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Nassau, BAHAMAS- A corrections officer, who prosecutors say plotted to kill her boss and a murdered man, has been granted $20,000 emergency bail.
Shante Taylor, 21, is accused of luring Elvardo Thompson to her Pinecrest Subdivision home on July 20.
Thompson was allegedly ambushed by gunmen and killed soon after he arrived at Taylor’s home.
What’s more, Taylor is accused of conspiring to kill her supervisor at the prison on July 30. The supervisor was not hurt.
Investigators allegedly uncovered the devious plots during a search of Taylor’s cellphone.
Taylor was initially remanded to prison until January 20, 2025.
However, her lawyer Kelsie Munroe made an emergency bail application on medical grounds.
The prosecution didn’t object to her release.
Taylor has to sign in at the Elizabeth Estates Police Station twice weekly and have her location tracked by an ankle bracelet. She’s also forbidden from contacting witnesses directly or indirectly.
Four men have been charged with Thompson’s gang-related murder.
They are Jamaal Hamilton, a close relative of a notorious gang leader, Vernal Brown, Dondre Ramsey and

Nassau, BAHAMAS- A magistrate on Monday dismissed a case against businessman Philippe Gagnon after finding that the prosecution’s witnesses had been coached.
The 55-year-old businessman was charged with causing harm to Spencer Charrington, the son of Albany top executive Peter Charrington.
The charge stemmed from an incident at a Moulin Rouge themed New Year’s Eve party held at the resort on January 1 after Philippe’s wife Diana accused Charrington of groping her butt.
However, Mr Gagnon is the only person to face court over the incident since police have failed to act on his wife’s complaint of indecent assault, although she had two witnesses.
Charrington was arrested and quizzed about the incident on April 4 and released pending further investigations. The Gagnons have filed a complaint with the Corruption Unit over the police’s failure to deal with their complaint.
In court, Charrington alleged that he was slapped on his cheek and punched to the stomach after he innocently complimented Mrs Gagnon about her pretty feathered dress.
The theater student at McDaniel College in Maryland, who wore a dress and a feathered headpiece at the party, said he wasn’t sure she heard the alleged compliment, as he denied approaching the 35-year-old from behind and touching her butt, as he’s “not attracted to women.” “I thought it was pretty, I liked the feathers,” he said of Diana’s outfit.
Charrington, who wore pants and a long sleeved shirt during his testimony, insisted that Mr Gagnon, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, didn’t tell him to go away three times before he slapped him on the dance floor.
Charrington said that he was at the party with four of his friends, whom he was unable to name when pressed by defense lawyer Bjorn Ferguson.
Explaining his inability to name his friends, Charrington said, “There was a lot going on that night sir.”
He glanced at his parents throughout his testimony and they appeared to gesture to him.
According to Charrington, there were other women on the dancefloor, whom he also complimented on their attire throughout the night, before the assault took place.
He said he didn’t compliment the other two women, who were near to Mrs Gagnon,
Charrington claimed that his assailant was wearing red, white and blue, though pictures of the event show Gagnon in a red vest.
He said Albany’s head butler Lavardo Bethel intervened and escorted Gagnon and his wife were escorted from the premises.
Charrington he went to the hospital and was given an injection for pain. According to him, he had immense swelling to his jaw that affected his ability to eat for several weeks. Notably, Charrington didn’t claim to suffer any injuries as a result of the alleged punch to the stomach.
Bethel testified that Gagnon was wearing a yellow vest when he hit Charrington. He also said that there were no other women on the dance floor.

Nassau, BAHAMAS- The boyfriend of social media influencer Roxie Starr is behind bars after he allegedly shot dead a fleeing man.
Prosecutors say 41-year-old fisherman Deleiko McPhee, whose street name is Fire, acted unlawfully when he shot dead Jamal Forbes on April 28.
Forbes and another man, Lubins Fenelus, are alleged to have burglarised the apartment that McPhee shared with Starr, real name Sherelle Duncombe, and Jefferson Storr at Royal Palm Estates.
McPhee is alleged to have chased and shot at the intruders as they fled the residence.
The incident was reportedly captured on the building’s surveillance cameras.
When police arrived at the scene, they arrested McPhee, Duncombe and Starr after they seized 714 pounds of marijuana from the residence.
McPhee faces charges of murder, attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol and possession of three unfired rounds of 9mm ammunition regarding the shooting.
McPhee, Duncombe and Storr are charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply and conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply in relation to the marijuana seizure.
They denied the drug charges at their arraignment before Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley.
Duncombe and Storr were each granted $50,000 bail and ordered to wear ankle bracelets.
Their drug trial is set for August 20.
McPhee is expected to receive a voluntary bill of indictment for the murder, attempted murder and gun charges on the same date.
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