Dominican pleads guilty to possession of firearm in USVI

Credit: Viconsortium

Lester Gabriel Charles, 35, a Dominican who is in the United States Virgin Island illegally, has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm.

According to news outlet Viconstortium, police responded to an altercation in which Charles was involved.

He later admitted to possessing a Beretta Pierto Model CAT-5802, which he discarded.

The illegal gun was recovered by the police and was found to contain 10 live rounds of ammunition.

The matter was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations and the Virgin Islands Police Department.

Charles will be sentenced on November 15, 2018.

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6 Comments

  1. July 14, 2018

    With the new Trump zero policy on illegals there will more to come back to D.A. with there criminal activities, and with guns to so let skerro expand the prison , or build a new one, you haven’t see nothing yet , they go overseas they don’t even write to there mother, or there fathers, or there nen-nen but when they get send back they want to stay with you, and don’t even look for work or plant a dasheen, them BAMBUCLAT.

  2. BEB.
    July 13, 2018

    Man leave his country to better himself, yet he got himself entangled with an unauthorised firearm, yet he was on the island illegally. When he will be through serving his prison term , he will be deported back to Dominica and then he is going to be a menace to society

  3. mine
    July 13, 2018

    He he there illegal and looking for trouble such an idiot. I don ‘t know what is wrong with these morons. The sad thing is he will be back in DA causing trouble.

  4. smh
    July 13, 2018

    ur woman bring u up der to give u a better life so u making the shame whats wrong with all u fellers…smfh

  5. bigger
    July 13, 2018

    He is illegal so he will be deported back to Dominica. All these undesirables coming back is going to cause havoc in our country

  6. zandoli
    July 13, 2018

    Bad man dat!!
    I hope he gets to spend a lot of time in prison. These characters do not belong among civilized people.

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