Councillor charged with unlawful possession of Flat Screen

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Sylvan Reid, the Councillor for the Salt Spring Division in Montego Bay, St James has been charged, days after his house was raided by members of the Lottery Scam Task Force.

Reid has been charged with unlawful possession of property.

He will appear in Court tomorrow.

The police have described Reid and Michael Troupe, the deputy mayor of Montego Bay as major players in the lottery scam.

The two councillors were among five people arrested during the lottery scam raid last Wednesday.

Troupe and his son have since been charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — People's National Party councillor for the Salt Spring Division, Sylvan Reid, was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court today on a charge of illegal possession of property.
Resident Magistrate Sandria Wong ordered the councillor to surrender his travel documents and placed a stop order at all ports of entry.
Reid is to report to the Mount Salem police station every Monday and Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm.
He was also ordered to submit his fingerprints to the police.
Reid, who was defended by attorney-at-law Roy Fairclough, was taken into custody by members of the lottery scam task force at his Cornwall Courts, St James home.
During a search of his house the police observed a black 50-inch television, which Reid reportedly said he purchased in the US, but could not produce custom documentations requested by the police.
He was subsequently charged for illegal possession of a television.



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