A total of nine charges have been leveled against a Kings Lane family as a result of an alleged incident between them and police on Wednesday.
Egbert (father), Nola (mother) and Mc Garvin Peters (son) appeared before Chief Magistrate Evelina Baptiste this morning where they pleaded not guilty to majority of the charges.
It is alleged that police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) came to the defendants home to carry out an arrest on Mc Garvin when a fight ensued.
A number of onlookers were said to have gathered in the said area and witnessed the alleged incident.
The mother, Nola Peters, appeared in court with a bandage to her forehead. She was seen repeatedly applying pressure to her left eye brow area using what appeared to be tissue paper. Mc Garvin also had visible swelling to his face.
Apart from an obstruction charge which Nola pleaded guilty to, all other charges received not guilty pleas. They were; two battery, two assault, two resisting arrest, threats and another obstruction charge. The threats charge was only brought against Mc Garvin while the latter charge of obstruction was brought against Mc Garvin and his mother.
The three were bailed by another one of the defendants’ sons in the sum of $7,500 each. They are to reappear on March 23, 2012 for trial. Conditions of their bail are that they report to the Roseau Police Station every Wednesdays and not interfere with any witnesses in the matter. They are also not to commit any other offense while on bail.
They were unrepresented.
to young voter ,u kno if it was no recrutes, u talkin about let them police do their work. shut ur A hole,ur young voter for true.
Do you know that this Mc Garvin guy has 23 cases before the court ? he needs prayers.He almost kill a young guy as well for nothing ,he goes with men for money ! It’s time his mom ask herself a questoin and seek help for this young man , first she need too allow God in their life . So please allow the policemen to do their job ! Thank you .
police bilive they more than people but one day they will get their judgement GOD doesnt sleep,some of dem police need a good beaten they are wicked ppl ,that is not justice!!
it is so sad when these things happen. there are officers who like beating up on people, but when three people beating up on one man, he must let them kill him? you mean the police is so darft to beat up the young man infront his family? come on people. The young man is a trouble child and whether the police had come and talk nicely he would get on. Sometimes to parents harbor the wrong there children do and still want to be wrong and strong. when send to arrest this troubled children you send men and not the young officers that just came out from training, they will make mense meat of them and trained them how to deal with anger people and how to approach them.
a lady son was arrested for fighting in school,thi s boy had to fight 3 boys and he and his little brother on attack him with a sharp object,this boy was only 15yrs old and skinny,when the police had the minor in there costody thye beat the little skinny boy and sweel his knees and hands after they hand cuffed him to the chaire the poor mother took him to the hospital the following day he was released, I loan the mother 1500 Ecc to hire a lawyer,but why why they beat the minor? why must they do what the want,doesent the constitution protect us from any gov agresion toward its own citizen? why she need to hire a lawyer for when police cant torture a minor in the custody,
I understand that no one want to be arrested. why is it when a police come to arrest someone they have to do it in such a way to humiliate the person, even hit persons, sometimes even give them bittings that leaves visible markings. But when persons react to what the officers are doing they call it BATTERY ON POICE. What is the name to be given to when a police go beyound the law on someone and bet them sometimes sending them to the hospital or killing them? Look at what happen to those that kill the guy in the carib territory. When for the police to do the real work, they do not. Look at the amount of break ins that are going on around the island. Just remember GOD IS WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE, even though you hid and lie about what you are doing to us.
Some police officers really wicked, you dont have to resist arrest for them to beat you, if you are not saying what they want you to say, they beating you up. Speaking from experience.
police just wicked….. doe even ask for task force nothing they havent got to do…. n them ppl doe rite they shud kill the police…..
IT sad.No citizen should hit an officer, but no officer should beat up citizen, They allow to put pressure if they refusing an arest. that story strange no hit police and go on bail, this people would have been dead meat. I can’t believe that story. 90% police are always wrony they carry the laws to a different direction.I hope this family walk behind the law. this is a serious matter.Any way let us not judge wrong.
I must say i was present in my office and ran downstairs and witness the whole fracas. The police came to pick up the lady child, she jump on the police and started beating him, then her husband joined in. The two little police officers had their hands full with the lady and her family. I saw for myself what happened and what i can say is that the people were obstructing and beating the police
You`re sure winner, as a true citizen i hope you already gave a written statement to the police as an eye witness and stand ready to show up in court and testifie if needed, during their trial for as we know they are presumed innocent untill proven guilty by our written laws. Ipray you do not change your mind regardless of what comes your way to the contary. Dominica will be a better place with people like you. Thanks in advance and hope there are others like you.
Its apity the incident was not video by someone on fone at the sence of the attacke on the police by the boy parents as mentioned here.
No one is above the law , that the problem in Dominica our people dont not respect the law.
How can you obstruct the officers from doing their work, as I said before they should be charge for obstructing the course of justice.
@Anonymous
….sakway matehhh!!
I should be there to deliver some punches on those criminals. They think they bad. I’m elated with the officers performance
It’s HIGH time comes for u guys to know wat went down, ur comments won’t be as negative as it is. Let justice be served where justice is due. No parents would stand there and see their son die in a hands of AN OFFICER of the LAW( put there to serve and protect) and not do nothing. Don’t be bias. Donot judge pple by their past. Hope the four fingers pointin back at u are righteous. Prison is not for one set, its for all. He is not the first,and shall not be the last. GET UR FACTS STR8888 b4 commentin these words, for wen the real story is out, y’all be singin a dif’nt song.
hold u go pack up retard everybody know wat went down thats why they commenting and is not first time mr in trouble with de law. de last time he beat up a police u not saying dat one. pack up ure blotclat nonsence dem police did there job even doe am not in favor of wat they just do hitting ppl but still in dat case am with the po po
were you even there, do you even know of that family, do you even know what took place, do you even know the the officer had to fire a shot in the air for them to get off him, and you know what they didn’t stop they kept on beating the officers, so do me a favor and SHUT UP!!!!!!!
if it was a big shot family DNO would never put nothing.but because is poor ppl dey fast to post.
but i telling u, a day will come when poor will be rich and rich poor. dis world is really unfair.
my lady, fight for your son eh. doh worry with dominicans. dey too WICKED!!!
your comment is very byass
Fighting with an officer often is considered a felony. Often results in time in the pen. The reasonable thing would have been to let the police carry out their arrest and file your complaint or pursue a lawsuit for wrong doing against your son or family. Unless the family has solid evidence this does not bode well for them. Here in lies a moment to reflect on the saying “sometimes you got to take two steps back before you can make one step forward.”
The family were wrong to interfere with the police They were doing their work. but on the hand, in Dominica, u dont have to touch a police, they charging u with battery on police.
kings lane massive……….. why de police mess in with nola? don’t they know she’s an icon? hehehehe
I hope your backyard clean before giving advice to peeps. Dominicans like to give people talk but their life screwed up like everyone else’s
IS HIGH TIME SOMEONE PUT A STOP TO DAT CRIMINAL OFFICER,MR ALWAYS BEATIN PPLE AN HE HAS A HABBIT OF SHOWIN OFF ON PPL, ITS NOT DE FIRST TIMEBUT HIS DAY WILL COME DOH WORRY. IF DEM OFFICER WAS ACTIN RATIONALE DE FAMILY WUD ACT RATIONALE. DOMINICANS IF ALLU HAD SEEN THOSE OFFICERS ALL U WUD NEVER MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND DEM MAN WAS ACTIN LIKE FIGHTERS NOT POLICE OFFICERS, DATS HOW OFFICERS DOES ACT. DATS JUS ASHAME ON DE FORCE AND TO THINK IWAS GOING AN JOIN POLICE IN DA, I CHANGE MY MIND. YOU MAD HMM
we dont want criminals in the force good choice stay out
any thing u do in da u are conisider a criminal, especially poor people children but wat we fail to realize it ave bigger criminals in the dominica police force and all of dem are killers.is so dey kill de young man from grandbay an throw his body in the valley and lie about, dat is wat de woman shud mak dem do her child. lady i telling you do stand up for ur justice,fight, fught fight for ur justice eh. HMMMM, POLICE BOI!AH WA WII.
is so it it is in dominica once u see ppl spoil ur children name dat is the end of it, no matter wat u do, right or wrong u always guilty especiaaly wen u not beggin dem. they will say the world about u. from wat i saw no police officer not tryin dat with my family ya, i sp[oilin dem fellas u mad.
to de ahole dat say in da dat does happen true dat cus if it was somewhere else dem man wud dead. long time someone put a stop to criminals in uniform, callin dem self officers.
Well, I know Mc Garvin. I Surprise is not stone he run and take to knock the police. That’s all he use to do when he was going to school. The boy is so arbitrary it not even funny. For Nola (I thought it was LOLA). He never wrong. When she stop pushing her hand in fire for Mc Garvin and he other children will be when the hand turn charcoal and burn. she is what my grandmother call sootiweh. and It is sad that mother, father and son are all in it. No one in that family can reason out??? sad or stupid!!!!!
I agree. I know dem well.
Some of you people who made these negative comments are common VVh0r$e bed it man or woman. Nasty change all you life
The thing with you people is that you think that all police officers are bad or wicked or evil but when their do they jobs like in the situation above and the people fight them what else they can do but use force. All of you too bias and hypocrite. If it was not for the police who works long hard hours you think Dominica we be as it is today? Go overseas and tell me how you like it. If you go to Sm.martin you know of the amount of killing and how police not doing anything. Antigua is the same to the point that you as a civilian have to walk with your own form of protection. Over this year Antigua police got over 150 different types of guns during a traffic check. Educate your self and don’t act like an @$$ over the world wide web!! Some of you know you are prostitutes for drug dealers and all kind of criminals so you talk for your deadly bread and some just uneducated and want to be noticed. I would send all of you all Jamaica let me see how you all would like it. Bad mind all you bad mind but when the time comes and you meet someone is a badder mind you will see. I will hear about all you. Police are here to protect us yes it have bad ones but not all bad. Are you any bed???
people just sayin wat they want,dem police does be well wrong sometimes.they lookin 4 position n money
People in Dominica do not respect the law. We must stop interfering when the police is caring out their duties . The parents should be charges of obstucting the course of justice. Only in Da this rubbish happens
If the parent is not happy they should report the officer to the police complains commission (if Dominica) has one.
Dominican police is noted for police brutality.. The officers can be very heavy handed when carring out arrest.
People must also have video evidence when police are to heavy handed on individuals.
None in Dominica should be above the law
Did i read”only in Dominica this rubbish happens” are you kidding? think again.The language ‘rubbish” is usually from English
or London. if u are think again
Why??? Thatis hoiw some our people react no respect for the law and very narrow minded politically..Hope you are not??? when you travel to a civilised world you become broaded minded…Amen
this boy is just trouble.always in the hands of the law.your son did a crime, stil resisting arrest and allu still want to fight with police. if allu know he inocent, go to court and prove it, dont go fighting with police. all the persons making comment. if you on a job and a group of persons attack ,wouldn you defend yourself?
They had to be dealt with that way.You must respect the law.Good job guys.
good for dem. they think they is boss. wat de hell you want to fight with dem police for. alu dont know is a beating alu go get. dat feller mem self tink he bad everybody know wat he just do for all de ting he have lol and want to play bad man. i doe saying dem police do right but if is police u want to fight with u go get it
I buying my wine an presidente beer from nola on Sat night in front HARLEM PlAZA as d reggae show on. Big up nola
i know right lols
And nobody is putting what the police did under question?
Did they have a court order to search the premises?
Did they have a warrant for the son?
I don’t know the people involved but I do know the police service does not have the right to act like that, and if I was them I would be filing a lawsuit.
You are talking bull. By your own admission, you are unaware as to whether or not the police had a warrant for his arrest and the article did not mention anything about searching the premises but yet you are judging the police.
YES THEY DID .. YOU DIDNT READ .. THEY CAME TO ARREST HIM .. SO THERFORE AN ARREST WARRANT IS ISSUED .. READ ! THATS WHY IT IS CALLED RESISTING ARREST
These names seems familiar, DNO do you have anything in your archives on this guy the son?
YES THEY DO .. JUST ASK AND YOU WILL HEAR
well this family really love one another to even fighting with the police officer for what to protect there son now tell me who will be protecting them when the jugues make hes decision,if it another country all of them would be in the big house already no bail when you firght with police officer that a crimean whereby I lives and you can spending up to 5 years for it
Alas these people have no class. The sad thing is they are multiplying.
Me for dem to hit because they have the law on their side….If they think they’re invincible, the lord has ways of “chopping” them down to size.
Nola and her brood…. good thing everybody innocent until PROVEN guilty. because i would say guilty………
i my self not saying no body hit police because right now police realy over doing thing they don’t know how to talk to people they like to beat people first especialy young children like what they did in possie last week , when a grandmother was arrested and on bail .them young police hot blooded now all they know is hit man because they have the law
It high time police in Dominica must stop brutializin peole when they are making and arrest and also know how to talk to people.
it time Da citizen start to video when being beaten by officers. It just not rigth to treat people like this evem the person is being arrested for a crime or and incident.
mayb ppl like u need to join d force.in so doin, u wont fight back to protect urself.
if im a police n i go to arrest some1, n u tink u goin to attack me, i sure wil defend myself
AGREE WID KM .. IT HAVE SOME PPL IN DOMINICA THAT TOO WICKED .. I WAS IN A BAR AND A PARTNER WAS GETTIN ON .. THE POLICE TOLD HIM RELAX HE IS POLICE OFFICER YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAN DID .. HE START CURSIN THE POLICE AND SAYIN CAUSE HE THINK HE POLICE CAN STOP HIM .. AND HE KEEP SAYIN ALL KIND OF THINGS .. NOW IF YOU WAS IN HIS CASE WHAT WOULD YOU DO ? SOMEBODY CURSIN YOU .. STOPPIN YOU FROM DOIN YOU JOB .. WHAT WOULD YOU DO ?
well I can’t wait 2 read comments under this story..lol!! I must pass out dere tonight..
i agree with the parents. fight for all u children. my parents never stood up for me.
those police tooo wicked. they will get dere share doh worry.
That is not the way to fight for a child. Not be encouraging crime and prostitution. I thank God that there are police officers to protects us from persons like that. I sincerely hope that they are charged big time!
Teacher, did they mention the crime? it was an arrest…. how do single out prostitution?
Regardless of how bad we think some people are, we should not jump to what we think we know or perceive to be true.