Four charged over alleged US$30,000 jewellery robbery, extortion of man in St Ann

The police in St Ann have charged four men in connection with an incident in which a man was held up at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery valued at approximately US$30,000 as he was leaving an event and subsequently extorted for the return of the items.

Charged with robbery with aggravation, possession of a prohibited weapon, using a firearm to commit a felony, and extortion are 28-year-old Oshane Fitten, a musical engineer of Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew; 25-year-old Jordan Grant, of Red Hills, St Andrew; 26-year-old Miguel Thomas, otherwise called ‘Plummie’, a roofer of Portmore, St Catherine; and 26-year-old Antonio Wright, otherwise called ‘CJ’, a music producer of Bottomwood, Phoenix Park, St Catherine.

According to reports from the St Ann’s Bay police, about 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, Fitten and Grant allegedly held up the man at gunpoint and robbed him of jewellery as he was leaving an event in Priory.