to five reports.
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Four Burglaries— 2 in Blue Hills while there was one each in Leeward Palms & Grace Bay.
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There was one Attempted Burglary—Behind Glass Shack
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A male was arrested on suspicion of Taking Motor Vehicle Without Authority
Cassa-major San-Cher (35yrs) was charged for Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Carrying Ammunition in connection with an incident on 23rd October 2011 appeared in the Providenciales Magistrate’s Court # 1 on Friday 17th February 2012.
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He was remanded in custody at Her Majesty’s Prison Grand Turk until 2nd April 2012 when he is schedule to appear in the Grand Turk Supreme Court for a Sufficiency Hearing.
Chris Brown’s ‘B’Day’ Tweet to Rihanna Sparks Firestorm
Early Monday Chris Brown sent an all-caps “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBYN!” tweet out to Rihanna (a.k.a. Robyn Fenty), and Rihanna replied with a “Thanks!”
Then all hell broke loose. The exchange immediately drew heated responses from folks both for and against the former couple’s communication with each other.
For example:
“BREAKING: Rihanna to have Chris Brown inspired pinata at her birthday party. Happy Birthday Rihanna.” — @ NewsThatsFake
“Chris Brown & Rihanna: The New Bobby & Whitney” — @ RihannaWatch
“The fact that Chris Brown & Rihanna tweeted each other shows they are moving on & not holding onto the past. Other people should move on 2!” — @KizzleBrown
“Rihanna and Chris Brown are collaborating in studio for a new song. I’m sure it will be a hit!” — @VeryRudeTweets
“I would like @chrisbrown fight somebody that can defend themselves. Me curb stomping that … would be a #wrestlemania moment” — @CMPunk
“Positivity regardless of how u feel! @CMpunk contact my assistant and I’ll have em send u an autographed pic for my biggest FAN!!!” — @chrisbrown
Also playing out on Twitter was the official release of their two remix collaborations, “Turn Up the Music” and “Birthday Cake.”
“@chrisbrown Turn up the music remix #RihannaNavy #Teambreezy enjoy!!!” the Barbados songstress tweeted out to her fans, along with a link to a remix of Brown’s hit “Turn Up the Music,” which he performed at the Grammys just last week.
Less than a minute later, the singer followed up with another shoutout to her fans after Brown returned the favor, tweeting a link to the second collaboration.
“#RihannaNavy Come and put ya name on it!!!!! RT @chrisbrown: @rihanna YIKES!!! Cake, cake, cake!”
Moments later, Rihanna excitedly tweeted “Its a download OVERLOAD!!!! Working on more links for u guys, so errbody could have some #CAKE.”
Whitney’s Earrings, ‘Bodyguard’ Vest, More Headed to Auction
Some of Whitney Houston’s belongings – including a pair of earrings and a vest that she wore in the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” – will go on the auction block next month.
The items, swooped up by celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien after her Feb. 11 death, will be included in the Hollywood Legends auction, which will be held at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills on March 31 and April 1.
The Houston items up for sale include several dresses, including a floor-length, black velvet dress owned by the singer and valued at $1,000-$2,000. (The vest and faux-pearl earrings that Houston wore in her breakthrough film “The Bodyguard” are valued at $400-600 and $600-$800, respectively.)
The Hollywood Legends auction will also include memorabilia such as Charlie Chaplin’s cane, the jacket that Clark Gable wore in “Gone With the Wind,” and the staff that Charlton Heston used in the 1956 epic “The Ten Commandments.”
Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on February 11, prior to Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys party. The singer was found submerged in her bathtub by a member of her personal staff, and emergency responders were unable to revive her. Houston was 48.
The singer was buried in at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, N.J. — next to her father, who died in 2003 — on Sunday. On Saturday, an invitation-only funeral service for Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. — which Houston attended and sang at as a child — included tributes from Kevin Costner, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Houston’s producer Clive Davis and others.
A cause of death has not yet been announced, pending the results of a toxicology test.
Piers Morgan Calls Bobby Brown “Disrespectful,” Rev. Jesse Jackson Defends Singer
CNN anchor Piers Morgan addressed Bobby Brown’s appearance at Whitney Houston’s funeral today, labeling the singers actions “disrespectful” for leaving.
Piers Morgan made the comment at the end of Whitney Houston’s funeral, as attendees left the New Baptist Hope church in Newark, New Jersey.
Morgan, who did not attend the funeral, seemed to trash Bobby Brown in front of a national audience.
Bobby Brown defended his choice to leave, saying that although he was harassed by security and is “distraught” over the incident, he chose to leave quietly, to prevent creating a scene.
“My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions,” Bobby Brown said in a statement. “I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us and no one else to move. Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi-Kristina. In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene. My children are completely distraught over the events. This was a day to honor Whitney. I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur. I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how.”
CNN’s Don Lemon cleared up the controversy, during an interview with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who sat on the stage for Houston’s entire funeral.
According to Rev. Jackson, Whitney Houston’s family did not accommodate Bobby Brown and members of his entourage, prompting the R&B singer to leave his ex-wife’s funeral.
“They wanted him to move, and I don’t think they made proper accommodations for him,” Rev. Jackson told CNN’s Don Lemon. “They couldn’t make proper accommodations for him, so they asked him to leave. That was a very difficult moment for all of us. I tried to get him to stay, but they wouldn’t make room for him.”
Rev. Jackson confirmed that Bobby Brown left the funeral quietly and peacefully, despite growing reports that there was some sort of altercation
“He came, he said in the front row, but they said that was reserved for family of which is a part and a real sense,” Rev. Jackson said. “He is Bobbi-Kristina’s father, and she [Whitney] was his wife. To me it seemed they could’ve accommodated him better then they did.”
Bobby Brown has had a history of bad blood with Whitney Houston’s family, because the family believes the singers drug and alcohol addiction help enable Whitney Houston.
Mayor Cory Booker said police are investigating the matter.
Fugitive Wanted For Role In Jimmy Henchman Cocaine Operation Arrested
A man wanted for his role in Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond’s drug dealing operation was apprehended over the weekend.
Authorities had been seeking Jason Williams, who went on the run in May of 2011, after an indictment was unsealed accusing Henchman and his subordinates of using Czar Entertainment as a front for a $10 million drug dealing operation.
Henchman is accused of using Czar, which managed artists like Game, Brandy and Akon, as a cover to send hundreds of kilos of cocaine in cases used for transporting music equipment to various recording studios.
The scheme then used Fedex to send the proceeds to mailbox drops in vacuum sealed bags on the West coast.
Henchman himself went on the run from May of 2011 until he was apprehended in late June of 2011, at The W in New York’s Union Square.
In October of 2011, Henchman’s brother Kesnar Rosemond was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the drug dealing operation.
Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond is currently awaiting trial on drug conspiracy and trafficking charges.
He has pleaded not guilty and faces a life sentence if convicted.
Jason Williams is currently being held without bail on cocaine distribution and drug trafficking charges.
Kim Kardashian to be Exposed by Kris humphries in Divorce Debacle
Some things just don’t need to be publicized, like Kim Kardashian’s paternity test results.
Kim’s 72-day marriage scandal continues to be the bane of her existence as other parts of her life are being exposed in a major way, and Kris Humphries isn’t happy about being a part of whole bit.
The NBA star has filed an annulment because he didn’t like being used as a prop in the Kardashian reality show. He’s claiming fraud and he’s making sure everything that goes down with the divorce is public and televised.
As expected, Kim is probably not doing well with all these threats. According to the latest issue of Life & Style magazine, “Kim’s freaking out.”
A close friend, according to the zine, says “She has no interest in dragging out the divorce or having it play out on TV. Believe it or not, she’s a private person.”
Uh… what? Yeah right.
Anyway, back to Humphries, he’s serious about his case. He’s petitioned his Minnesota-licensed attorney to practice in the state of California, but this mission isn’t about the money… obviously he has enough.
But this is about exposing the Kardashians.
“All of her dirty laundry will be aired, and there’s a lot to air,” states a close friend of Kris. “Kim is a calculating person who does things to benefit her wallet. That’s her top priority! Everything will come out in court – even their sex life.”
Sources say that after reality star got a hold of $17 million, sex was not an object anymore; and they say she never intended to be married to him long term.
Suspect in custody in Nevis robbery of US judge
Police in Nevis said on Monday that a suspect is in custody in the recent robbery of US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at his vacation home on the island.
Sergeant Cledwyn Jeffers of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force said 28-year-old Vedel Browne turned himself in on Sunday, after officials declared him "a person of interest," and released his photo to the media. Browne has not yet been officially charged, authorities said.
Breyer, 73, and his wife were robbed by an intruder who broke into their home on February 9. The machete-wielding intruder fled the scene after taking about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
The robbery was reported to local authorities shortly after it happened. Breyer and his family have since returned home.
Police officials in a news release said Browne has worked as a gardener and Jeffers described him as a "Rastafarian."
A local law enforcement official had said the evidence indicated the incident was "a crime of opportunity," and that police had seen nothing to indicate Breyer was targeted for robbery.
St Kitts and Nevis Police Commissioner C.G. Walwyn had said earlier, "Our American-trained crime scene investigators and the members of our Criminal Investigators (unit) are working closely with the FBI on this case."
Puerto Rico honours Obama, LBJ visits with statues
Puerto Rican officials marked Presidents Day by unveiling bronze statues of US President Barack Obama and former President Lyndon B Johnson, pointedly noting that people who live on the island can't vote in the US general election and lack other basic rights.
The two life-size statues are the newest additions to the "Avenue of Heroes," outside the capitol building in the US island territory. The statues honour every sitting president who ever visited Puerto Rico, dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
Obama became the ninth when he visited in June, said Kenneth McClintock, secretary of state for Puerto Rico.
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, who represents Puerto Rico in the US Congress but has limited voting powers, said the Obama administration has been helpful to Puerto Rico, including it in economic stimulus funding and health reform, among other initiatives.
But he and other officials who spoke at the ceremony complained about a lack of other basic rights, including representation in the US Senate and the right to vote in the general presidential election.
"The president of the United States is an important figure to Puerto Ricans despite the fact that we aren't able to elect him," said Pierluisi, who favours making the island the 51st US state. "... Puerto Rico and its nearly 4 million American citizens deserve to enjoy all the benefits and responsibilities that our fellow citizens enjoy."
Puerto Ricans can vote in primaries but not the general election though island residents are US citizens.
The new statues of Obama and Johnson are part of a broader $1 million project to improve the Avenue of the Heroes, a broad boulevard along the south side of the neoclassical capitol building.
-AP
Caricom in crisis
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is in "crisis" and faces the possibility of being dismantled over the next few years if vital changes are not made to its administrative structure, according to a mandated assessment of the 15-member grouping.
The Observer has been reliably informed that the comprehensive document, submitted by a Project Management Team, has been circulated to Heads of Government ahead of their forthcoming Inter-Sessional Meeting scheduled for March 8-9 in Suriname.
Prior to that meeting, specific recommendations outlined in the report will be considered by a special session of the Community Council of Ministers — the second highest body in Caricom — scheduled to take place in the Surinamese capital, Paramaribo.
Hopes for arresting the crisis depend on a willingness on the part of Heads of Government to bite the bullet on the elusive issue of "fundamental changes" in the management structure and operational modalities of the Georgetown-based Caricom Secretariat.
An executive summary that focuses on "turning around Caricom" points to why delaying the establishment of a new administrative structure can no longer be an option.
The crisis, it said, "is sufficiently severe to put Caricom's very existence in question" and identified three reasons:
* Long-standing frustrations with its slow progress have continued to mount;
* A serious weakening in its structure and operations over a number of years; and
* Continuing economic retrenchment since the 2008 (international) financial crisis and the risk of a further downturn in 2012.
The Project Management Team feel that the Community Secretariat and related Caricom institutions "are not strong enough" to cope with any shortfall in funding.
Notwithstanding the "immediate dangers", the team of experts feel that without a "fundamental change", Caricom could expire slowly over the next few years as stakeholders begin to vote with their feet..."
Nevertheless, in seeking to bolster optimism instead of yielding to pessimism, the authors of the report feel that Caricom can yet surmount the prevailing crisis "as long as fundamental changes in its operation and structures are made — and made decisively and speedily".
JA.Observer
165 murders recorded so far this year
SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting this morning announced that 165 murders have been recorded since the start of the year.
The figure represents an increase of 13 during the corresponding period last year.
Bunting said most of the murders were gang related and were concentrated in Spanish Town and St James.
He says the Government plans to implement a raft of long term and short term measures including visiting communities and having dialogue with residents in order to take back the streets.
JA.Observer