Vendor remanded over $6M robbery at Kitty security company

A charge for the offence of armed robbery was read to 43-year-old Kelvin Nickle by Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday.
Nickle, aka “Joey”, is a vendor of West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme in Georgetown.
The charge against this accused stated that on September 15, at A Plus Security Service located at Lot 163 David Street, Kitty, Georgetown, while in the company of others and armed with a knife, he robbed George Franklin of $6.3 million in cash, firearms, and a quantity of ammunition. The items belong to Orlando Rogers, the company’s owner.

Nickle pleaded not guilty to the allegation. Due to the seriousness of the offence and the fact that Nickle had previously been accused of break and enter and larceny, the Police prosecutor objected to his release on bail. In the end, Nickle was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned to October 30.
According to the prosecutor, on September 14, Rogers locked up his business place, leaving the contents intact, and left his handyman, George Franklin, to keep an eye on the establishment.
Franklin, who lives on the property, woke up to urinate at around 3:45h the following morning and proceeded to the backyard, where two men held him at knifepoint. They then choked him and tied him up, after which they made good their escape with the items mentioned in the charge. Franklin was able to untie himself, and contacted his boss and told him that thieves had broken into the place. After reviewing CCTV footage, Police ranks contacted Grimmon Rodrigues, who was the driver of a white Toyota 212 motor car, PLL 3555.
He was told of the allegation, cautioned, and arrested. In a caution statement, he admitted to being the driver of the vehicle which took the men to the scene and said that two men by the aliases “Joey” and “Cuffy” “gave me the wuk”.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Clinton Gobin, also known as “Big Nose”. He admitted that he was the driver of another vehicle that transported the safe with cash to Meadow Bank, Georgetown, and he claimed that “Joey” and “Cuffy” “gave me the wuk”.
On September 18, Corinth Taylor called “Cuffy” and Cordell Eastman were arrested. Acting on information, Police ranks went to Sussex Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, where they found two 12-gauge shotguns and two black .223 rifles on the side of the road in a salt bag.
On September 29, Police ranks went to Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, where they contacted Nickle, and under caution, he confessed to being part of the robbery. Rodrigues, Gobin, Taylor, and Eastman were previously arraigned for this armed robbery. They are on remand until October 18. The stolen items were not recovered.
In March of this year, Nickle and two other men were charged with break and enter and larceny.
They are accused of breaking into the ZAMCORP Accounting building on New Market Street in Georgetown between March 15 and 16 and stealing two computers worth $375,000, two cell phones worth $200,000, two DVRs worth $120,000, US$6000, or GY$1,260,000, and $20,000 in cash, all belonging to Irshad Zamal. They were all remanded after denying the joint charge.
They were reportedly caught on video footage committing the crime. This publication was unable to verify the legal status of this matter.