– as wanted bulletin issued for former cop over shootout

RANKS of ‘E’ Division (Upper Demerara- Upper Berbice) are closely monitoring incidences of escalating gang-related violence in the jurisdiction that are of much concern to residents of Amelia’s Ward and communities in Wismar, Linden.

The latest such incident is a shootout in Amelia’s Ward on September 2, 2019, and reportedly has to do with an ongoing feud between members of a Cayenne-based Guyanese gang and former cop, Teon Allen, aka “Spoil Child”.

Word is that Allen, for whom a wanted bulletin has since been issued, was targeting one Denise Grant, the mother of one of the gang members, and Tiffany McDeth.
Allen is now wanted for questioning in the attempted murder of Grant and McDeth, and according to ‘E’ Division Commander, Superindendent Ramesh Ashram, he rather suspects that it is he who committed the act, and previous acts of violence on other persons associated with the gang and on their properties as well.
Since the feud started some months ago, at least one person has been stabbed; a car was torched, and shots were fired at several properties.

With the situation fast escalating, Commander Ashram said that the Division has ramped up patrols in the communities, especially in Amelia’s Ward. “It is an active investigation,” Commander Ashram said, adding: “Up to late last night, we were patrolling in Amelia’s Ward. We are reviewing CCTV footage, and the police is on the ball, trying to bring the matter down.”

He said, too, that checks have already been made at two of Allen’s last known addresses in Linden, but so far he has not yet been arrested.

A relative of Allen’s, when contacted, is holding out that he is innocent of the shooting, as he was at her at the time it is said to have occurred. She also told the Guyana Chronicle that Allen will be turning himself in to the police to clear his name, and that only the night before the Amelia’s Ward shooting, shots were fired at his residence in Fairs Rust, South Mackenzie, and that gang members were throwing homemade bombs at both his house and car.

She also related that at one point, Allen picked up two policemen in his motorcar and was taking them to identify some of his attackers, when they came under fire. “Nothing did not even come out of that, and they were right there, because they are getting paid to cover up for these people,” the relative, who opted to remain anonymous, told the Guyana Chronicle. She opined that because Allen has a long criminal history, the police are targeting him and not investigating the real issue behind the matter. Only recently Allen had a gun-related matter against him dismissed, after it was alleged that he shot a vendor at Wismar, Linden.

Back in August 2017, Allen appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, charged with harbouring wanted fugitives, Mark Royden Williams and Uree Varswyk, who broke out of the Camp Street Prison on July 9, 2017.
Allen reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleged that between July 9 and 23, 2017, in the Upper Demerara Magisterial District, he received, relieved, comforted, assisted and maintained Williams and Varswyk.

Also, on January 26, 2017, Allen and two other men were charged with the illegal possession of an AK-47 and matching ammunition.

It was reported that on January 22, 2017, at a house on John Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, the police swooped down on the location and carried out a search and found an AK-47 assault weapon, 80 rounds of live ammunitions and a 9mm pistol.