NASSAU- The child sex abuse case of a ZNS cameraman is headed to the Supreme Court.
Robert Johnson, 32, of Stapledon Gardens, was yesterday committed to stand trial on charges that he indecently assaulted and raped a teenage girl.
The sexual abuse allegedly began when the girl was 14 and continued until she was 15.
Johnson, who is on bail, will be arraigned before Senior Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner on February 26.
NASSAU- A man caught with a loaded gun has been jailed for 30 months.
Neville Wilson, 35, dropped the 9mm pistol as he tried to outrun a team of three officers from the Elizabeth Estates Police Station on January 21.
The officers went to Swaziland Crest in response to reports that a man with a firearm was walking in the area.
The police officers stopped when they saw Wilson, who the fit the description of the suspect.
That’s when Wilson pulled the gun from his waistband, dropped it on the grass and ran. But the officers caught Wilson after a short chase. They returned him to the area where he dropped 9mm pistol, which was loaded with nine rounds of ammunition.
Wilson, of Malaysia Way, Elizabeth Estates pleaded guilty to charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition at his arraignment.
NASSAU- Police have charged Fred Lloyd in the brutal beating death of his 19-year-old former girlfriend.
Police found Kendise “Pearl” Smith through a track road, off Marshall Road, with her head bashed in on January 18 after they got a call.
The murder stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said.
Lloyd, 24, of Tranquil Close, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on Monday charged with murder.
He did not enter a plea to the charge and he returns to court on March 25.
Smith’s relatives vowed to avenge her death as police escorted Lloyd into the court complex.
Lloyd appeared unfazed by the threats. For their part, Lloyd’s family told him they loved him.
Of the eight people murdered this year, two of them were women.
NASSAU- Police have cleared Central and South Eleuthera MP Stephen “Hank” Johnson in an assault probe.
He finally broke his silence as rumours persisted that police had charged him.
The false claims prompted calls from PLP chairman Fred Mitchell for his resignation from Parliament and as chairman of Road Traffic.
Police cleared Johnson after he was able to prove that he was not on the island when the assault allegedly occurred, the statement said.
“As Mr Johnson was able to prove that he was not on the island when the incident allegedly occurred, police did not charge him.
“Mr Johnson categorically denies that he, at any time, committed any criminal act. He condemns violence against anyone, especially women.”
However, Johnson said that the man accused of attacking him will appear before a magistrate on January 27 on a causing harm charge.
The charge stems from an incident where Johnson was attacked as he left a female friend’s home around 8am. Johnson thanked the police for their prompt response.
Police received a complaint against Johnson after the officers dealt with his report against his alleged attack, the statement said.
The suspect, who knows Johnson, is on police bail, pending his court appearance.
Addressing calls for his resignation, Johnson said, “Political mischief makers have suggested that I resign over this most unfortunate incident. There is no reason for me to step down from my parliamentary duties, as I am the victim in this matter.”
Johnson has assured his constituents that he would continue to carry out his parliamentary duties.
NASSAU- A man arrested when police arrived on the scene of a robbery has been charged.
Police arrested Zevargo Gaitor, of Balfour Avenue, after they were called to the Peardale Supermarket on January 18.
Gaitor is accused of robbing Chen Yuen Scheung of $641 in the incident.
Gaitor elected summary trial at his arraignment before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt and pleaded not guilty.
The magistrate remanded Gaitor to prison and will hold a bail hearing on January 26.
NASSAU- Prosecutors have dropped charges against a couple accused of robbing a man of $50 at gunpoint.
Anita McDonald and her boyfriend Dontee Riley were arrested and charged in August 2018 after they were accused of the July 17, 2018 armed robbery of Wesley Smith.
McDonald and Riley were not given bail and remained in custody until prosecutors withdrew the charge.
Their trial was supposed to begin on January 18 before Justice Guillimina Archer-Minnis.
But the Director of Public Prosecutions Garvin Gaskin issued a nolle prosequi, resulting in their discharge.
NASSAU- A convicted child rapist died in prison Friday afternoon after he reportedly suffered a seizure at his dorm.
Anthony Smith was serving a 10-year sentence for molesting his former girlfriend’s three daughters.
Smith raped the girls, aged, seven and eight, in 2016 while their mother was at work. He was convicted of the indecent assault of their younger sister, aged six.
Smith, 36, is the second inmate from the N Dorm in Maximum Security to die recently.
Murder convict Andrew “Yogi” Davis died in the dorm from complications of heart failure on October 28, 2020.
Prison officials had denied Davis, 43, access to his prescribed diet to manage the disease.
NASSAU-Homicide detectives are working to find out who shot a man outside a Village Road bar Thursday afternoon.
Police went to a Von’s Bar shortly before noon after receiving reports of a shooting.
Police said the occupants of a blue car shot the victim, identified as Chadwin “Ghost” Curry, multiple times before they fled.
Curry, 46, went to hospital by private car. He died in hospital a short time later.
NASSAU- An uninsured driver accused of killing a couple on Christmas Day has been remanded to prison, pending a bail hearing.
Alexander Butler, 33, crashed into the Nissan March that Brent Johnson and his wife Eulona Dean-Johnson were travelling in on West Bay Street, killing them instantly.
But Butler’s Honda Accord shouldn’t have been on the road since he didn’t have third party insurance.
Butler pleaded guilty to driving without insurance at his arraignment before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
He pleaded not guilty to two counts of killing in the course of dangerous driving.
The prosecutor asked for time to address the issue of bail.
As a result, he was remanded to prison until January 28.
NASSAU-An accused serial rapist who allegedly preyed on girls he met on Facebook was denied bail Wednesday.
Latario Miguel Clarke, 35, faces charges in connection to the rapes of minors, aged 14 through 17, between May 2020 and January 9, 2021.
After befriending his victims online, Clarke allegedly arranged to meet them and raped them.
Clarke is also accused of abducting a 14-year-old girl from Super Value on Nassau Street.
Clarke, of Misty Gardens, was not required to enter pleas to the charges at his initial appearance before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subu Swain.
She denied him bail because he has a pending matter of a similar nature.
Another magistrate freed Clarke on $5,000 bail in August 2020 after prosecutors accused him of procuring a 13-year-old girl for sex.
Police issued a wanted notice for Clarke in September.
And he failed to show up for his procuration case in November. As a result, a magistrate issued an arrest warrant for him.
Larry Martin, Clarke’s father, who posted his bail in the procuration matter asked to be released as his suretor.
Clarke is scheduled to appear in court again on April 7.
He did not have a lawyer.
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