December 23, 2024
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TEENS CHARGED WITH MURDER

14-Y-O ONE OF TWO ACCUSED OF KILLING PORTLAND FARMER

 

A 14-year-old boy is one of two teens charged with the murder of a farmer in Portland.
Julian Minott, 34, a farmer of Mahoe District, Bangor Ridge, in the parish was murdered on Friday, April 19.
Charged are 18-year-old Renaldo Miller, otherwise called ‘Rommie, a farmer of the same community and a 14-year-old who can not be named because he is a minor.


Reports from the Buff Bay Police are that at about 6:30 p.m., on Friday, April 19, Minott and the teens were at a shop when an argument developed. The dispute escalated and the youngsters allegedly used a
knife to stab Minott several times. Minott was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The teens were apprehended after they were implicated during the investigation. They are awaiting a court date to answer to the charge of murder.
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