One individual has been charged and remanded at the state prison in connection to a shooting incident at the All Nations Bar in Newtown early Monday morning.
Alpha Alexander appeared before Magistrate Ossie Lewis today on three firearm related offenses.
He pleaded not guilty to one of the charges, a summary matter, but was not required to plea to the others as they are indictable. These will be heard before a judge and jury at the high court following a preliminary inquiry.
Alexander’s bail was denied after the prosecution objected to his release on the grounds that Alexander would interfere with investigations and witnesses if at large.
The firearm, according to the prosecutor, has not yet been recovered. “We feel that if we have more time we can recover the firearm,” the prosecutor told the court.
Alexanfer’s lawyer, Zena Dyer, countered by stating that the prosecution did not provide reasonable grounds for bail to be denied. The lawyer labeled a request from the prosecution to have her client’s conviction record revealed during today’s bail hearing as one which was not in keeping with court law.
Dyer argued that a defendant’s conviction card should only be presented during a bail hearing if the accused has a history of committing similar offenses, especially while on bail. She claimed that this was not mentioned as one of the prosecution’s grounds for objecting to bail.
Dyer also argued that there is “absolutely no evidence” to prove that Alexander will interfere with investigations or witnesses and asked that any evidence be shown. She further accused the police of not having evidence to support their charges. “If they have evidence give us now,” she stated.
The prosecution refused to provide any evidence in the matter stating that there was no obligation to provide evidence during a bail hearing.
Dyer accused the prosecution of keeping her client locked up as a means of punishing him.
Magistrate Lewis remanded Alexander for a week in order to give more time for police to compete investigations.
Lewis said that if the defendant was indeed released today, he could have interfered with the course of justice, which is reasonable ground to deny bail.
His bail will be reviewed on March 11 and the preliminary inquiry is scheduled for June 20, 2011.
Disclosure was ordered to be made by May 15,2011.
anytime a man does a crime and did not serve time for it he will do it again and again .dominicans wake up STOP praising criminals .its young men like him that is allowing our country to become what it is becoming . domanicans were are our moral values were is our young people?what are we doing have we forgotten the words of our national emblems EX:
the red central emblem symbolises commitment to social justice . the last words of our national pledge i promise to work diligently and help build a prosperous and peaceful nation. what about the verse of the national song that says : and a people strong and healthy full of Godly reverent fear i belive that when people like alpha comes be for the court that the national pledge should be repeated by the accused .
man hatin Y cauz he does mashup their woman so they want him to stay up
I had the opportunity to talk to Alpha on numerous occasions when he was last imprisoned. He was well loved by the prison staff. Very helpful, stayed out of trouble etc. That young man promised me just a few weeks before he was to be released that he would NOT return to a life of crime. His plan was to learn a trade, try and do some classes and get a job. Has our system failed Alpha in not giving him follow up care? I’m not gonna point fingers or blame anyone, but I’m deeply saddened that Alpha went back down the road that had him imprisoned for most of his youth.
And your point is…………………………………???????????????????????????????????????????/
we Want Behanzin on that case
BOY SHD STAY IN SCHOOL…. ANNET RAISED A FOOL
The crookrd lawyers we have him out by the end of the week ,so he can commit more crime.pay the bail and walk free.
my dere its the lawyers job to defend her client regardlessof the crimre
that should be on an episode of world’s dumbest criminals….all for a fish and chips man
hmph
All of all u that commenting saying the man is an idiot stop check the man and check all u self…. all u like damasses
you condone crime,he is and idiot.i hope he serves time.
And get a life
leave alpha alone… i goin to make his moda watch what allu sayin…. we doesnt play
!!!!! d dam lil girl allu have to go and INVESTIGATE for.. wat allu have to look for allu nt lookin for it
he will not serve time, come on .he has the best lawyer in D.A
Alpha needs to stay locked up but the problem is those Dyer’s you all are a bunch of wicked people always making criminals walk free so you all can make money. I just wish is all I saying
they are jus doin their jobs, hey if i was gettin paid i would do it too
once again its a lawyer job to defend their clients. if u were facing charges u would want ma dyer to get u out
Yah I agree is their job they doing but money is the root of all evil but i hope the Dyers have a good lawyer when they lose a case and they turn the violence on them.
Some people always Glorify criminals until they or their family become a victim of crime. Time will tell.
I will never forget the day Alpha pull a pump on me ehhh.
alpha time will come soon let him play the fool still. u all willl hear about him.bloody fool as he is.
I agree with you..
Send Alpha prison, he comes out, goes back in and the process continues. It is evident that our system is not working. There is no true reformation taking place in the prisons.
We are not ready to fight crime in Dominica. This country has become a land of sodom and gomorrah! This nation does not believe in the creator. Their nation prayers are crocodile prayers. This is the sad state of affairs.
Whenever paganism is the order of the day, this is the path of going astray.
Alpha again, that (boy) man just not learning, keep him there for the carnival season. Some persons people will be safe.
AAAAh, refreshing news, for now! One down and a few hundred more to go.
keep de bloody idoit inside, don’t want to get bad news this carnival season that my mum, dad, bro niece etc is in de cold box cause dis fool is hungry again. Let him eat as much as he can in stockfarm and get use to the food.
Let the lawyers & prosecution battle it out in court because that’s their work, by Bonjay them criminal bold where he get all them gun and shooting as doh he is a kid with a toy gun playing cowboy. So mouth of the south is the gangster judge rating who more gangster than who even saying dead gangster better than living gangster etc. This mouth of the south need to sit on his/her mouth and shut it tight
I really donn get why people crushing the dyer family. You have prosecution and defending lawyers. Hey specialize in two different things. Without them both, there is no way the system would work. Some specialize in both, yes, but then they all over the place. How would you feel if you knew you was innocent and only dyer defended you? Blame he criminal not the lawyer. It’s a job like any other.
i agree with u, thats the same thing i am saying
Thank you Dyer, and I agree with you.
Must admit! Known this guy since in high school doing crimes. Obviously by now he has gotten his phd in illegal activities. Law is law so no evidence is a problem but it is about time we rid our streets of rubbish and clean up our country
One less idiot on the road for jouvert morning. Lord knows we need a peacful carnival and can’t allow madd squadd to be the lawless group they were before.
Good job Ossie! U not like Baptiste at all
Not the famous Alpha from the famous mad squad, who they just release there after all this charade with the man they kill? No man!!!!!
He wasn’t released and to be honest. I know and practice law and if the police don’t have evidence then they cannot really hold him. Also, he is not obligated to release previous conviction information because that’s the law. It’s like that all over the commonwealth. We adopted a British system so…
Not yet having retrieve the firearm, according to the police, is not the same as not having evidence.
The Truth, if you say you know and practice las, then you will no that a firearm in not the only evidence one should look for in a shooting, though it would be critical for the police in proving their case beyond reasonable doubt.
Na I read that commen wrong. Jus read it again. And from what they defending lawyer said they ain’t got evidence. Else they would have had to show some to keep him on remand.
That’s exactly what it is, our laws. The Cabinet, the AG, the justice system need to look at those laws that are helping lawyers to defend all those criminals that threaten the lives of Dominicans, and do as they please. They in and out of jail, like is the bathroom they going to, and steadily threatening the public. This is a serious problem, and the government that we put there to work for us need to see to that. We need to move with the times, because the criminals and the level of crime is surely keeping up with the changing times.
mwanga go alpha come out,,, i wonder why alpha did not try to reclaim his post while bill gates was around,,,,, boy i tell allu mwanga was a kool pardna,,, bill gates would never do the foolishness alpha did,,, bill gates understood that the life have repercussions so he moved like a business man,,, alpha n others like him still actin like kids,,, dats why alpha n the others can never reach where mwanga/bill gates reach,,, can never see the kinda dough bill gates had,,, he will stay pushing bike vroom vroom but will not own prime real estate n new model volvo,,, honestly i don’t support that life style but to each his own,,, i always use to say gangsta for gangsta i rather be like mwanga every day lol,,,
what u don’t know will not hurt you sweetie…don’t make bill gates make his life look as glamorous as it was….u just don’t know….do a little research….question why he died too
so idiotic , i could just slap youl
lol,,, i hope u bring some kokoy sho also
but Marigot specify who u talking about nh plz
Bill Gates ma R’ ass. Stop Glorifying these criminals. Monga was just that. All that blood money could not help him. In the after life none of that ISH matters. Unless if KILLING PEOPLE IS A BUSINESS NOW.
Yeah…………..BILL GATES WAS THE TRUE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LARGER THAN LIFE
mouth of the south u sottttttttttttttttttt…………….u gay man?
where is Mr. mwanga today?
Respect to Omara small R.I.P Realease Gangstar
alpha took the wrong path in life…we are what we are brought up to be..
Don’t come with that. I know people who been homeless and became leadin business men and women. With no adults to guide them. So drop that. Weak minds do loose things. People who try to impress others with no care for consequences. And what hurts me, they have nothing! And people put them on a hype because they do rubbish with their life.
so tru……….wat he have a bar
is that the same alpha??? smfh!!yes ah boy hmmm thats all i have to say, ma dyer self all she can do is defend the wicked people Jah not a popo
shouldn’t**
No bail. But dat is nonsense.
Make your mind up. One minute its there’s no law in Dominica. Dominica is a lawless state etc.
Lets hope the police have caught the right man, and if they have then I agree NO bail (if he could so easily fire a gun for such a stupid reason). Thank goodness no one was hurt.
Ma Dyer sa la.
dem dyer girls… i hopeee they ask god for forgiveness bec i realise they are always defending criminals.. How do they sleep at nights? what if someone had gotten killed? Then they seat in church on a sunday and act all holy… Pleaseeeee. I know innocent until proven guilty blah blah blah but these heffers always representing the bad guys.. SMDH.. All they see is dollar signs but there day shall come
WORD!!!!!
Don’t blame the lawyers, BLAME THE CRIMINALS. They are hired to defend/represent them in court. What you want them to do say no because they are criminals? They are great defenders, thus the reason for they being hired over and over again. It is the nature of the business.
It is common sense. ALpha is a bad egg that needs to be locked up in jail especially after serving time in jail for his involvement in the murder. I am happy he was denied bail for whatever reason, and he needs to be kept in jail until after carnival. BUT DON’T BLAME THE LAWYERS PLEASE
I’m not suprised at all. Its just a matterr of time before he gets killed or he kills again.
WAW!!!
The prosecution could just say they want D man to stay in jail until Carnival over because he might get hungry again during D jump up and start to shoot again….stupes.. Just tell D magistrate the truth nor??….. Stupesss
I hope they have D right man!!
lol… i like that…is tru…tht is ting all d drinks finish in d band and d man shoot up d place!
that is a kixx wii pal……lol. he should write a book. How a hungry Gangster gets On When denied Food and Drink………..just Shoot Up the Place……..lol.
I hope soo too.
lol, is that they don’t want to mess up the val.
Keep it real they rather him kill after the val, so it
can be incident free. What a joke, i don’t know him
but it seems everybody else does and mr not sounding
nice. Ease up yourself partner badman doesn’t live too long
in those times here
for real bro…….and my partner most of them retardeds are rebels without a crime. they have know reason to get on bad. there excuse is that they from the ghetto. Geeeeez man who in this time wants to stay in the ghetto. You dont have to forget it becuz there will b some unfortunate ones who didnt get the opprortunity to get out……so u cant forget them but ………..come on. Thats a real lame excuse dread. Because one of my mentores is from the worse ghettos in Trinidad. and today hes a multi-millionaire because of his skilld he did not give up on when it was being taught to him. So ghetto my a*&.