By PAVEL BAILEY
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy appeared in court yesterday on charges of assaulting a police officer.
The teen and his mother appeared before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux where the boy faced charges of assaulting the officer, resisting arrest and causing damage.
The juvenile is accused of unlawfully assaulting Inspector Rico Brown on March 11 at R M Bailey Park, resisting arrest and causing damage to the officer’s khaki pants. The boy is accused of causing $80 worth of damage to Inspector Brown’s property.
In court, the teen pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Magistrate Turnquest- Deveaux set the defendant’s bail at $2,000 with one suretor.
The case was adjourned to May 4.
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