Essequibo fugitive remanded on series of charges

Leon Price

A 24-year-old man who managed to evade the police for the last three years is now the latest guest of the state after he was slapped with several charges when he appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Leon Price, who is unemployed and has no fixed place of abode  was charged with attempting to set fire to a building.

According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday 13th September, 2017 at Onderneeming Sand Pit.

Price allegedly lit a fire in an attempt to burn the home of Daniel Stoll.