4 arraigned on accessory to murder Linden woman charge

Several men were on Monday arraigned on charges of being accessories after the fact of murder in the shooting death of Lindener Colissa Hunte when they made a virtual appearance before Magistrate Wanda Fortune.

The murder charge brought against her boyfriend, ex-cop Teon “Spoil Child” Allen was also withdrawn and reinstated to include the joint charges with the others.
Allen, 33, is now jointly charged with Melroy Abrams, also called “Small Man”, 21, of Lot 206 Third Street Silvertown, Wismar, Linden; Odel Afrani, 24, of Lot 2 Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar, Linden and Coby George, 21, of Lot 67 F Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden.
The four accused were not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to them. However, Allen was remanded to prison; Abrams, Afrani and George were granted bail in the sum of $500,000 each.
Bail was granted under the conditions that they lodge their passports and report to the Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on the first and third Friday of every month, commencing on Friday, June 5, 2020.
The 27-year-old woman was killed while Allen, a miner of 67 E Wismar Housing Scheme and Wenbar Road, Central Amelia’s Ward was reportedly injured in the shooting at Amelia’s Ward, Linden, on February 27, 2020.
It is alleged that Allen murdered the woman with whom he shares a child at Wenbar Road, Amelia’s Ward on the day in question.
It was initially reported that Allen and Hunte came under fire on the day in question while they were alone at the Amelia’s Ward house.
However, Police investigators believe Allen is responsible for the murder. Reports are that Allen had alerted Hunte’s father informing him that she was dead while he went to the hospital.
Family members who rushed to the scene found the woman slumped over on the kitchen floor bleeding from her nose and mouth. She was pronounced dead after she was rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex.
Ranks who visited the scene recovered four live rounds of ammunition and several spent shells. This led investigators to believe that the shots were fired from inside the house.
A post-mortem, which was later conducted on the body of Hunte, revealed that the murdered woman died as a result of gunshot injuries to the chest.
Allen is suspected of involvement in a gang war which has reportedly led to numerous acts of violence being meted out against him.
He was also shot during another shooting incident with Police, and was being treated for a wound he sustained in the region of his upper shoulder and back.
He claimed to have been injured in the same area where he was previously shot during the incident involving Hunte.
The four men are expected to return to court on June 8, 2020.