Suspects in Tower Suites attack positively identified

Curtis Vasconcellos and Jason Howard have been positively identified as the gunmen who attacked and robbed Tower Suites employees on Wednesday, Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken related last evening.

Investigations are currently ongoing to ascertain whether they are linked to other recent robberies but Stabroek News records show that Vasconcellos was recently committed to stand trial at the High Court for armed robbery and attempted murder. He, along with his co-accused, were released on $400,000 bail until the commencement of the trial.

On August 5, 2015, Vasconcellos and Orwin Peters, 21, were jointly charged with the attempted murder and robbery of