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Another Geddes Grant robber captured
– found hiding in bathroom
Andrea Carrington
Andrea Carrington, 24, of Angoy’s Avenue who was wanted in connection with the million dollar Geddes Grant robbery which was committed on Thursday 2nd April at the New Amsterdam Branch of the store, was captured and subsequently remanded to prison.
Carrington,who was on the run since the incident, was nabbed by police in a house at lot 42 Stanleytown.
Police acting on information, descended on the premises and were greeted by a locked door, with a padlock on the outside.
The police after repeatedly calling for anyone inside to open up, gained entry through a window and found the culprit hiding in a bathroom, wrapped up in a bathroom blind.
Carrington and another accomplice who was also in the house were arrested.
He appeared in the Reliance Magistrate’s Court and was remanded by magistrate Adela Nagamootoo until December 14 when he will have to reappear at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
Two other men Dwayne Harris, 20, of Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown and Courtney Patterson, 37, called Avon, a taxi driver of 68 Glasgow Village, East Bank Berbice were previously charged with the offence.
Patterson, the number two accused, was granted bail in the sum of $200,000.
Harris, who was the lone gunman and who was captured during the robbery, had implicated the others in the failed heist.
The man had fired a shot which narrowly missed the guard before taking away the money which was in two safety deposit bags.
He was cornered in a yard a few blocks away by police who had responded promptly.
Prosecutor Corporal Roberto Figueira in opposing bail noted the nature, gravity and prevalence of the crime and stated that a firearm was used.
He also related to the court that the defendant was on the run for some time and investigations are still continuing. More charges in relation to possession of arms and ammunition are to be laid, according to the prosecutor.
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