Monrovia – The Liberia National Police has arrested, investigated, charged and forwarded a former Senior Police officer identified as Samuel T. Nimely to the Paynesville Magisterial Court with multiple charges ranging from criminal attempt to commit murder and aggravated assault respectively.
According to a LNP statement suspect Nimely who recently moved to the Rehab Community, in Paynesville on August 2, 2016 on several occasions experienced intrusion into his home by thieves that made away with several items from his home to include generator, battery table, chairs and other valuable properties, according to a police statement.
The release states that suspect Nimely on August 11, 2016 went to the Zon-8 Police Station and made a complaint of an alleged burglary at his house by some unknown criminals and requested assistance of uniformed Police officers to proceed with him to an area in the Thinkers Village community where he claimed to be criminals’ hideout.
The release noted that upon the arrival of defendant Nimely and uniformed Police officers at the alleged criminals’ hideout, some men began to flee from a dilapidated building believed to be a ghetto, while the Police officers were in pursuit of them, defendant Nimely discharged a firearm in the process that wounded an armless victim identified as Emmanuel Kieh on his back, left arm and on his left leg who did not pose any threat and was escaping from the scene.
Police investigation further disclosed that defendant Samuel T. Nimely used a Remington riffle that was registered at the offices of the Superintendent of Montserrado County for hunting purpose since 2013.
Police probe revealed that defendant Nimely did not wait after filing his complaint at the Police station but decided to effect his own arrest and in the process he discharged a firearm against victim who was unarmed.
Meanwhile, the victim is currently at the JKF medical Hospital undergoing treatment, The Police however described the act by defendant Nimely as a violation of chapter 10 sections 10.1 and chapter 14 sections 14.20 of the penal code of the Republic of Liberia and has been forwarded to the Paynesville Magisterial Court for prosecution.