Woman accused of resisting arrest; failure to give name & address to Police
The defendant, Feddis Matthias of West End was charged for parking less than 20 ft from the Intersection, obstructing traffic, failure to remove a vehicle at the request of a Police Officer, refusal to give name and address and resisting arrest. She is represented by attorney-at-law Stephen Daniels.
Mr Daniels led the witness in questioning and attempted to convey among other things that there was a failure by the officer to properly identify herself at the scene of the incident, which led to the defendant’s refusal to accede to the officer’s request.
Sergeant Monsanto confirmed that she was in plain clothes and did not present her badge at the time the defendant was approached near the service road in the vicinity of Scotiabank on October 27, 2011.
She indicated, however, that she revealed to the defendant that she was an officer and noted that she would show her badge at a later time and felt the defendant had believed her at the time.
Mr Daniels countered this by asking how she knew that the defendant had believed her to which the witness responded that Ms Matthias’ response to her gave that indication.
The court was also told that traffic was allegedly obstructed for about 4 minutes and the officer went to investigate the sounds of horns blowing before trying to confront Ms Matthias, who had entered the bank.
When she was approached, Ms Matthias allegedly told the officer that she had left someone else in the vehicle and allegedly refused to move it or give her name to the officer. She allegedly said that she didn't have a name when the officer requested same.
The officer further revealed that no measurements were taken to ascertain the distance the defendant had parked from the intersection in addition to which no pictures of the scene were taken. She also disclosed that there was a uniformed officer with her at the time that did not have any role in the arrest of the defendant.
The officer also drew a rough map of the scene that allegedly represented the state of events at some point during the incident and this was tendered as evidence.
Crown Counsel Leslie-Ann Faulkner, who led for the prosecution, said there was one additional witness to be called in the matter.
Magistrate Tamia Richards said the case would be called again on December 3, 2012.
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8 Responses to “Woman accused of resisting arrest; failure to give name & address to Police ”
I have no patience for these lazy, worthless, disrespectful, inconsiderate drivers. Find somewhere to park and do your business - stop blocking traffic. I would like to personally thank Ms.Monsanto for trying to deal with this
Businesses MUST be made to dedicate a percentage of the land they are building on for customer parking. Parking on the street or in parking lots of other businesses is NOT acceptable. This is T&CP problem and needs to be corrected. The same goes for private homes as well. Parking on our narrow roads is also not acceptable and homeowners need to include proper driveways with sufficient parking for their own use.