Three men and a minor behind bars for unlicensed firearm

Three young men are behind bars tonight facing charges for unlicensed firearms while an under-aged student is at a rehabilitation facility for the same offence. Twenty year old Stephen Flowers, nineteen-year old Shane Young, nineteen year old Christopher Sosa, and a seventeen year old university student were charged today for Possession of Unlicensed Firearms and Ammunition. In an ongoing patrol last night, police searched a grey Kia Sportage in which the four were riding along Vernon Street. The search resulted in the discovery of a point thirty-eight special chrome pistol loaded with five live rounds of ammunition. The young men pleaded not guilty to the charge, but because of the nature of the offence, Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie was unable to offer them bail. Three of them were remanded to prison and the minor was sent to Youth Hostel until September ninth. While the men were being escorted to the police vehicle, Young’s very angry mother grabbed Flowers and accused him of being the owner of the gun and had to be restrained by police. Under newly enacted legislation, a person found guilty of firearm or ammunition offences is liable to a sentence of two to five years.