Cop Charged With Extortion Appears in Court

Police Constable Brentford Longsworth was today formally charged in court with extortion and handling stolen goods.

As we reported last night, the CIB detective was arrested after he tried to sell a 9-millimeter gun that had been stolen - back to its owner.

Constable Longsworth pleaded not guilty to both charges and he was released on $4,000 bail. As a condition of his bail, Magistrate Margaret Gabb-Mckenzie ordered Constable Longsworth to surrender his travel documents and he is to report to the clerk of courts every Monday.

As for his job at the police department, Longsworth has been placed on interdiction.