Thirty-two-year-old Panif Broomfield, in any other case referred to as ‘Chang’, a building employee of Effortville in Could Pen, Clarendon, has lastly been cornered by the legislation after forensic proof tied him to a brazen 2019 theft and gun battle in Could Pen.
Broomfield, who has been on the police’s radar and even featured on the JCF’s ‘Needed Wednesdays’, is now slapped with a protracted rap sheet — Theft with Aggravation, two counts of Taking pictures with Intent, Unlawful Possession of Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition.
Reviews are that round 9:10 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2019, a taxi operator was pounced upon alongside Manchester Avenue in Could Pen. The attackers, together with Broomfield, reportedly compelled the driving force into the again of his Toyota Probox earlier than making an attempt to make their getaway.
However their plans had been interrupted when an off-duty police officer confronted them. What adopted was a fiery gun battle. Within the chaos, the taxi operator managed to flee by leaping from the shifting automobile.
The robbers, nonetheless, managed to flee. The getaway automotive was later found deserted alongside Chapelton Highway riddled with bullet holes. Police processed the crime scene, recovering spent casings and blood samples.
Shortly after, cops had been alerted that Broomfield turned up at hospital with gunshot wounds. He advised docs he was an harmless passerby caught in crossfire whereas strolling alongside the highway.
However forensic testing later proved in any other case — linking his DNA and blood proof on to the deserted Probox and the crime scene.
Because the incident, Broomfield remained one in all Clarendon’s most needed males for over six years.
Lastly, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ‘Chang’ surrendered to police within the presence of his lawyer. He was interviewed on Thursday, October 2 and formally charged.
