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

 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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