By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was fined in court on Friday after he admitted to not paying his licensing fee on his shotgun since 2013.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned Jacques Absolu, 40, on possession of an unlicensed shotgun and possession of ammunition.
Police reportedly found a black Maverick 12 gauge shotgun and six shotgun shells in his residence in the Fox Hill area on February 6.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted to not paying the licensing fee for his weapon in years. He expressed contrition for his lapsed payments.
Magistrate Coleby ordered that the defendant pay his outstanding $1,800 licensing fee or risk a 12-month prison term.
Absolu was further ordered to make a donation of $1,000 to the police welfare fund or risk a similar 12-month prison term.
Alphonso Lewis represented the accused.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie served as the prosecutor.
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