Police search homes of Gomez’s mother and ex-girlfriend

Police dropped in twice today at the Oleander Street home of Gomez. The second search today occurred at the same time that News Five’s team was about to interview Gomez’s mother. Things got hasty and the police threatened to arrest the News Five crew while they were conducting the search. And Beverley Patterson, a mother of nine, said that police have arrested and beaten her other son, Leon Gomez, and have been harassing the family. The mother says her son is innocent.

Beverley Patterson, Mother of Leroy Gomez
“Di police dehn come yah, two police pick-up full already done come and as dehn left two more come. And den dehn pick up my son Leon Gomez. Dis dah di third time dehn pick up Leon Gomez. Dehn got ah inna di vehicle di hide from me and tell me how “dah so I yer” cause I tell dehn how dehn pick up di wrong somebody. Dehn tell me “dah so I yer”. Dehn got di lee bwai right inna di vehicle di want go let ah go dah ghost town and di lee bwai noh fraid fi ghost town but di lee bwai only di play like ih fraid ghost town. Now dehn ker ah back; just let ah go yesterday morning seven o’clock and by eight o’clock dehn done ker a back di whap ah up wid club. All pan ih foot ih got di thing, ih lee finger can’t even straighten up weh dehn knock ah wid di club. He and wah next young man, dehn whap he inna ih chest wid di club.”

Jose Sanchez
“What is the reason why they hit them?”

Beverly Patterson
“Because dehn can’t find Leroy dehn tek it out ah he. “

Jose Sanchez
“Why do the police say that he is the rapist?”

Beverly Patterson
“Because dehn can’t ketch ah. Dehn have inna di show window when my sista gone deh, dehn have dat dah robbery dehn got ah fah and now all of a sudden dah fi rape because dehn can’t ketch ah.”

Jose Sanchez
“He has been convicted of robbery before?”

Beverly Patterson
“Yes.”

Jose Sanchez
“He is a robber but not a rapist.”

Beverly Patterson
“Not a rapist, yes.”

Jose Sanchez
“So why is he on the run? He’s on the run but he’s not …”

Beverly Patterson
“Because he’s on parole and he noh want to go in because yoh know dat when yoh convicted again yoh have to spend yoh time ova right? He noh want go through all ah dat. He seh he no want go do dat.”

Jose Sanchez
“If he’s innocent don’t you think if he just goes in and says here I am…”

Beverly Patterson
“I try ask ah. I tell ah please, lets go in if yoh innocent. He seh dehn di bogus he. Ih mi gwein in yoh know. Di parole officer phone ah and tell ah ih di come meet ah yah and she wah ker ah in. when ih look, ih deh wid C.I.B. so he just stuck back and gone weh pah ih deh. I noh know if dah di same place ih deh right now.”

But the Patterson home on Oleander Street is not the only place that police checked for Leroy Gomez today. They also visited the home of his ex-girlfriend on Jasmine Street because he also lived there after his release from prison. The sister of Gomez’ ex girlfriend says Gomez has not lived at her mother’s house since the couple broke up in April. She says the police harassed her family and dragged her sister who attends high school to the police station last night. Beverly Patterson said the high school girlfriend is a young lady who waited for her son.

Beverley Patterson, Mother of Leroy Gomez
“I know he live wid wah young lady and from ih come outta jail dah right deh ih gone. Ih have di lady from before ih gone dah jail and ih come out and di lady look like ih wait pan ah or something and ih gone right deh. I noh know why ih wah rape and ih have wah young, young lady. Dat dah wah young lady weh ih seh ih find virgin. Dat dah weh ih tell me so I noh know if da more virgin ih want when ih done use di lee gial or something”

Sister of Leroy Gomez’ ex-girlfriend
“I get tired of dis bullshit with dehn people, especially di police dehn lone come yah and di disturb my ma. My ma and my sista dehn can’t rest. My lee bredda and my lee sista dehn frighten bout dis and I can’t handle because my ma can’t handle it and di life weh my ma di live inna right now, dat dah no my ma. I know my ma very too good. Dehn come yah more dan one time, dehn stamp up dis house, dehn run up in yah and all kinda scenery. My ma house dah big attention back ah Lake. Today, dehn come yah—right now dah mussy afta four—dehn come yah, stamp up di gate, run in yah lotta scenery; “weh pah Leroy deh? We just si ah move from front ah dis gate”. Weh pah ih mi deh? Dah ih soul move from front ah di gate. No Leroy not even deh yah. No Leroy noh deh deh. Dehn gone upstairs and inna di ceiling, di juk up di wall. Dehn wah key fi dis room door or else dehn wah stamp it down. I tell ah do whatever yoh want do, dat dah your choice, just like dat. Den dehn wah tell me I can’t di come yah and di talk all kinda thing or else dehn wah lock me down. Lock down who? I di talk fi my rights, dehn noh know how dis come yah.”

Jose Sanchez
“So you said your sister was arrested also?”

Sister of Leroy Gomez’ ex-girlfriend
“Yes, dis morning dehn come yah so and di dreg up she and dehn ker and hold ah fi questioning. Questioning bout what?”

Jose Sanchez
“She is in high school?”

Sister of Leroy Gomez’ ex-girlfriend
“Yes, how you wah concentrate inna school when people di harass you bout something weh you noh even know?”

Jose Sanchez
“So your sister was going out with Leroy, they broke up when?”

Sister of Leroy Gomez’ ex-girlfriend
“From April and you see how long April gone?”

Gomez’ ex-girlfriend’s sister said that the police did not show her a warrant when they arrived to search their house. Leroy Gomez remains on the run.