MONTEGO BAY, St James — Two St James residents accused of impersonating Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) representatives will go on trial October 28.

Kevin Graham and Peta-Gay Barnes-Jamieson are charged with breaches of the Trademark Act and uttering a forged document. The pair, represented by attorney Charles Sinclair, appeared briefly in the St James Parish Court, Wednesday. Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton extended their bail and locked in the trial date.

According to court documents, around midday on March 27, police were alerted to a man reportedly posing as a JPS contractor, going from house to house in a St James community and collecting money from residents. The man was seen operating a vehicle, marked “JPS Emergency,” and later traced to Barnes-Jamieson.

Suspicion quickly mounted, and police moved in. Inside the vehicle, officers reportedly discovered two JPS-branded helmets and a fake JPS contractor identification card — props that prosecutors say were used to pull off the ruse.

But the scheme began to unravel the moment Graham walked into the police station to make enquiries — only to encounter an actual JPS official. The official confirmed that neither Graham nor Barnes-Jamieson had any connection to the utility company, and that they were never authorised to use its branding, equipment, or represent its interests.

The car was seized, and the allegations are that inside were two JPS-branded helmets and a fake JPS contractor ID card. Formal charges followed.

Graham, who now finds himself at the centre of the impersonation probe, is also facing a separate charge of abstracting electricity, which will be mentioned in court on September 24.