A city restaurant owner was yesterday released on $90,000 bail after he denied several charges, including breaching the COVID-19 guidelines and assaulting a peace officer.
Jermaine Munroe, the owner of Boujie Kitchen, was brought before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to five charges.
He denied that on December 13, at La Penitence Public Road, Georgetown, he breached the COVID-19 guidelines, assaulted a peace officer, resisted arrest, and behaved disorderly at both restaurant and a police station.
According to the Police Prosecutor’s facts, police officers attached to the Brickdam Police Station were on patrol duty in the area at around 20:30 hrs when they observed a large gathering in-front of Boujie Kitchen and went to investigate. Upon arriving, they asked for the owner and Munroe approached. He explained that it was his birthday and he was hosting a party.
The police say they told him that he was breaching the COVID-19 guidelines and asked him to turn the music off. He, however, did not oblige and began shouting at the police. He was then told that he was going to be arrested but he allegedly resisted when the police made attempts to arrest him. He eventually stopped and was taken to the police station, where he began behaving disorderly again, the police say.
After hearing the facts, the magistrate placed Munroe on $10,000 bail for each of the disorderly behaviour charges, $20,000 bail for the assaulting a peace officer charge, and $20,000 bail for the resisting arrest charge. He was also released on $30,000 bail for breaching the COVID-19 guidelines by hosting a party. The matters were adjourned until March 7.
