Twenty six year old Shandoy Jeffords, charged with keeping one point 22 revolver with five live rounds of ammunition, was sentenced to two years for each count today in the # one Magistrate's Court after he was found guilty of the charges. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie who imposed the sentences, stipulated that they are to run concurrently.
Before he was convicted, Jeffords was serving one year for theft.
The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on July 5, 2010.
Two police officers, Corporal Claude Martinez and Constable Armando Peralta, testified that when they searched Jeffords they found the revolver and ammunition in the right front pocket of his pants. Jeffords was riding a bicycle on Central American Boulevard when the police stopped him and searched him.
Jeffords testified and said that the point 22 was found in his pocket. Jeffords said that the revolver was found under a van. He said he went behind the parked van because he had cannabis and he threw it in a drain.
