Man seen in video chasing police from Hellshire beach arrested, charged

March 09, 2021
He has been charged with breaches of the Act, disorderly conduct, indecent language, obstructing the police, and using abusive and calumnious language.

 The man captured in a video on Sunday allegedly breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act has been arrested and charged.

He has been identified as 42-year-old Stephen Witter of a Stony Hill, St Andrew address. 

Witter was charged with breaches of the Act, disorderly conduct, indecent language, obstructing the police, and using abusive and calumnious language.

In a viral video, Witter chased a group of policemen from a beach in Hellshire, St Catherine and uttered expletives when they turned up to disperse a gathering.

The police say Witter was fitted with a mask and his temperature checked before he was placed in a lock-up.

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