| – for failing to complete community service National Television Network (NTN) Radio Announcer Ossie Rogers, seems headed to prison after he failed to complete 53 hours of community service that was imposed on him by Sparendaam Magistrate Alex MooreRogers, was found guilty on November 4,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, of resisting arrest and failing to comply with a lawful direction by a police officer and was fined and ordered to do community service failing which he will face imprisonment.Talk Show Host Ossie RogersMagistrate Alex Moore presiding at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, had given Rogers up to today to complete 50 hours of community service which was to be done under the supervision of the Sergeant in charge of the Sparendaam Police Station, failing which he faces six months imprisonment.This is in addition to a fine of $100,000 which is to be paid by January 15, 2014, with the alternative of spending another six months in prison.However, Rogers has failed to show up for his community service, and sources at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court have informed that an order is expected to be issued by the Magistrate for his arrest.Rogers was also charged with driving a vehicle with a tinted glass without a permit.The court heard that Rogers, who hosts a morning show on radio, committed the offences on August 12, on the Sparendaam Public Road, within the vicinity of the Sparendaam Police Station.Court documents revealed that the radio announcer was stopped by a police officer, who informed him about the tinted windows of his vehicle.Rogers produced a document signed by the Home Affairs Minister. But the court later found that the document was a mere acknowledgement of his application to have tinted car windows.He then became abusive to the officers who were engaging him and it was then that an attempt was made to arrest him.It is alleged that Rogers sped off in his car.He was later served with a summons to attend court even after he had filed a complaint against the ranks at the Police Office of Professional Responsibility, (OPR).But the OPR found no evidence to support Roger’s claims against the ranks.Kaieteur News understands that previous charges against Rogers for similar offences were dropped because of the tardiness of the police; but this time the police were prepared.In court, Rogers’ lawyer made no case submissions on all three charges, and while Magistrate Moore ruled that the charge regarding the tinted windows was bad in law,Brian Gionta Jersey, he found that Rogers was guilty of the two other offences.When Rogers took the stand in his own defence, he made some damning allegations against one of the arresting ranks,Cheap Jerseys, claiming that he was “improperly handled”.But after analyzing the evidence, Magistrate Moore told Rogers that he found that his statements were bizarre, unsubstantiated and vexatious and were intended to embarrass the ranks.“Your behaviour was reckless and falls short of the professionalism that is expected of someone like you. It shows a complete disregard for the police,NBA Jerseys China,” Magistrate Moore had told the accused,NCAA Basketball Jerseys, before threatening to impose a custodial sentence on him.However, Rogers’ lawyer made a stirring plea of mitigation, which only saved his client from certain jail at the time.Magistrate Moore was nevertheless adamant that a strong message should be sent to deter persons who may be inclined to commit similar offences and imposed the penalties on the radio and television talk show host.The Magistrate’s decision came against the backdrop of him being accused of being too lenient with offenders.A few days after the sentences were handed down, Rogers turned up at the Sparendaam Police Station and began taking photographs of the surroundings.“He was supposed to return to the station sergeant but he never did. It is the station sergeant who had to decide where and when he was to carry out his community service,” a source explained.“Once the date (for the completion of the community service) is up and the station sergeant finds no record that he completed it, it’s Camp Street for him,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” an official at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court informed.There is no record of Rogers appealing the Magistrate’s ruling, although he had 14 days to do so.Kaieteur News understands that Rogers may be out of the jurisdiction.“Once the order is signed, he becomes a wanted man. And if he doesn’t pay the fine, it’s another six months, and my understanding is that the sentences are to run consecutively,” the source told this newspaper. |
