In the search for fugitive from justice, Corey Hepburn, one Elizabeth Estates resident says, the police riddled her home with bullets and ransacked it in their quest.
Holding her two-month-old daughter, Deadre Forbes of Tobago Drive, such resident told this daily, after her home was searched, she along with her sister and baby girl, were taken in to police custody.
She explained that on Tuesday afternoon, police came to her home seeking out Hepburn. “I told them Corey isn’t in the house, but they tell me, they have to do their job. So they came in the house, yuck down the sheet rock, shoot up the roof.” The family was asked to wait on the outside, as the police made their search.
Additionally, she said, “They used tear gas [and] broke up their house looking for him.” Inside the home, furniture was out (of) place, glass was broken out and what were possibly holes from gun shots, were in several parts of the ceiling. On the exterior, a small hole was in the top of the roof, where Ms Forbes said the tear gas canister was thrown in.
“They did not find him. They lock me up, me and the baby and my sister and they put me in the cell.”
She explained that she was handcuffed to her sister, while she held her infant with her free hand. The baby, who could not be nursed by her mother, eventually cried herself to sleep.
With the ordeal taking place from just after five o’clock in the evening, the upset resident said they were eventually released from holding at the Elizabeth Estates Police Station.
Familiar with Hepburn who lived just around the corner from them, Ms Forbes insisted that he was not in their home. She said it seemed like at least 100 officers were in and around the home, who said they were acting on information from a neighbour.
Ludell Deveaux, the mother of Ms Forbes, said she is a law abiding citizen and her only concern is that her home is repaired.
“I know the police had to come and do their job, but they did not have to come in and destroy all of the bureau drawers and stuff. Definitely the prisoner couldn’t hold in the bureau drawer,” she said.
“I would love for them to fix my house and replace the things that they destroyed,” she stated.
Several attempts were made to obtain official comment from the police, but such efforts proved unsuccessful up to press time.
By: JIMENITA SWAIN, Nassau Guardian Senior Reporter
