3 in court for robbery in Rio Claro

The accused men are Jovin Jotis, 27, of Rest House Village in Mayaro; Kevon Pierre, 23, of Gran Lagoon, also in Mayaro; and Cobin Scott, 21, of Plum Mitan Junction as well as Point Fortin. All three accused are unemployed.

They appeared in the Rio Claro Magistrate’s Court charged by PC Abraham with two counts of robbery with aggravation and possession of ammunition.

The charges against the accused men alleged that on Thursday at about 7 pm, they together with another person, being armed with a firearm and a knife committed the act at Unipet Service Station located at the Naparima/ Mayaro Road in Rio Claro.

Police report Anil Moonan was at the service station where two men, one armed with a firearm and the other with a knife, stormed in.

The armed men ordered Moonan as well as a pump attendant to hand over all cash to which they complied.

The armed men made off with an estimated $11,000 and fled the scene in a car which had two accomplices.

A report was made to the nearby Rio Claro Police Station and under the supervision of Cpl Naim Mohammed, officers responded.

Police reported Mohammed, together with PCs Abraham, Sookoo, Mohammed, Meighoo, Charles, Ali and Ramkissoon intercepted the car a short distance away along the Naparima/Mayaro Road.

The officers only retrieved a portion of the stolen cash and a fourth accomplice managed to evade them.

The report added that when police searched the car, they found four rounds of ammunition.

When the matter was called before Ramsaran, court prosecutor Sgt Ramnarine Gadar did not make any recommendation on how to proceed.

Ramsaran remanded the accused into custody for tracing to reappear in court on Wednesday.