United States national Jason Grogg who had been embroiled in gun and customs offences was today March 6, 2024, deported from Dominica along with his entire family.
Grogg was arrested last year on gun and ammunition-related offenses and pleaded guilty to the charges.
Jason and Jennifer Grogg and their two teen daughters were taken into custody on April 17, 2023, when authorities found the gun and ammunition inside the 40-foot shipping container the family used to store their belongings.
After seven days in jail, Jason pleaded guilty to possessing the firearm without a license and paid a $9,250 fine to secure the release of his wife and daughters.
The charges against his wife and daughters were all dismissed.
Jason, however, insisted that the officials only uncovered “some miscellaneous ammunition” and a handgun that he planned to secure a permit.
It was not immediately clear why authorities were searching the family’s possessions in the first place.
On May 4, just a few days after his guilty plea, Jason was rearrested by customs officers at Douglas Charles Airport and remanded at the State’s prison. A High Court Judge eventually granted him bail of $50,000.00 despite objections from the prosecution.
After his deportation Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sherma Dalrymple issued a “notice of discontinuance” to the court ending all matters involving the state and Jason Grogg.
He has been posting on social media stating that the State is using “delaying tactics” in his matter and vowed to take “civil action against the State.” However, at the date of his deportation, no civil matter was filed.
Too long in coming. Good riddance!
He should bring down the American government on the one-man rogue regime!!!
A foreigner comes to your Kalinago Homeland to wreak havoc and you support and cheer him, even though he would burn you and your household. “Stupid” is not even enough an adjective to describe this thinking. Is this your idea of ‘kalinago justice?”
Not a fan of this government….however if a Dominican resident(lawfully) in the US is found guilty of the identical offense, he/she would meet the same fate.