The police have launched an investigation into the shooting death of a Stock Farm man, Mervin Robinson.
Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), acting Assistant Superintendent Belgrove Charles reported that on Thursday, January 20, 2022, his department responded to “a shooting incident in Stock Farm which left one man dead.”
“The body of Mervin Robinson was found at his home in Stock Farm lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds,” Charles stated.
He said the circumstances by which the deceased Robinson came to his death are being investigated.
“Anyone with information which could assist the police in solving this case should call extension 2665165/64 or 911 and also Crime Stoppers 1-800-8477,” Charles
Robinson’s death marks the third homicide in Dominica of 2022.
Dominica News Online (DNO) will continue to follow this story and bring new developments.
some thing needs to be done with the currupt gogerment and police department. there was an assault case againce the murderer which went on six years and didn’t call. insted the the goverment gave the criminal a license to carry a gun what a shame. i live in the united states and would like return to my home land dominica but? so sad
It seems the problem is with the Court system. When the Police solve the murders and the Criminals are found guilty what do the Courts do? No one ever gets the maximum which is already inadequate. The politicians, who claim to care, never lead in the conversation on adequate severity of the Law. The level of punishment is always an insult to the victim’s family. We need punishment of sufficient severity to deter others. Prison should be a place to be feared. It is always the Criminal’s human rights that are pursued. Will somebody fight for the victims? Or is it that there is no dignity after death?
My sincere condolences to the Robinson family on the execution style murder of Mervin. We all know that his son was apprehended for the murder. It’s a darn shame that no one was able to host a mediation between father and son that could have averted this outcome. I remember Mervin as a jolly person growing up in Dominica. A caring and helpful man who was a dear friend to me before migrating out of Dominica over 30 years ago. I can only share from my perspective.
Truth be told, and as a woman, we all know that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and most times women will destroy their children by turning them against their fathers if there is a separation or divorce. The wheels of that destruction spews hatred over time and causes trauma and taking sides. The men also experience trauma and as such, mental health issues are evident but ignored. Most men are too scared to report the trauma for fear of being demeaned, and so the mental health issues manifests and gossip intensifies.
It’s a dam shame you did not mediate. You know so much about the family and did nothing. You remind me of the story of somebody blamed everybody for something that anybody could have done which nobody did. Smh
My condolences to the family.
But y do don’t put my comments nah stupea.
Now @ truth ;
Dam. Shame on you for not mediating between the two. The fact that you know so much, you should be one of them to talk to the two individuals and you try to blame it on someone else. I don’t know them but u do.
You remind me of the story of somebody blaming everybody for something anybody could have done and nobody did. Smh.
My condolences to the family and I hope this guy don’t go mad after what he did. This is a tough one.
Marvel not people because according to Jesus, “ A corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit “ Matt: 7 18. A corrupt government corrupts a nation and the result therefore is evil.
It’s as clear as this: When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn Proverbs 29:2
Simple maths 3 in 21 days which means a murder a week. I am sorry but seems like that might just be the beginning of sorrow with that corrupt and evil government we have in place for 21 years now. That’s just how the curse works and we better be careful because those that support the evil of Skerrit might just see the fruits of the curse bearing on their doorstep
Keep listening to the lies and pro Ganda of Skerrit and the police. Meantime the reality of what’s happening in Dominica today is manifesting in the amount of our young men that are being murdered in Dominica today.
I remember when Skerrit, Blackmore and the DLP rushed to legalize marijuana, Mr Blackmore said one of the main reasons for legalizing it was because too many of our young men were not able to go to the US because of a criminal record of ganja. But Blackmore seems like the criminal record of murder or manslaughter might hurt them more than the ganja wii.
The police didn’t give the age of the victim or that of the shooter but I hope, for the sake of Dominica they are both in their 40’s because of late is Dominica has been building a cricket team of young men in their 20’s that should have been playing cricket for the island but sadly, they are out their murdering one another.
It was earlier this week their was a video circulating where a caller called a sports program and suggested that the Caribbean should dig out all their cricket grounds and plant cassava and ganja. When I heard it I thought well it might already been happening in Dominica since Skerrit and his government completely killed cricket and instead legalized ganja. So now based on the murder trend in Dominica especially where our young men are concerned I wonder if we didn’t dig our cricket grounds and turned them into burial grounds for our potential young cricketers and sportsmen. I am just wondering?????
My brudda wats your problem with 40 something year old nuh? Wats your scene with us? Our time was spent chilling having fun with the girls going on trips and living our life. Now you wishing is us that killing each other what tie is dat nuh dat not our scene
@Funeral Home what a dumb statement “I hope for the sake of Dominica they are both in their 40’s”
Mr. ASP, I hope Mervin Robinson was not one of yours and the public’s reliable informants. According to your description Mervin was executed. Any word on the latest traffic collision involving young Skerrit son of the notorious King of lies?
Based on a claimed population of 72,000 this brings the homicide rate for our country to 4.16 in just one month. If we continue like this it will be 49.92 by the end of this year. Dominica is not as peaceful as we portray it. In 2017, the latest year for which figures are available, our homicide rate was 26.6. Compared with the U.S. (5.0) and the U.K.(1.2) in 2018, this is high but not as high as Venezuela with 36.7, also in 2018.
Source: UNOC, Global Study (also viewable on Wikipedia)
Tell that to “laughing stock” Garson who goes about telling colleagues that Dominica has no crime. The disregard for the law and escalating of Dominica’s crime started from the top. So now, which one of these ministers of government are able to boldly and openly come out and address these criminal activities in Dominica? Not one of them. Because they all have glass windows.
Our country has gone to hell in a hand basket. Drugs, prostitution, murder, domestic violence, political retribution, endemic nepotism, gang violence, police inefficiency and alleged very very very corrupt politicians have taken over Ma Dominique. We need a complete purge people starting with the failed government and nincompoop police force. Then we turn to the clergy and all men of the so called cloth who has lost their tongue in the throats of politicians…yes I said it!
Where have all the good men and women gone?
God help us all.
See how Dominica has become, no wonder we recursed with ll those huricanes ravaging the country. Besides having the canaanites dictating how our elected government govern, we are busy killingone another. I say bring back the deth penaalty
As far I as I am aware the death penalty is still part of our Statutes. Nothing to bring back.
I remember I was listening to the radio last year and on the news the superintendent was jokingly speaking that Dominica only had 9 murders last year, and compared to other countries that’s nothing.
Sincere condolences to the family, friends and acquaintances of the dearly departed. May they find comfort in the memorable moments he has left behind.
Three homicides in the first month of a new year is melancholy for any inhabitants of any country. It’s a very concerning and a frightening trend. Much more needs to be done by government, the police and the citizenry to reverse this ominous tide.
The Police Force is most instrumental in solving crime. They need the assistance of the public to solve most cases. It’s therefore imperative that the police foster a healthy relationship with the civilians. How could this happen when the police intimidate, falsely arrest, brutalise and occasionally kill innocent members of society?
Finally, there are no new strategies nor crime fighting plans in place to reduce criminal activity to negligible levels. The governmen’t’s priorities need rectifying. Put people before self aggrandisement.
Bro we have a reactive police force in Dca. Ask them to present their “2022 Crime Fighting Strategy” and see what they will say. Sad indeed! Carbon does not even have a strategy for addressing the lack of discipline much less.
‘The police have launched an investigation into the shooting ….. ‘ How is this news? Isn’t it their job to investigate crime? It’s a bit like writing ‘The baker has just put his mastif in the oven.’ Why don’t you investigate the circumstances, the victim, etc, and report something worth reading? This is not proper reporting.
Lord have mercy. Nothing can be done for the deceased again but this is already the third homicide for the new year, one stabbing and two shootings. I hope this is not the next level but we well on our way.