A quarter of a million dollars was the resounding figure thrown around on Tuesday as embattled economist and businesswoman Petra Williams appeared before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh.

Petra Williams, a businesswoman and youth football enthusiast has been arrested and charged with two counts of fraud.

The elusive Kergus Martin of Cooks Hill will be sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court today.

The Police and the Fire Department are investigating three fire reports in less than 48hrs. It was reported that shortly after 10am on Sunday, Fire Tenders from the St. Johns Fire Service responded to a house fire on Bay Street, Villa, where a 28x46 Three Bedroom house was on fire.

The Police are appealing to the general public for their assistance in finding the whereabouts of a 32 years old Potters mother and her son, who went missing on Monday.

Jamaica national Annesia Crooks has forfeited US$10,000 as the Crime Unit within the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda continues to make successful headways under the Money laundering Prevention Act of 1996.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a vehicle fire which occurred about 03:00 am. on 29.01.13 at Mc. Pond.

Commissioner of Police (COP) Vere Browne tackled several topical issues during an interview with Good Morning Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday morning, including the topic of promotions within the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda.

A magistrate has remanded into custody a Guyana-born deacon who is accused of having sex with his teenage daughter in a car earlier this month.

The Police are investigating a report of an assault, where a Grays Farm woman reported that she was assaulted by two armed masked men in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden deaths of two British male nationals, both of whom were passengers aboard the Oceana Cruise Line, which arrived in Antigua on Saturday.

The Police are called upon again to investigate two separate shooting incidents, one of which left a 27 year old man of Ottos Newtown, nursing a gunshot wound to his leg.

Arnold Jules of Gray Hill, who was charged with Battery, pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $100.00 to be paid by 31st /1/2013 or in default serve one month at Her Majesty’s Prison.

The Police on Monday arrested and charged a number of persons for committing various offences, to include wounding, Larceny and unlawful Firearm Possession.

Two reports of robbery that took place over the weekend, where on separate occasions are being investigated by police. In both incidents the victims reported that they were robbed of their monies and other valuable items.

The Police have reported that a post mortem examination was conducted last Friday on the body of the late Colin Wright, 35, of Mount Obama and upon conclusion of the examination, a death certificate was issued stating that the cause of death was due to Bronchopneumonia.

Colin’s body was discovered in a galvanize shack on the 6th of January in its late stages of decomposition. Pathologist Dr. Goodwin performed the examination.

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The Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a recent discovery of a body of a 35 year old Rastafarian male, in the Mt. Obama area. The body was found shortly after midday Sunday and has since been identified as Collin Osmond Lightfoot.

The Police on Tuesday arrested and charged 31 year old Kergus Martin of Cooks Hill for Escaping Lawful Custody and for Assaulting a Police Officer.

On Saturday 22nd December 2012 Officers of the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) along with Officers of Customs and Excise Department seized over  £35, 000 (EC$150,000)  while on duty at the V. C Bird International Airport. The monies were discovered in the carryon luggage of a 68 year old Dominican born national who is also a British citizen.

The Police reported that close to a dozen Laptop Computers were reported stolen from a High School over the weekend; as they continue to be challenged with a number of burglary offences.

The sudden death of a teenage girl who last resided at Paynters has caught the attention of local law enforcement officials.