Fourth accused in major gun find freed
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A fourth person charged in relation to a major gun bust at a warehouse in Kingston in 2022 was freed Monday.
Jermaine Baker, a 36-year-old chef of Fort Lauderdale in Florida, walked free after a not guilty verdict was handed down at the Gun Court in downtown Kingston.
Blake had been charged with illegal importation of firearms and ammunition.
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He was among four people charged in relation to the seizure of 18 handguns, three rifles and a large cache of ammunition at a freight in Kingston on March 4, 2022, after members of the Jamaica Customs Agency discovered anomalies.
Also charged were 52-year-old St Elizabeth resident Godfrey Martin, otherwise called ‘Rev’, who was the suspected mastermind, his girlfriend Sherilyn McLean, and 42-year-old Dervan Brown, a construction worker of Bronx, New York.
Martin, McLean and Brown were earlier freed of conspiracy to illegally import firearms and ammunition.
