Viral rock-throwing incident earns fines, apology

A St Thomas steelbender, who waited for a passing car to splash him from a puddle, then threw a rock and damaged it on Jackson Main Road, has been fined $1 500 and ordered to pay $646.25 in compensation after admitting criminal damage and riotous behaviour.

Apologising for his actions in the No 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, Jamar Renaldo Hamilton, of Ixora Crescent, Cane Garden, said frustration and anger at drivers splashing pedestrians had led him to throw rocks and strike in an incident that went viral on social media.

“I get wet twice that morning dropping my lil girl to school. I was annoyed at the fact that people wouldn’t take care and watch for pedestrians when the rain falling,” he told Acting Magistrate Shakieda Sealy.