A La Ro­maine man has been or­dered to do 200 hours of com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice for re­sist­ing ar­rest, ob­scene lan­guage and pos­ses­sion of a stone with in­tent to wound.Jef­frey Ja­goonath was al­so placed on a $1,500 bond to keep the peace and be of good be­hav­iour for three years. "You must not play with stones," San Fer­nan­do Fourth Court Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar ad­vised af­ter sen­tenc­ing him.Ja­goonath had plead­ed guilty to charges of pos­ses­sion of a stone with in­tent to wound, re­sist­ing ar­rest and ob­scene lan­guage. He was charged by PC Avinash Nar­ine.

Court pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Rus­sell Ra­moutar said around 11 pm on Mon­day Nar­ine and oth­er of­fi­cers were on mo­bile pa­trol du­ty along Tem­ple Street. The ac­cused, who was walk­ing along the road, looked in the of­fi­cer's di­rec­tion and be­gan walk­ing quick­ly.The of­fi­cers ap­proached him and he picked up a stone and threat­ened to "buss" the of­fi­cers head while us­ing ob­scene lan­guage. He strug­gled with the of­fi­cers when they at­tempt­ed to ar­rest him.Asked by the mag­is­trate whether he was drink­ing, he said he drank three beers.