Nassau, Bahamas-A man is accused of sucker punching a police sergeant at the Nassau Street Police Station.
Tyrone Johnson, 24, was in custody for breaking the curfew.
Johnson, of Sarah Robinson Road, allegedly busted Sergeant 50 Neymour’s nose during the fight on May 17.
Johnson is charged with causing grievous harm, disorderly conduct and obscene language.
He’s also accused of ripping the uniforms of three police officers, resulting in $200 in damage as they tussled.
Johnson denied those charges at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Tuesday, May 19. He told the magistrate that the officers attacked him first.
However, pleaded guilty to the curfew violation that brought him to the station.
The court heard that Johnson was at his fiancée’s place when they got into a fight around 9pm.
That’s when her family told him to leave. Johnson claimed that he had called the police hotline to get permission to leave, but he’d been put on hold.
Due to the tense situation, he left without getting approval.
Police stopped Johnson at Pitt Road a short time later.
McKinney fined Johnson $1,000 for breaking the curfew. He’ll spend four months in prison if the fine isn’t paid.
Johnson goes to trial on the remaining charges on September 1.
The magistrate remanded him to prison since he doesn’t have the power to grant bail for grievous harm.
Additionally, Johnson had an arrest warrant pending since 2018 for failing to appear in traffic court.
Johnson admitted to driving an unlicensed, uninspected car with no insurance.
What’s more, he had no driver’s license, the car was heavily tinted, and no plates were on the car.
McKinney fined him $425 for the traffic violations to avoid one month in prison.
The court cancelled the warrant without penalty.
