Police recapture wanted man who escaped custody New Year’s Day
BVI News understands that police have managed to arrest 29-year-old Jamal Freeman who was arrested earlier this year but escaped custody in handcuffs on New Year’s Day.
Freeman, who is reportedly from the East End, Long Look community was allegedly arrested and charged in relation to a dinghy that was stolen on Virgin Gorda last November.
In addition to charges for the dinghy, it’s understood that Freeman has been slapped with additional charges including a charge for escaping police custody.
It’s alleged that Freeman was sought by police after CCTV footage showed him taking a dinghy from the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour last November.
It took the cops two months to arrest him. But while in custody on New Year’s Day, the suspect told the cops he was feeling ill and needed to see a doctor. The police transported him to the Nurse Iris O’Neal Clinic, and while waiting for medical attention, he allegedly found a way to escape the facility.
Our news centre was not able to ascertain whether the suspect received the medical attention he requested. Sources say the cops searched the Virgin Gorda community extensively as they tried to apprehend the suspect.
In the meantime, it’s unclear whether Freeman was granted bail and when he is scheduled to appear in court to answer the several charges laid against him.
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Silly young man
What’s next? Are they going to turn him loose on the streets again?
Why not? After he has served his time.
He managed to flee still handcuffed. Keep telling y’all handcuffing a prisoner in the front is a safety risk. If they are handcuffed from behind it is harder for them to run off.
NOPE , THEY ARE JUST GONNA REVEALED HIM BACK INTO THE WILD KINGDOM
Charging those who harbored and assisted in his escape…won’t happen..
Never has.
Won’t be surprised if he is not out and on the streets as we speak.
If you personally don’t know the young fellow done talk what you think you know . He was helping even tho his freedom was in jeopardy.Free uncle!! Real souljah got you!
Soon Mango seaso,he will be out and about to raid your fruit trees♀️♀️And sell them!!God bless his heart!!
He can go on his mango stealing mission all he want. However, he is caught in my yard, and I have security cam, i am going to let my pit bull tear him to pieces or I am going to chop both his hands off from the shoulders.
Yo would do that for a few mangoes? Then yo are the one who shold be locked away.
Lowrack need to go arrest jahreem and Glen son who bring the drugs on the boat when the boat got hold with the drugs them police playing bad man
“he was helping”…helping to further the process of criminal behavior in these Vi,helping to further negatively brand young black males.helping to sink the ship of Black attempts at freedom. Helping to sink our Tourism economy..nothing like an unknown and unrecognizable escaped convict to meet and greet an uninformed human target ….the deadly scum that is allowed among us with no announcenent or
introduction is scary.