By Prior Beharry
A Chaguanas couple has been charged with various offences regarding the giving of false statements for tint exemptions applications.
Sheldon Martin, 34, and Petra Johnson-Martin, 32, were charged on Saturday after police sought advice from Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC.
A release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Monday stated that Martin and Johnson-Martin are charged with knowingly and wilfully making a statement false in material particular a declaration that the information provided in an application for tinted window exemption in favour of a motor vehicle, that he/she was an employee of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. Contrary to Section 8 (b) of the Perjury Act Chapter 11:14.
Martin, was also charged with three other offences, contrary to the Firearms Act Chapter 16:01.
Police reports indicate that on August 16 and 17 2021, the accused Martin and Johnson-Martin allegedly filled out two Ministry of Works and Transport, Transport Division applications for Tinted Window Exemption forms in relation to their respective motor vehicles.
These exemptions reflected that they were both police officers in the TTPS when in fact, Sheldon Martin is employed with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, while his wife Petra Johnson-Martin is employed as a support service representative at a shipping company.
The application forms were later submitted and approved.
A report was made to the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) on May 20, 2022, and Senior Superintendent PSB, Suzette Martin was detailed to conduct enquiries into the matter.
On May 27, 2022, Assistant Commissioner of Police Nazrudeen Pragg was charged with two counts of Misbehaviour in Public Office in relation to this matter.
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