GARNETT Pellington, the businessman arrested in February’s gun and ammunition find at Munster Road in East Kingston, pleaded guilty to breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act when he appeared in Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today.
He will be sentenced on June 29.
Pellington was charged after police reported that he offered $200,000 to them to let him go when he was held in the arms bust on February 4.
Sergeant Russell Robinson, who was assigned to the Armoury and Stores at the Elletson Road Police Station, was also charged for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act after police reported that he begged the arresting cops in the Munster Road bust to release or kill him.
However, when both men appeared in court last Wednesday, Pellington pleaded guilty while Robinson pleaded not guilty. Robinson was remanded in custody until June 29.
Pellington is also charged with 19 counts of illegal possession of firearm, two counts of illegal possession of ammunition and one count of aiding and abetting storehouse break-in and larceny.
Robinson is facing 18 counts of illegal possession of firearms, four counts of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act, one count of illegal possession of ammunition and one count of storehouse break-in and larceny.
Two civilian workers of the armoury and stores — Charles Morris and David Blagrove — are facing similar charges.
The four accused are also scheduled to return to the High Court Division of the Gun Court for trial on July 5.
They were arrested after a search of two premises in East Kingston yielded 19 firearms, 10,600 rounds of ammunition, police vests and $787,000 cash.
The weapons — which included M-16 rifles, shotguns, Uzi sub-machine guns, pistols and revolvers as well as ammunition and police vests — were found to be stolen from the armoury.
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