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(PLTM) - The boyfriend of the Court Clerk, who is currently before the court with him and his family on gun and drug charges, has pleaded guilty.
Gregory Alleyne on Thursday, November 15, pleaded guilty to charges in relation to a gun and ammunition bust in Sea Cow’s Bay, while his girlfriend, mother and brother maintained that they are not guilty.
He however denied that he had the drugs with intent to supply and that the money found in his room was earned from criminal activities.
Notably, Alleyne has been convicted before on similar drug charges.
They will all return to court on November 28 for report.
Previous Article—Court Clerk Gets Bail; Boyfriend Takes Blame
The Court Clerk who was slapped with several charges in relation to a gun and ammunition bust in Sea Cow’s Bay, was late Friday afternoon, November 2, granted $60,000 bail during her first court appearance.
Two other persons with whom she was jointly charged were also released on bail; however, her boyfriend, who has allegedly taken the blame on all the illegal items, was remanded.
The court heard that the boyfriend, Gregory Alleyne, was previously convicted on similar drug charges.
Making their first court appearance since their arrest, Doris Mills, 55, Alisma Wheatley, 24, along with her boyfriend, Gregory Alleyne Jr., 29 and Kervis Collis Rhymer, 35, all of Sea Cows Bay were faced with seven charges.
The first charge read that on October 31, at Sea Cow’s Bay, together they had in their possession the proceeds of criminal conduct in the sum of $2800.
Two charges of the unlawful possession of a gun and a quantity of ammunition were also read to them, which stated that on the same day they had in their possession an unlicensed Glock pistol and 39 rounds of ammunition of various types.
The two drug charges read that they were found with 54 grams of cannabis and 25 grams of cocaine. They were also given two charges of possession of the drugs with the intent to supply.
According to the allegations, on the day in question at about 6:10 am, ranks of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, armed with a warrant, went to conduct a search of the premises which was occupied by the four—Mills and her two sons Alleyne and Rhymer, and Alleyne’s girlfriend Wheatley.
During the search, upon entering Alleyne’s room, when asked if he has anything illegal, the construction worker replied in the affirmative and pointed officers in the direction of a plate containing two small ziploc bags of cocaine.
“It’s cocaine for my personal use,” he reportedly told them.
Two stacks of money amounting to $2800 were also found on a television stand in his room. He claimed he earned it from working in the construction business.
As the search continued, the police uncovered another transparent bag of cocaine in a drawer.
In the 29-year-old’s closet, a left-side Nike sneaker containing two bags of cannabis was found. Under caution, he told the police, “I does smoke it.”
In Rhymer’s bedroom, a bag of cannabis was found in his closet. He denied knowledge of the drugs saying, “I don’t know what it is and I don’t know who it belongs to.”
At the top of his closet, a camouflage bag with three large transparent bags were found—two containing cannabis and one with an assortment of ammunition.
“I never see them thing,” he replied in response to questions about their origin.
Moments later, his brother—Alleyne—told the officers, “Officers, those things all belong to me. They are all mine.”
Over in the bathroom on a shelf, a loaded Glock pistol was found containing 18 rounds of ammunition. When asked whose it was, no one responded. It wasn’t until they were all told that they would be arrested that Alleyne reportedly admitted saying, “It is a firearm Glock pistol and it belongs to me.”
While nothing illegal was found in the mother’s room, two digital scales were found in the living room.
A quantity of small Ziploc bags were also found in Alleyne’s car. He said that he uses those to “separate his weed for smoking.”
The total street value for the cannabis found is $5430 and the cocaine is $2500.
After a bail application by their Attorney Patrick Thompson, Mills, Rhymer and Wheatley were granted bail in the sum of $60,000 each with one surety, and ordered to surrender all their travel documents.
Due to the gravity of the offense, his utterances—and the penalty that the offenses attract—along with consideration of his previous conviction, bail for Alleyne was denied.
The Magistrate also added that a conviction is likely based on the preliminary presentation by the Crown, and a conviction will attract a custodial sentence.
They will return to court on November 15.
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