Twenty five year old Kareem Lopez dubiously known as "Robbery" and charged with Keeping Firearm and Ammunition without a gun license was found guilty of the charges today in the #6 Magistrate court.
Magistrate Dorothy Flowers sentenced him to two years for each count with the stipulation that the sentences are to run concurrently.
On April 28, 2010, the police were on mobile patrol on Baracat Street when they saw Lopez and another man walking. Sergeant Henry Jemmoth testified that when Lopez saw the police vehicle approaching he threw a.38 revolver with 6 live rounds of ammunition into a drain.
Lopez was detained and the revolver was retrieved from the drain. Lopez who was represented by Attorney Anthony Sylvester, gave a statement from the dock in which he denied that the firearm belonged to him.
