{"id":9627,"date":"2010-05-21T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=9627"},"modified":"2010-05-21T11:25:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T17:25:28","slug":"jah-rastafari-rastafarian-says-after-being-caught-with-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/jah-rastafari-rastafarian-says-after-being-caught-with-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Jah Rastafari&#8221; &#8211; Rastafarian says after being caught with weed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/smoking-marijuana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9628\" title=\"smoking-marijuana\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/smoking-marijuana-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/smoking-marijuana-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/smoking-marijuana.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(DNO)<\/strong> A 52-year-old Rastafarian who resides in Bath Road ended up in difficulty with the law when he was caught smoking a marijuana cigarette near the Bath Road Bridge in Roseau at 6 a.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson Dailey, upon seeing a police officer approach him, threw the cannabis cigarette over the bridge. Dailey pleaded guilty to obstruction under the drugs act before Chief Magistrate Evelina Baptiste\u00a0 yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the facts of the case presented by the prosecutor, Constable J. Cornelius was on mobile patrol in that area when he spotted the defendant walking with the lighted \u201cspliff\u201d in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>When he was approached by the officer, Dailey said: \u201cOfficer I just stretching my leg over the bridge&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wake up&#8230; A little weed I have there to free up my head in the morning,\u201d Dailey added.<\/p>\n<p>He was then informed of his offense and cautioned to which he replied, \u201cJah Rastafari..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was then arrested, to which he stated, \u201cYa man, Jah, Jah will guide me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dailey has no previous offenses, according to the court.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Alleyne, the defendant\u2019s lawyer, said in mitigation that his client had not wasted the court\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>Alleyne pointed out that when searched, his client had no additional illegal substance on his person. He also told the court of his client\u2019s clean criminal record until his present offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re crying that the young men need positive role model. At 52, if he so clear about showing an example to the young men, especially on African Liberation Week,\u201d the magistrate stated before sentencing the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>Dailey was fined $800 to be paid by October 30 or he will spend five months in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(DNO) A 52-year-old Rastafarian who resides in Bath Road ended up in difficulty with the law when he was caught smoking a marijuana cigarette near the Bath Road Bridge in Roseau at 6 a.m. yesterday. 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