Alberto Junior Taylor, a police constable, was arrested and charged with the offense of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition by the police. The Constable attached to the Constabulary area 5 division is still in custody.
On Friday, October 28, 2022, at about 1: 30pm, the police received information that a group of men was seen at the Examination depot in Swallow Field with a firearm acting suspiciously.
Officers from the Specialized Operations division responded to the call; on arrival, the police saw four(4) men acting suspiciously.
They were accosted, and a search of their persons was conducted. One gold and black Austria Glock 9mm pistol, serial number smeared, was taken from the waistband of Taylor, along with one magazine containing fifteen rounds of 9mm ammunition.
Taylor identified himself as a police officer stationed at area 5 headquarters.
He was taken to Specialized Operations, where the firearm was examined and found to contain one (1) magazine with fifteen 9mm rounds and one in the chamber.
According to the police, the weapon’s serial number was covered with what appeared to be purple ink. The ink was removed; however, there was no identifying serial number on the weapon.
Constable Taylor also reportedly had on his person one (1) 9mm round in his right front jeans pants pocket, as also one black firearm holster in the front of the waist of his pants…
As a result of the finding, a warrant was prepared. Taylor was escorted to his home, where he handed over to the police a pair of brown Clark shoe which was underneath his bed, with the right foot of shoes containing one M16 magazine with thirty rounds and the left foot of shoe containing one brown paper bag with fourteen live and three blanks 5.56 cartridges, one popeyes paper bag with fifteen 9mm cartridges and a clear plastic bag with two twelve gauge cartridges, one M16 blank and one 22 cartridges.
A number of accouterments, including a firearm holster, baton, and carry-on, were taken for safekeeping pending the outcome of the investigation.