No criminal record for Fire Officer Avery Malone!
Malone had pleaded guilty to the charges of assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and being armed with an offensive weapon.
On the charge of assaulting a police officer, Malone was fined $500 or 30 days in prison, disorderly conduct $250 or 30 day and for being armed with an offensive weapon $250 or 30 days in prison.
He also has to pay $1000 to the police officer who was wounded in the matter.
However, those convictions will not be in the records of the local justice system, something Ms Richards said that she is not usually easily convinced to do.
Mr Malone was ‘provoked’
On April 18, 2015 Eric Cameron allegedly attacked Malone with a metal security baton causing him to sustain a gaping wound that carried 15 stitches. Subsequently, Malone was charged after he tried to attack Cameron while he was in police custody at Peebles Hospital after Cameron allegedly made overtures at Malone upon seeing him at the hospital.
Malone approached Cameron with an object and raised it over his (Cameron’s) head. A police officer tried to disarm Malone and injured his knee against the bumper of an ambulance.
Recapping the evidence that was read in the Magistrate’s Court, Ms Richards said she found that Malone was provoked and “Mr Cameron is lucky to be alive” because what he did to Malone and then provoked him upon seeing him at the hospital.
In making her decision she also considered the fact that Malone had apologized to the police officer the same day, completed counselling at the Family Support Network (FSN) and Anger Management. An FSN report indicated that Malone has the mind of a teenager.
Cameron was sentenced to time served
High Court Justice Nicola Byer had on June 3, 2016 sentenced United States Virgin Islands native and former fireman attached to the VI Fire and Rescue Services, Eric Cameron to time served for assaulting a former colleague of his, causing him grievous bodily harm.
Cameron had on Monday May 30, 2016 pleaded guilty to the offences before Justice Byer. He had served a total of nine months since being charged with the incident.
The Judge was impressed by a letter he wrote to the virtual complainant Avery Malone expressing remorse about the incident and accepting full responsibility for the incident which landed him before the courts.
It was on April 18, 2015 Cameron dealt Malone several blows with a baton on his head and legs over an argument about monies owed by the latter.
Malone and Cameron shared a close professional and personal relationship as Cameron used to be employed with the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue, where Malone worked also.
The argument ensued over a vehicle that Cameron lent to Malone which eventually became damaged. Cameron was also upset that Malone lent his vehicle to other persons without his prior approval.
They fell out when the defendant asked back for the vehicle and asked for money to fix the damage to the vehicle. On the day in question the defendant went to get the money from the virtual complainant.
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