Not Guilty Verdict

Rolston Caines charged with causing the death of Valencia Robins, 18, of Jessup’s Village by reckless driving and dangerous driving was found not guilty on both counts Tuesday.
The charges were as a result of the fatal accident on Jan. 18 2008.
Valencia was killed when she was struck by a pickup truck as she walked along the main road at Bath Plains, near the RAMs Supermarket, about 7:30 p.m.
The pickup truck driven by Caines of Morning Star, was traveling from the direction of Charlestown when the vehicle collided with Ms. Robins.
The jury took nearly three hours to come to an 11-1 not guilty verdict on the causing death by reckless driving and a 10-2 not guilty verdict on the dangerous driving charge.

False Report and Police shooting

The Observer Reports

(Charlestown, Nevis) – Police opened fire on a car that looked suspicious after receiving a false report of a robbery in progress Tuesday evening.

According to the St. Christopher Nevis Police Force Public Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell Henry, Police in Charlestown received a report of a robbery in progress at the Lau Chinese Restaurant on Old Hospital Road at about 7:20 pm on April 28. Officers responded and surrounded the area. During their patrol of the area, officers saw a dark colored motor car with tinted windows of which they became suspicious. They attempted to stop the car, but the driver accelerated as he approached the officers, who scuttled out of the path of the car then opened up on the vehicle as it made its escape.

The robbery report was subsequently deemed false after the officers spoke with the owners of the restaurant.