A rou­tine Mon­day morn­ing in the San Fer­nan­do court took on a weight­i­er tone as eight men faced charges stem­ming from a tar­get­ed firearm sup­pres­sion ex­er­cise ear­li­er this month. Some walked out on bail un­der strict con­di­tions, while oth­ers were or­dered to re­main be­hind bars as the crack­down on il­le­gal guns in the South­ern Di­vi­sion in­ten­si­fies.

Court Mas­ter Deli­cia Bethele­my presided over the hear­ings, care­ful­ly weigh­ing the grav­i­ty of the al­le­ga­tions and the le­gal rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the ac­cused. Act­ing Cor­po­ral Hug­gins charged Aikim An­drews, Kadeem Trot­man, Tarik James (al­so known as Tarik Lor­rielle), Kalichi Cop­pin, and Math­ew Fras­er (al­so known as Mau­rice Forde) with pos­ses­sion of a shot­gun and three shot­gun shells on Au­gust 7.

An­drews, rep­re­sent­ed by at­tor­ney Ka­reem Mar­celle, was grant­ed bail in the sum of $250,000. He must re­port reg­u­lar­ly to the Cen­tral Po­lice Sta­tion and sur­ren­der his pass­port as part of his bail con­di­tions.