Full term pregnant woman among VZ nationals remanded on drug & firearm charges
The court denied the request on behalf of Jessica Faronas Farinas, 32, by her attorney Stephen R. Daniels who implored the court to allow her to be remanded to a hotel room instead of the Balsam Ghut-based facility.
He told the court that her due date was October 16, 2020, which coincidentally, is days away from the next scheduled date of October 12, 2020, when she is to return to court, along with her co-accusers.
Magistrate Benjamin said if she requires medical assistance while at HMP, she will receive it. Notably, the prison is equipped with a nurse, and plans were underway to create a mini-hospital ward there. The prison also has staff tasked to transport prisoners to receive medical attention at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital in Road Town.
“All defendants will be remanded at HMP,” the magistrate said.
Charges, information
Hector Gonzalez, 26; Pineda Moises Gonzalez, 27; Franklin Ramirez Garcia, 26 and Jessica Faronas Farinas, 32, all Venezuelan Nationals, were jointly charged for Possession of a Controlled Drug (cocaine, 112 blocks weighing 124.36 kilograms), Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Supply, Keeping a Firearm without a Licence, and Landing in the Territory without Permission from an Immigration Officer.
They were arrested and charged following a raid in the Anderson Hill area on Sunday, September 27, 2020.
The four are represented by Lawyer Stephen Daniels.
The other two Venezuelans, Dannys Rodriguez Robles, 59 and Emerais Lopez Leiva, 55, who were charged for Overstaying Landing Permit, were not represented.
For the defendants being represented by Daniels, the charges were read for their information, but no allegations were read as per his request. They will be expected to plead and hear the allegations/facts at the next court date.
The duo who were charged for Overstaying Landing Permit asked for lawyers to represent them and the court ruled that the reading of the charges and their pleas will be pushed to Monday, October 5, 2020.
Attorney O’Neil Simpson is the Crown Counsel handling the matter.
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32 Responses to “Full term pregnant woman among VZ nationals remanded on drug & firearm charges”
If you pregnant, do not break the law if you do not wish to have your child up Balo. She should have thought about the well being of her child before allegedly being involved in illegal activities.
She should have thought about her child before allegedly engaging in illegal activities. There are consequences to everything, this is hers. Women have given birth in prison before. She isn't the first and won't be the last.
She's the one that wrote this bad script. Now it's time to act in the role.
But on second taught where is the father is he one of the men remanded or he is legal he can care for the child
May be it is a local then it may have roots hare cause nobody asking about the father that put it there
Do the crime pay the time
For real if you know your pregnant dont be involved in any wrong doing, and when you get caught you expect compassion, when you know better, and s***8accomponied by drugleaders/criminals, to come &*^%up the Island more and kill of people with them dirty drugs, turning people into crack heads, get them the &*(^%$ out of here, why dont u people go somewhere else, keep coming to our island we dont want u people, cause all yo do is #%%^^ the place up and cause trouble/problems