Constable charged in Latoya Bulgin killing as FLA audit flags missing ammunition

Constable Andrew Wilson has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Latoya Bulgin, also called Boju, in Granville, St. James, on May 17. INDECOM said the Director of Public Prosecutions’ ruling was received on May 29 after the agency submitted its file. Wilson, 35, was charged Wednesday morning, appeared in the St. James Parish Court, was remanded, and was ordered to surrender travel documents and avoid contact with witnesses. His next court date is June 16.

INDECOM said video evidence helped investigators build an objective account of the incident, noting the value of early access to CCTV, body-camera footage, phone recordings and other video material. Police previously said Bulgin was shot after an altercation during a protest, when she allegedly tried to drive away while her vehicle was to be seized. The constable, who was in front of the vehicle, fired one round, hitting the mother of two. The shooting triggered protests in Granville, and Wilson was later removed from frontline duties.

In St. Andrew, 24-year-old truck driver Carl Brown of Park Road, Lawrence Tavern, was shot at home about 11:40 p.m. while on a motorcycle on the premises. He died at Kingston Public Hospital. Constant Spring CIB is investigating, and police have not established a motive. Separately, 27-year-old Lamar White, otherwise called Lampart, of Railway Road, Kingston 11, has been charged over a shooting on Cricket Way, St. Andrew, on May 22, 2025.

In St. Catherine, seven-year-old Aiden Watson of Fairfield Close, Fairview Park, Spanish Town, died from injuries sustained in a May 28 collision involving an orange Lamaha motorcycle driven by an 18-year-old from Mona Heights. The Spanish Town Traffic Department is probing the matter.

Off Trelawny, 55-year-old fisherman Dennis Scott of Falmouth is feared dead after disappearing at sea. Trelawny Fisher’s Association president Fritz Christie said Scott’s boat was found after a week-long search, but no body had been recovered.

In Manchester, Marvin Dean, a decommissioned Justice of the Peace, and Dudley Powell were granted bail on forgery-related charges tied to alleged driver’s licence application fraud at the Island Traffic Authority’s Mandeville Service Hub. Dean received $600,000 bail and Powell $400,000, with reporting conditions and travel restrictions. They return to court on July 1.

The Integrity Commission also reported weaknesses at the Firearm Licensing Authority, including 191 missing rounds of .22 ammunition, poor inventory controls and manipulated licensing data. It recommended urgent reforms, stronger data controls, better storage, backup systems and an independent audit of all FLA vaults.