Cop steals gun from police station

A police constable who stole a service pistol in St. Catherine has pled guilty to the charges in the Home Circuit Gun Court and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 14.

He is Constable Ajani Bean of 9 Mile in Clarendon.

Reports are that on October 15, 2019, Bean stole a Glock service pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition from the police station and took it to his home.

An extensive operation was conducted and the weapon found at the home of Constable Bean.  He was later arrested in January 2020 and subsequently charged with illegal possession of firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and simple larceny of firearm.

Bean later pled guilty to his charges before the Home Circuit Gun Court on June 24, 2020 and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 14.

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