Arrest Warrant Issued for Trevor Berbick
Associated Press - January 16, 2003
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued for former heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick on burglary and theft charges in Jamaica.
Police in eastern Port Antonio issued the warrant Tuesday after a search of Berbick's home allegedly turned up several stolen items, including an electric drill, a pickax and some clothes, officer Glenford Miller said.
Berbick was deported from the United States to his native Jamaica in December after U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service determined he illegally re-entered the country after being deported to Canada in 1997.
Berbick telephoned police Wednesday to ask if a warrant for his arrest had been issued, but didn't indicate that he would turn himself in, Miller said.
Police searched Berbick's home Sunday after a neighbor reported a break-in and missing property. The officers left after Berbick demanded to see a search warrant.
Berbick, who beat Muhammad Ali in 1981, was ordered deported in 1997 after serving 15 months of a four-year sentence for convictions of rape, theft and misdemeanor assault in Florida. He was deported after breaking the conditions of his 1994 parole.
