Fake health inspectors plead guilty

Just moments before prosecutors were to make opening arguments against three content creators who pretended to be public health inspectors late last year, the defendants entered a guilty plea.

The men, Kazrae Gray, Orain Harris and Ayden Smart, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to impersonating a public health inspector and conspiracy before Senior Parish Judge Paula Blake-Powell. Charges were laid by members of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, arising from the reopening ceremony at Crab Circle last November. Gray, who went by the moniker Randy Bucktoe, and his co-accused were dressed in garments associated with public health inspectors. Gray even addressed the forum present at the ceremony. The popular spot, known for its street food delicacies, was ordered closed by health officials following a viral video of a vendor defecating at her stall. She was fined earlier this year.

Following the men's admission of guilt, almost a year after they were first placed before the court of charges of breaching the Profession's Supplementary to Medicine Act, and conspiracy at common law to breach the Act, Blake-Powell adjourned sentencing until September 26, and made a sentencing indication of $200,000.