A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to carrying a knife during Grand Kadooment, just one week after appearing before a magistrate on a separate charge.

“It seems like some young men in this country have a problem avoiding crime,” Magistrate Jared Richards said. “I spoke to you last week at length, so what are you doing back here?”

Police were on duty at the Mighty Grynner Highway’s junction with Rihanna Drive, where they observed a large crowd of young men pelting bottles and throwing rocks in the area, prosecutor Station Sergeant Vernon Forde told the District ‘A’ Traffic Court.