UPDATE: Female Teen charged in relation to Paraquita Bay robbery/murder
Teffiny Smith, 18, of Zion Hill was charged over the weekend for aiding offenders in the robbery committed on April 18, 2021.
It is the second female charged in connection with the crime as Tyann Smith, 20 of Freshwater Pond was previously charged for the same offence.
Both females granted station bail
Police in a statement, today, May 3, 2021, said the two females were granted bail until their appearances before the Magistrate’s Court on May 6, 2021.
Akeem Hopkinson, 22, and Shameek Grant, 28, both of Zion Hill, have been charged with Murder, Possession of a Firearm with Intent to Endanger Life and jointly charged with Shermar Richardson for Robbery in the same incident.
Richardson, 24, of Gene Hill was previously charged with robbery.
3 males remanded to prison
All there men appeared before the Magistrate’s Court and were remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison.
During the robbery, in which $2950 was taken, Catherine Pickering, 67, was shot in the head and chest with what police suspect to be an AK-47 assault rifle. Pickering died of her injuries a day later.
See previous article published May 2, 2021
Female teen arrested in Paraquita Bay robbery/murder probe
- 4 persons previously charged; 3 remanded to prison
Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) has been informed by sources close to the investigation that a second female has been arrested in relation to the robbery and fatal shooting at Paraquita Bay, Tortola on April 18, 2021.
During the armed robbery, Catherine Pickering was shot in the head and chest, allegedly with an AK-47 rifle and succumbed to her injuries on April 19, 2021.
Four persons were previously charged. Shameek Grant, 28, and Akeem Hopkinson, 22, of Zion Hill were jointly charged with Murder, Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm with Intent to Endanger Life; Shermar Richardson, 24, was charged for Robbery and female Tyann Smith, 20, of Freshwater Pond was charged with aiding offenders in this incident.
Grant, Hopkinson and Richardson all made their first court appearances and were remanded to prison.
Smith has not yet been placed before the court.
Meanwhile, our newsroom was told today, May 2, 2021, that a second female, an 18-year-old, was arrested on April 28, 2021, on suspicion of Aiding and Abetting.
The teen was also said to have been hospitalised.
More details to follow.
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74 Responses to “UPDATE: Female Teen charged in relation to Paraquita Bay robbery/murder”
You need to go out into the real world,at least once.
“Consequently, Jehovah saw that man’s wickedness was great on the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time ... So Jehovah said: “I am going to wipe men whom I have created off the surface of the ground, ...”
When they were allegedly plotting and helping plot the crime, they had no need to be hospitalized. Those two females may be using and trying to play the system to avoid jail.
If you didnt know, stress can bring a baby before its time.
She didn't know that she was pregnant when she was getting involved in the crime that killed an innocent woman? Stress my *as if her baby comes early whose to blame?
Gun with bullet aimed at a target Kills ( for certain) and this victim had no choice in the pre-planned execution. Her family grieving. Turmoil and up heaval remains for many.
The VI is worse off as a result.
This is the saddest thing.
How is such a person, who apparently doesn’t value another’s life, prepared to care for a baby and bring up a child?
Lawlessness of all flavors are in this place. And it is not only these type of robbers in the place. There are also those that steal from their employers in other unscrupulous ways who seem to think that they will get away. But all eyes from the heavens - God Jesus and the angels’ - are upon you thieves and lawless and immoral people. You cannot hide. What the good book says will happen to you has already happened. God’s word never returns to him void.
Not making excuses for those Dam Lazy criminals and murderers from the BVIs hell No. I am not from Tortola but I live here for over 25yrs and love it here so I do care.
I wonder if it can return to the real Nature's Little Secret it use to be. There is a saying that say" it will get worse before it gets better" but I pray to God that it remains just a saying.
However BVislanders must stop making excuses and accept that it is time to call a Spade a spade. Why do you all BVislanders always blame other nationalities for every crime/ wrong that takes place in the BVIs and it is known that BVislanders are as Guilty or even more Guilty in committing those crimes.
If we all profess to be Christians we must remember that God Almighty is not going to ask anyone of us " Where are you from" remember that Please.
For those of us who profess to be Christians please Preach Christianity and "NOT NATIONALITY " .
Your nationality can not be changed even if a BVislander can become an American citizen or a Kittian or Vincentian can become A Naturalized BVislander. You are still from the BVIs and He or She is still from St.kitts or St. Vincent.
The time you all spend talking about that, think Positive and think about things that can progress the BVIs. See what you can do to help YOUR BVIs. Because the other countries are going ahead and leave you behind. That is true.
They have to be made into dust.
Sadly they produce duplicates of themselves and these tragedies are but samples.
The VI knew what to expect, but did it nevertheless.
This set is just a run of the mill group of smith.
Nothing worthwhile as ever been ascribed to them.
understand the message
We the older generation are the ones who created these now monsters. We no longer teach our children to satisfy with what they have and working hard is the only way to achieve whatever they desires in life.
We broke our backs working hard to give these kids a comfortable life, because we don't want them to grow up in struggles as we did in our days. But is it such a bad thing to struggle?....at least we learned to appreciate our hard work. I said it so many times , government need to have some free outreach programs, sailing school,mechanic school, marine school, dress making school, cooking school......FREE ,so that we can encourage the families/kids to take advantage of these schools.
Please Mr. Chief, this is an obvious cry for youthful attention.
I do not know these offenders nor their mommas and poppas,, They are products of some transplants that are within a bubble in the VI. A toxic unearthly bubble with parents from a nether world.
Morals,sanctity of life, self respect is taught by example. Programs won't help. Black folks have been programmed to thy kingdom come. Insulting demeaning pages initiated and patronizing via the Black American experience.
The UK reclaiming this place with changes in immigration to encompass their citizens with voting rights and elected office in the VI will change the demographic to one that is more conducive to civility.