Crime

Hams Bluff Double Homicide Of Officers: V.I.P.D. 'Fully Prepared' To Move Forward With Case

Police Commissioner Delroy Richards on Wednesday said that the V.I.P.D. is ready to move forward with the Hams Bluff double homicide case, where two police officers were found dead, their bodies punctured with gunshot wounds. The case is "pending court trial, that's all it is," Mr. Richards said, stating that he did not know for sure when the trial would begin. "I don't know if there are briefs being submitted by parties; I haven't the slightest idea. All I know is that the individual is arrested, obviously based on a warrant [and] it's before the courts. Whenever that date is I have not the slightest idea, but I know we're fully prepared to go to trial." Asked whether the force had collected additional evidence since the suspect, former Police Officer Francis Williams Jr., above -- who the V.I.P.D. has charged with the murder of police officers Kai Javois and Lesha Lammy -- was arrested, Mr. Richards would not say. "I can confirm that obviously we did what we ...