Police investigate discovery of lifeless body at Baytown, and series of burglaries

A lifeless body found at Baytown Roseau has prompted an investigation by the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF).

Dominica News Online (DNO)  has been reliably informed by police sources that on the morning of April 6, 2022, a male individual was found in an unresponsive state in the aforementioned location.

The police say the individual who is believed to be a shoemaker operating in the city of Roseau, was known to be a sickly person.

While his identity was not revealed, DNO was informed that a full investigation has been launched into the cause of his death.

In more police news, head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Belgrove Charles, has informed DNO that his department is investigating a series of burglaries which occurred in the last few days.

ASP Charles said that between 6:00 p.m. on April 4, 2022, and 7:45 a.m. on April 5, 2022, part of the building housing the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on Turkey Lane, Roseau, was broken into and one desktop monitor was reported as stolen from the prosecutor’s office.

DNO was also informed of a burglary at the Social Centre Preschool.

When contacted, a member of staff at the preschool informed us that this was the second burglary at the institution in one week.

She said on March 31, 2022, tools were stolen while on the weekend of April 1, 2022, cleaning supplies were stolen from the preschool.

DNO will continue to follow these stories and report any new developments.

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9 Comments

  1. Braindamage
    April 7, 2022

    Things are so bad here in Dominica, that thieves see the need to raid DPP’s office, the lion’s mouth.

  2. Toto
    April 7, 2022

    Man, that is so sad. Was he the cobbler operating on the pavement beside the DSS. I hope he did not die because of crime. Roseau is becoming a fetid ugly place of evil, where you have to watch your back all the time. Meantime we have not seen any official report of the Dominican flag ship Arzburg that was sunk in Ukraine on 3 April. It is not only our flag it flying you know. All ships become legally part of the territory where they registered so that boat was part of our territory and it’s crew subject to our law. Don’t make light of that. This is serious people.

  3. Paul Charles
    April 6, 2022

    Is it ASP or Acting ASP or Acting Supt. Belgrove Charles? These are three different titles used all over Dominican media.

  4. My little take
    April 6, 2022

    That news about the office of The DPP being burglarized is very fishy. It looks and sounds like inside work or what we refer to during war as friendly Fire. Between 6pm-7:45 am? They think is me they fooling. And a laptop was stolen? Boy you see our police news these days. It’s hard for me to believe anything those police say because now are days they are not working in the interest of the state but rather in the interest of Roosevelt Skerrit. They are only concerned about how to protect, facilitate and help hide those criminals we have in office. Don’t be surprised they themselves either took the laptop so they could either delete somethings that would incriminate their boy or to change something on record. Sorry I don’t trust the DPP or the entire judiciary that is only bent on doing Skerrit’s dirty work

  5. Shaka zulu
    April 6, 2022

    ASP Charles said that between 6:00 p.m. on April 4, 2022, and 7:45 a.m. on April 5, 2022, part of the building housing the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on Turkey Lane, Roseau, was broken into and one desktop monitor was reported as stolen from the prosecutor’s office.
    This is not burglary……. Thats the next level of criminal activity when involved an officer of the court. Someone is trying to destroy evidence and the material stolen is tooo specific. You should investigate from within and seems it is not first time.

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  6. Ask Mel
    April 6, 2022

    With that CBI that’s under a lot of scrutiny in the international world I am not ruling out any damn thing. I am not ruling out the Skerrit Police force doing their dirty work for their master and try to make us us believe the place was burglarized. We are living in strange times and the Skerrit police have reputation of doing a lot of things for their master and if you still have doubts ask Choksi

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  7. Ibo France
    April 6, 2022

    Sincerest sympathy to the immediate family, relatives and friends of the dearly deceased. May God bring you some solace in your time of bereavement.

  8. Ibo France
    April 6, 2022

    People breaking a preschool to steal detergents. This is a sure act of desperation when persons are willing to sacrifice years of their freedom behind bars for a few cheap, cleaning supplies. Things in the country have got seriously daunting.

    These daring acts of criminality are a true reflection of the desperate state of affairs in Dominica. Too many people are living on the periphery of life in this once peaceful and law abiding country. We need an urgent economic revolution. Does anyone see any chance of Skerrit and his concoction of mental invalids and slavish disciples delivering this change?

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