Male-female duo charged for gun and ammo! Only woman gets bail
A woman slapped with gun and ammuniction charges was released on bail today while the man she was jointly charged with was placed on remand.
Rhondella Guishard, 25, from Horse Path and Rashon Lewis, 42, from Jacksonville, Florida appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards earlier today for unlawful possession of 24 rounds of ammunition and keeping of an unlicensed firearm.
Lewis is also charged with two counts of possession of a controlled drug and two counts of possession with intent to supply.
Allegations
The prosecution alleged that on August 30, 2022, police officers were on patrol on Blackburn Highway near Hodge’s Creek when they noticed a black vehicle parked in the parking lot of Hodge’s Creek Marina.
The court was told that police officers approached the vehicle and Lewis was in the driver’s seat while Guishard was in the front passenger’s seat.
The prosecution said the police detected the smell of marijuana. The officers asked Lewis if he had anything illegal and he told the officers he had a little bit of weed.
According to the prosecution, the defendant pulled a small plastic bag from his pocket and handed it to the officers. The court was told Lewis was cautioned and he attempted to put his car in gear and evade police officers. He was prevented from doing this and the police proceeded to search the vehicle in front of him and Guishard.
The prosecution said officers found a firearm and a magazine in the glove compartment of the front passenger seat. The court was told both passengers denied any knowledge of the gun. They were both arrested and transported to the Road Town Police Station.
The prosecution said the suspected cannabis was weighed and amounted to 18.17 grams with an estimated street value of $181.70. The gun was said to be a Smith and Wesson M&P with 24 rounds of ammunition in the magazine.
The court was informed that police executed a search warrant on the home of Lewis and 220 grams of suspected marijuana were found in a suitcase. Police also found 1600 grams of MDMA pills or ecstasy.
The prosecution said the police also found that Lewis landed in the territory without proper leave of an immigration officer.
Lewis was ordered remanded and no bail application was made on his behalf by his attorney Stephen Daniels as he is a native of the United States and does not have strong ties to the BVI. Meanwhile, Guishard who was on station bail had her bail extended by Magistrate Richards.
Her attorney, Valerie Stephens-Gordon, told the court Guishard was granted station bail as she suffered an anxiety attack the night after she was arrested.
She told the court her client suffered another anxiety attack the day after and had to be transported to the hospital.
The matter has been adjourned until October 30 for reporting.
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Young tola ppl like she gwan lurn one way ah deh odda…Hard wuk is the only way for a long prosperous life.
She playing a gangster and is afraid of prison time. Lord have mercy
GHETTO FABULOUS WANNA BE UNDERCOVER FEMALE GANGSTER
Anxiety attack?? LOL LOL I bet she wasn’t suffering from any such attacks while parked there and smoking. Some people come up with some real horse p¡$$ excuses when caught by the cops….saw a pic of that dude, and he looked wacked out of his skull
You’re so quick to judge. It states that she was in the passenger seat, it is possible she really didn’t know a gun was in the vehicle.
You don’t know her medical history.
Quite fair enough, keep his behind, he committed a crime in your Country he have to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in your Country.I am quite sure this was not his first rodeo.
Did it say she was smoking????? Or did it say “ police detected the smell of marijuana”….
That is two different thing.
@@lol, are you really that stupid? Ain’t a damn thing wrong with home girl. LMAO she broke out in anxiety attack when she saw the police closing in to scoop her up. HOME GIRL PLEAD THE ANXIETY DEFENSE SO SHE COULD WALK.
They all want to play the hard core gangster role and when they get clip or snatch up by the police they turn soft like cotton.But for real, some of these young women in the BVI have no kind of decency and class about themselves. Big props to the young women in the BVI that is on their grind the legal way making their coins the legal way. I would stand at the side of the road scaling and selling fish before I go slang drugs.
It appears that you know her medical condition. I would assume that you are her doctor.
But anyways YOU KNOW BEST..
At least she was smart.
And let’s not forget the smell of Marijuana was the air freshner that was hanging from the mirror in the rental cause home girl is a lil saint
This young lady works two jobs, she makes her money legally. She was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person. Y’all really quick to judge and don’t know ANYTHING.
Always remember if caught in the act by police for anything, ALWAYS HOLLA PANIC ATTACK OR ANXIETY ATTACK. Laughing my a off. WO, WO, WOOOO.
She work two jobs. Know who the h**l you are getting into cars with. Look at dude, She was in on it. She just got caught this time around. I would agree GHETO FAB.
Anxiety attack you schupid w**ring MS. You didn’t have an attack when he put the firearm in the glove compartment? Or when he was driving around selling X pills and weed? Take that just like you take old man w**d. Next time date someone your own age who actually have a plan for life.
Was Lewis not in prison for years for r**e? Does she not know his history? Sad all around.
yes she didnt know the man she was with in the wee hrs of the morning
you must be one of her kind (young dum and full of…), gotta stick together sis
She didn’t suffer an anxiety attack all those nights her man was looking for her when she was allegedly with Mr. L in his hotel room
That headline is certainly provocative and seems like it’s attempting a spin that doesn’t exist….