Spanish Town man charged after ammunition and police items found at a house freed

A St Catherine man who was overseeing a house where a quantity of ammunition and police paraphernalia were found has been freed after a judge upheld a no-case submission.

Kevin Ricketts, 49, a landscaper of Gordon Pen in Spanish Town, was acquitted on Wednesday in the Gun Court by Justice Vaughn Smith.

The man's attorney, Denise Hinson, argued that no reasonable inference could be drawn that her client had knowledge of the items found by the police.

She also argued that there was no proof the items were police-issued.

The judge upheld the submission, freeing Ricketts.

The court heard that on April 4, 2024, police personnel went to Ricketts' home and arrested him.

He was taken to a premises on St John's Road, also in Spanish Town, where a storeroom was searched and 26 rounds of ammunition were found in a sock inside a file cabinet.

A further search revealed a police belt, a police identification card, a police cap, and a combat boot.

He was arrested and subsequently charged.

The court heard that the man did not live at the premises, and there was nothing tying him to the house.

He had maintained that he was overseeing the premises for the owner, who lives overseas.

- Rasbert Turner

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