NASSAU-A man accused of a recent crime spree in Nassau, Bahamas has been denied bail.
Police say Anthony McKenzie raped two women in separate home-invasion armed robberies.
He allegedly raped a 23-year-old during a burglary at her home on Marshall Road on January 14.
McKenzie and an accomplice escaped in a stolen Ford-150.
Then, on February 4, McKenzie allegedly raped a 45-year-old woman during a burglary at her home in Coral Harbour.
McKenzie and another man robbed the woman of jewellery and $4,500 before they escaped in her stolen 2008 Lexus.
Additionally, McKenzie is accused of robbing a woman of $2,200, a Mini Cooper and a black Mercedes Benz on December 23, 2019.
He’s accused of robbing the Aliv store on Prince Charles Drive of $28,544 on January 3, 2020.
McKenzie is accused of robbing a woman of a 2015 Infiniti, an iPhone XR Max, her wedding band and a piggy bank on January 23, 2020.
McKenzie was not required to enter pleas to those charges when he made his initial appearance before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
Those cases will be tried in the Supreme Court. Prosecutors intend to fast-track the matters to the Supreme Court by a voluntary bill of indictment on April 20.
However, McKenzie admitted to receiving a stolen Rolex valued at more than $117,000.
It was one of the 14 Rolex watches taken during a smash and grab robbery at the Rolex Boutique at the Atlantis Resort on February 15.
McKenzie denied charges that he participated in the Rolex raid, however.
He returns to court for sentencing in that matter on March 4.
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