POLICE have issued a wanted bulletin for well-known trouble maker Maverick DeAbreu, but some in the society are concerned that the wanted man is still being allowed to roam frely at popular night spots.

DeAbreu is wanted for his assault of gay rights activist Joel Simpson on June, 2019 and, on Friday, the police invited anyone with information which may lead to his arrest to make contact.

Simpson, who is the head of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), was beaten by a group of individuals who have since been labelled “homophobic.”

Meanwhile De Abreu is before the court for wounding popular Trinidadian soca artiste, Rodney ‘Benjai’ Le Blanc in 2017 and has been rumoured to be involved in several other physical confrontations.

On Sunday, a concerned citizen told the newspaper that since the issued bulletin, while they have reportedly spotted De Abreu in public and reported such, the man still seems to be untouchable.

“The other night I saw him at Blue Martini. I called the police informing them that there was a wanted man there. I gave them full details [on the] clothes he was wearing, who he was with etcetera. About 20 minutes after the police came they went to him and his friend.

He and about two of them had weapons and I’m positive those weapons are illegal. He and his friend left with the police. I thought that the police were taking him to the station for questioning [but] about 10 minutes after, I saw him and his friends come back to the bar.

This time they were looking around as if they were looking for the person that called the police, but they looked around for about 15 minutes and then left,” the individual stated.
An affiliate of the source told the newspaper that DeAbreu was spotted at several popular nightclubs and hot spots over the weekend with visible weapons and in the presence of known “hitmen.”

Together, they are concerned that not enough is being done to track down De Abreu who seems to have little regard for the law.

The Guyana Chronicle has not yet received reports of the man’s arrest.
De Abreu, 29, was last listed as residing at Lot 56, Broad Street, Charlestown.

The police have requested anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of De Abreu to contact telephone numbers 226-1389, 227-2128, 226-7476, 226-7065, 227-2603, 227-1611, 227-1149, 227-1270, 225-6940 to 9, 225-3650, 226-1928, 911 or the nearest police station.
All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.