Police have charged a St. James man in connection with the death of Constable Linroy Codner.

The cop was injured during a hit and run incident in Granville , St James on Friday, October 4 last  year. 

25-year-old Dillon Reid, otherwise known as ‘CJ’ or ‘Bulby’ of Blackshop District, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Reports from the Montego Bay Police are that at about 3:00 p.m., Constable Codner was on duty,  when he was mowed down reportedly by Reid, who was driving a White Toyota Probox . 

Police say Reid fled the scene and abandoned the vehicle in his community after the incident. 

Constable Codner was assisted to hospital, where he received treatment for multiple brain injuries; he succumbed on Sunday, October 20.

Reid turned himself in to the police a day after the incident with his attorney and was interviewed.

A file was  submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for a ruling, and on Friday, February 21, it was recommended that he be charged.

He was formally charged on Friday, February 28, after he again surrendered to custody with his attorney.

Reid is scheduled to appear in the St. James Parish Court on Wednesday, March 12.

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