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On today’s date (Friday 17th July 2015), William Richard Penn Jr appeared in the Magistrate’s Court and pled guilty to the charge of Cultivation of Cannabis.

The charge laid on William Penn Jr. stems from an incident in which police executed a search warrant at a home in The Bight at approximately 12:30pm (Monday 13 July 2015). During that search, police located and seized 3 large flower pots containing 18 suspected Cannabis plants. As a result, 21 year old William Richard Penn Jr was arrested.

The Chief Magistrate, Clifton Warner has scheduled the date for Penn’s sentencing on Friday 21, August 2015.

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUGS CHARGE

Also in the Magistrate’s Court, 23 year old Derrickson Missick of Kew Town pled guilty to Possession of Controlled Drugs and was fined $1,200. This charged is in connection to a Search Warrant that was conducted at the home of Mr. Missick on Wednesday July 15, 2015 where 21 grams of Cannabis (An estimated street value of $210.00.) was found. He was ordered to pay the fine by Friday August 21st, 2015 or four months imprisonment.