27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson of The Bight, Providenciales has pled guilty to the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis.
Hutchinson’s plea in the Chief Magistrate’s Court stemmed from an incident, which took place on Friday July 12th, 2013 in the Industrial Park Road area of Providenciales. After a thorough investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis was laid against 27-year-old Hutchinson and a 33-year-old male.
The arrest of Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male unfolded when Tactical unit officers conducted a stop and search on a vehicle owned and driven by the 33-year-old male, along with female passenger 27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson. During the search, fifty-five grams of suspected Cannabis was found. Both Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male were subsequently arrested on suspicion of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis and the suspected Cannabis was seized. Later that same day, they were each formally charged for Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis.
Both Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male appeared in the Magistrate Court number one before the Chief Magistrate Clifton Warner later that same day. The charge against the 33-year-old male for Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis was dropped. 27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson pled guilty to the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis. As a result of the guilty plea entered by Hutchinson, she was fined four thousand dollars ($4,000.00USD) to be paid in two months, or six months imprisonment.
The Chief Magistrate ordered that the fifty-five grams of Cannabis be destroyed.
