Docket Watch: Family Disharmony

Police were summoned to a home in Estate Contant, St. John, where a woman reported an intruder who allegedly assaulted her and her male roommate. The complainant said she was sleeping when the incident occurred.

The accused assailant appeared in Superior Court on Monday, where a magistrate found probable cause for a list of offenses greater than the initial charge of burglary. Magistrate Simone Van Holten-Turnbull set a $40,000 bail after prosecutors told the court it was not the first incident between the defendant and his alleged victim.

“Same defendant, same victim, and in this case there was another individual present, and he too fell victim to an assault,” said Assistant Attorney General Brenda Scales.

The arresting officer told the court that defendant Gregory Benson Louis and the sleeping woman have a child together, and he was at the house earlier in the day on June 6 having a discussion. As the conversation ended, Louis left, said Officer Charles Gumbs.