NASSAU-A feud between two relatives led to a drug arrest.
Police went to Alfred McKinney’s home on July 6 after his cousin Kristin McKinney said he pulled a handgun on him.
Officers responding to the complaint, smelled a strong scent of marijuana.
The officers found 45 packages of marijuana, with a combined weight of two ounces, hidden in speakers.
As a result, police charged McKinney with assault with a deadly weapon and drug possession with intent to supply.
However, when McKinney appeared in court his cousin said he didn’t want to proceed, so the prosecutor withdrew the complaint.
McKinney pleaded guilty to the drug charge when he appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes.
His lawyer Ian Cargill asked the court for leniency. He said that McKinney didn’t sell drugs but had been smoking marijuana for years.
The magistrate fined McKinney $500 on the drug charge.
