Latest update September 11th, 2026 10:26 AM
Father of seven claims police harassment
A 42-year-old man is claiming that ever since he was released from prison last Monday after having a larceny charge against him dropped due to lack of evidence, the police have made him their victim.
Glenroy Brown, a resident of Princes and Lombard Streets Squatting Area, alleges that he was walking along Sussex Street, Charlestown around midday on Wednesday when he was stopped by policemen travelling in a jeep.
Glenroy Brown
“They stop me and say that they want to search me, so I said no problem. I was about to empty my pocket, when one of them demanded that I put my hands up and he will go into my pocket,” Brown recalled.
He added that although the police ranks found nothing, they carried away his passport, a cell phone case and an Old Testament that he had in his pocket.
“I recently came out of prison, I had no money and I was now looking for a job. I lost my ID (Identification Card) so I went by my cousin and collected my passport because to get a job, I need some form of ID,” the father of seven lamented.
On January 09, last, Brown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a quantity of items.
It was claimed that he stole a chainsaw valued at $272,676, one $6000 cellular phone and a torch light between January 03 and 04 from a security guard on Lombard Street, Georgetown.
However, when the matter was called again on March 31 last, the case was dismissed due to the lack of evidence provided by police.
“The security guard say that somebody see when I stole the things and when they carry the eyewitness to court, the person said they didn’t see me,” Brown recalled.
The man believes that the police will try to frame him again for something he didn’t do.
“With what happened on Wednesday, my friend advised me to go to the Brickdam police station to make a complaint but I am scared because the police does hold you just like that and throw you in jail.”
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