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Fireman, teacher fined for drunk driving

By Staff Editor Mon, August 10 2026, 2:03 AM GMT-4

A teacher and a fireman were each fined $100,000 on Friday after admitting to separate drunk-driving offences in Central Rupununi.

Roderick George, 71, a teacher of Tabatinga, Lethem, and Terrell Pauline, 24, a fireman of St Ignatius Village, appeared before Magistrate Nikkisha Logan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.

George pleaded guilty to driving with a breath alcohol level above the prescribed limit on August 3 on the Tabatinga Public Road.

Pauline admitted to committing the same offence on August 4 on the St Ignatius Public Road.

They were each fined $100,000, with an alternative of two weeks in prison if they fail to pay.

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