A 38-year-old St James man is scheduled to appear in court today, charged with making a false robbery report to police
Accord to a media release from the Royal Barbados Police Force, Dave Orlando Maynard of Lashley Road, Fitts Village, “caused the wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making a false report tending to show that an offence was committed, namely robbery”.
On May 29, the accused told his father, who is a police officer, that he was robbed at gunpoint in Speightstown, St Peter.
His father then made a public appeal on the radio in which he referred to the incident involving his son. The matter was highlighted in a section of the media and was formally reported to the police on June 1.
“A formal investigation was launched into the matter. It addition, an internal investigation was also initiated relative to the conduct of other police officers in relation to malfeasance. Investigations into the matters showed that the accused had made false reports to the police relative to the matter and he was subsequently arrested and formally charged for the offence,” the release said.
Maynard is scheduled to appear at the Holetown Magistrates Court on Monday. (PR/SAT)
