Region 6 records increase in break-and-enter and larceny

There has been an increase in reported cases of break-and-enter and larceny in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) for 2020, while a decrease in armed robberies has been recorded.

This is according to Region 6 Police Commander Linden Isles, who told the media that the Police have thus far recorded 83 cases of break-and-enter and larceny, compared to 42 for the corresponding period last year.
In regard to robberies in which firearms were used, there were 10 reported cases, compared to 27 last year. So far, for this year, the region has recorded 12 murders, which balances off with last year’s figures.
Robbery-under-arms wherein firearms were not used were recorded at 11 for this year, the same amount when compared with the corresponding period last year.
“We are doing better than last year, but we have to look at our break-and-enter and larceny (reports). We have been working on it, and I can assure you that, by the end of this year, we will be looking at a minus when we compare the figures with last year as it relates to break-and-enter and larceny,” the commander noted.
Meanwhile, there were 13 fatal accidents thus far for the year, resulting in the deaths of 13 persons. This also saw a decrease from last year’s incidents, when 17 deaths were recorded from 14 accidents. Over the past two months, only one fatal accident was recorded, in which the lives of three persons were lost; and only last Sunday, a former teacher lost her life after the motorbike she was on hit a road-rail, pitching her into the air.
“We have been talking to persons and we have also been doing some educational programmes, and it has been working; so, we will continue to educate the public as it relates to the use of the roads,” the commander said.
Meanwhile, for the year thus far, no one has been placed before the courts for driving under the influence of alcohol.
According to Isles, as a result of COVID-19, efforts are being made to minimise the number of persons being placed before the courst. As such, persons are being placed before the courts only for allegedly committing serious offences.
Asked if someone is found to be driving while seriously over the legal limit of alcohol whether that person would be allowed to go free, Isles said the current position that the Traffic Department has adopted is not license to drive while over the limit of alcohol. “They will be charged,” the Regional Commander posited.