Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Linden resident, Omali Rogers who was charged with harbouring Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang and being an accessory to murder.
Rogers has continuously failed to attend court and it is suspected that he fled the country after being granted his pre-trial liberty by the court. It is unclear when the man stopped attending court.
The police, according to sources, have made several searches for him but he has not been located.
According to the bulletin, 31-year-old Rogers of Lot 83 Woodpecker Lane, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, 5 ft 6 ins tall, dark, medium built and is a construction worker.
Anyone with information that may lead to an arrest is asked to contact the police. The police in their bulletin have given all assurances that all information will be treated with strict confidence.
It is alleged that between April 22 and June 2 last at Christmas Falls, Upper Berbice River, Rogers received, relieved, comforted, harboured, assisted and maintained wanted men Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins, Clebert Reece called Chi Chi, Cecil Simon, Otis Fifee and Mark Roydon Williams, also known as Roydon Durant or ‘Smallie who are wanted for the Bartica massacre.
Rogers had made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court last June before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
Several other men are also facing similar charges.
Shemroy Lyte of 36 Stewart Park, Wismar, Linden between February 18 and April 22, at Wismar Linden allegedly received, relieved, comforted, harboured, assisted and maintained several wanted men, including Rawlins, whose names and photographs had been published as being wanted by the police for the Bartica massacre and other criminal offences. He appeared in court on August 20 last.
Sheldon Williams, 32, of 74 Seventh Field, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara was remanded after he was charged with knowingly harbouring Mark Roydon Williams, also known as Roydon Durant or ‘Smallie’ who was said to be a member of the ‘Fineman’ gang. The 20-year-old Durant of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara and a 14-year-old boy of Strathspey Squatting Area East Coast Demerara were jointly charged with the murders of the Lusignan 11.
Then Royston Waldron 36, of Friendship, East Bank Demerara was also charged with harbouring ‘Fineman’ and members of his gang at Goat Farm.
Waldron had also faced a number of robbery charges before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.
He was named as the number one defendant in three of the matters and number two, in another. The other named defendant was Rawlins.
It is alleged that on June 16 at UNAMCO Road Upper Berbice River Waldron armed with a gun robbed Tyrone Halley of one Toyota Hiace minibus -BGG 501 – and a cell phone, Anita Hunte of one cell phone, Indra Bissoon of two cell phones and Donna Ford of one cell phone.
