St Mary man fined over $100,000 for illegal party

A St. Mary man was fined over JM$100,000 for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act following when he appeared in the Parish Court on Tuesday, February 16.

The man has been identified as Maurice Lawrence of Gibbs Hill in St. Mary.

Lawrence was charged on Wednesday, January 8, following his arrest at an unpermitted party held after the stipulated curfew hours in Gibbs Hill, St. Mary on Saturday, January 2.

Reports from the Castleton police are that about 7 p.m., a team of officers on patrol warned Lawrence after observing an illegal party being held with approximately twenty people in attendance then left.

About 11:25 p.m., the officers returned to the location and saw over one hundred patrons in attendance.

The sound system equipment was seized, and Lawrence was subsequently arrested and later fined for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act and Noise Abatement acts.

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