Government worker accused of soliciting cash from passport applicant

Thu, Oct 14th 2010, 11:00 PM

A government worker accused of soliciting cash from a passport applicant was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday.

George Leon Barr, 28, of Pinewood Gardens, was arraigned before Magistrate Carolita Bethel in Court 8, Bank Lane.

He was charged with soliciting an advantage as well as accepting an advantage.

According to court dockets, it is alleged that between Wednesday, July 14 and Tuesday, August 17, Barr solicited an advantage of cash in the amount of $100 from Kimberly Burrows, without lawful authority, as an inducement to expedite the issuance of two e-passports.

It is further alleged that on Thursday, August 19, Barr accepted an advantage of cash in the amount of $40 from Kimberly ...

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