Businessman charged with chopping man at bar

A 19-year-old businessman has been charged with wounding stemming from an incident in St Catherine on June 18.

Charged is 19-year-old Braemar Clemetson of Discovery Bay, St Ann. Reports are that about 8:30 p.m., Clemetson went to a bar, pounced upon the complainant and chopped him with a machete on his head. The man was later taken to hospital where he was admitted for treatment. Detectives attached to the Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch arrested and charged Clemetson on July 5. His court date is being finalised.

Meanwhile, lawmen assigned to the St James Police Division arrested and charged 33-year-old Odeon Reid of Gutters in the parish with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following an incident in his community on July 2. Reports are that about noon, lawmen acting on information searched a premises. During the search, a bag was found to contain a pistol with the calibre, make and serial number erased. Twenty-eight 5.56 rounds of ammunition was found in another section of the yard.

Reid was taken into custody where he was charged after a question-and-answer session. His court date is being finalised.