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Man sentenced for breaking bail conditions

Muhammad Ahsan
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Man sentenced for breaking bail conditions

NASSAU-A magistrate on Friday sentenced gun suspect Dwight Rolle to three months in prison for breaking his bail conditions.

Rolle faced a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine.

The 23-year-old from United Estates in San Salvador admitted the bail breach at his arraignment before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes.

A Supreme Court granted Rolle bail pending trial on February 22, 2018. Rolle had to sign in at the San Salvador Police Station on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays before 6pm.

However, Rolle ignored this bail condition from August 28, 2019 until June 24, 2020.

Accused FedEx cocaine smuggler under house arrest

Lisa Brown
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Accused FedEx cocaine smuggler under house arrest

Accused cocaine smuggler Pereze Perissa Ferguson is under house arrest as a condition of her $100,000 bail.

Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, can only leave home to seek medical care for herself and son, court hearings, lawyer visits and religious services.

Ferguson’s brother Kenneth Whymms posted bail and she’ll be staying with him in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Earlier this month, police arrested Ferguson after she tried to collect a FedEx package that contained 2.9 kilos of cocaine. The package originated in The Bahamas.

The initial scheduled delivery to “Dave Black” failed on June 16 because the package had the wrong address.

After the failed the delivery attempt, Ferguson allegedly contacted FedEx multiple times to correct the address.

She eventually arranged to have the package delivered to her home in her name, prosecutors allege.

Due to the suspicious activity, FedEX officials alerted law enforcement, who found the cocaine. The shipper had claimed the package contained face masks.

Following the discovery, law enforcement agents took over the delivery.

Ferguson, who was in Florida on a visitor’s visa, arranged to collect the package at the Broward Mall on June 18.

But Ferguson cancelled the pick-up after the undercover agent approached the mall entrance without the package.

A short time later, law enforcement stopped Ferguson’s truck and arrested her.

According to an arrest affidavit, Ferguson claimed she had been hired to collect the package and take it to a person called Zar for $75.

Her arraignment initially set for July 6 will take place on September 30.

 

Teen accused of unlawful sex with minor

Lisa Brown
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Teen accused of unlawful sex with minor

NASSAU-A Jamaican teenager accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor has been denied bail.

Prosecutors say Tralavae Andrews, 19, had an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl in May. The age of consent is 16.

Andrews did not have to enter a plea to unlawful sexual intercourse charge at his initial court appearance.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes remanded Andrews to prison because he lacks jurisdiction to consider bail for the offence. However, he advised Forbes his right to seek bail in the Supreme Court.

Prosecutors will send the case to the Supreme Court on November 2 with the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment.

Teen charged with cutlass murder of missing woman

Lisa Brown
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Teen charged with cutlass murder of missing woman

Police have charged a 16-year-old Bahamian boy with the cutlass murder of a 79-year-old Haitian woman in Grand Bahama.

A search party found Elisia Elioc murdered in bushes in Eight Mile Rock on June 20, a day after relatives reported her missing.

She had been chopped to death.

Because he’s a minor, Magistrate Gwendolyn Claude excluded the public from the court. However, his parents and attorney Keith Seymour were allowed inside.

The teen, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge.

The teenager faced separate charges of housebreaking and stealing.

Prosecutors say he broke into the home of Keisha Coverley, of Martin Town, Eight Mile Rock between June 19 and 20.

He allegedly stole a television, Android box, and a black LG DVD player, altogether valued at $400.

Police recovered the stolen items.

He denied that charge and returns to court for both matters on August 4.

 

 

 

AIDS claim man denies impersonating cop

David Stewart
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AIDS claim man denies impersonating cop

NASSAU- A funeral director who tried to ruin his married lover’s marriage by telling her husband that she’d contracted AIDS during their fling was back in court on Thursday.

This time, Godfrey Gray, 39, of Fritz Lane, faced a charge of impersonating a policeman.

Police say that Gray had a police warrant card on June 21, although he’s not a member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Gray denied the charge and was granted $1,000 bail. He returns to court on October 20 for his trial.

On Wednesday, Gray pleaded guilty to charges of intentional libel and misuse of telecommunications over a series of calls and messages to his former fling and her husband.

Gray and the woman had a brief intimate relationship in February. However, after the woman refused to leave her husband Gray began harassing her, the court heard.

He sent WhatsApp messages to the woman’s husband and relatives claiming that he had given her AIDS.

In her complaint to police, the woman said that Gray said he wanted her husband to kill her.

Although Gray claims to have the disease, his former fling has tested negative.

The court ordered Gray to apologize in writing to his victim for the libel charge by June 30. He was fined $500 for the misusing the telephone.

Failure to comply with either condition will result in a six-month prison sentence.

Robbery suspect in hospital after he’s hit by car

Lisa Brown
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Robbery suspect in hospital after he’s hit by car

NASSAU-An armed robber is in hospital after he met his match on Thursday.

Police say a robbery victim turned the tables on a robber when he knocked him down with a car.

According to police, the lone gunman ordered a man and woman out of a car on Haven Road around 6pm.

They both complied. But as the gunman robbed his female companion, the man got back into the car and knocked down the robber.

Before police arrived, a man who witnessed the incident took the robber’s gun from the scene.

Officers arrested that man later in the day. Police found a .40 Glock pistol when they searched his home at Balfour Avenue.

Meanwhile, police are looking for two bandits who robbed a shop on Joe Farrington Road.

The masked men robbed a cashier at gunpoint of an unknown amount of cash around 1pm.

The robbers fled on foot.

Coconut vendors admit hawking charge

Lisa Brown
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Coconut vendors admit hawking charge

NASSAU-Two teens arrested for selling coconut products illegally on Harold Road got a second chance when they went to court.

Police arrested Moreko Mackey, 19, and Marvin Joseph, 18, for hawking on June 22 and seized their goods. The officers confiscated 11 gallons of coconut water, 15 litres of coconut water and four bags of coconut meat.

The teenagers pleaded guilty to hawking when they appeared before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux.

However, she did not convict them. Instead, Magistrate Turnquest-Deveaux let them go with a warning.

The magistrate warned the teenagers to get the necessary permits if they wanted to continue selling coconut products.

Police this week pledged a crackdown on illegal roadside vendors.

In a press release on Tuesday, police spokesman ASP Audley Peters said vendors need permits from police.

Vendors apply at the business licensing section at Police Headquarters on East Street.

The following items must accompany the application.

  • Copy of Bahamian Passport
  • Immigration Status for Non- Bahamians
  • Permission Letter for Government Property
  • Permission Letter for Private Property
  • Letter from Physical Planning (if applicable for structuring a building)
  • Food handlers/Health Certificate for applicants selling food
  • Inspection letter from Department of Environmental Health for selling food
  • Letter of compliance from the National Insurance Board

Trial date set for suspect in Potter’s Cay Dock rape

David Stewart
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Trial date set for suspect in Potter’s Cay Dock rape

NASSAU-A judge set a trial date for a man accused of raping a woman at Potter’s Cay Dock. After the rape, prosecutors say Elcharrico Sherman tossed the naked woman overboard in an attempt to kill her.

Justice Gregory Hilton set a trial date of October 31, 2022 during a brief hearing on June 25.

Sherman appeared before Justice Gregory Hilton via video-link from the prison. The prosecutor T’shura Ambrose and his court-appointed lawyer Damien White were in court.

Prosecutors allege that Sherman accused the woman of stealing drugs before he raped her at the dock on November 11, 2019.

Then, he allegedly threw the naked woman overboard. The woman clung to a boat and remained in the water for five hours before she was rescued.

Police arrested Sherman a short time later.

Second suspect charged in fifth grader’s murder

David Stewart
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Second suspect charged in fifth grader’s murder
Homicide detectives escort Delanzo Cartwright shown in middle to court

NASSAU-A second suspect has been arrested and charged in the murders of a 10-year-old girl and another man.

Donald Cox, 24, of Bamboo Boulevard, made his initial court appearance before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on Thursday afternoon.

Police had issued a wanted poster for Cox last week.

Prosecutors say Cox and others are responsible for a triple shooting on May 29 in Bel Air Estates that killed fifth grader Lorencia Walkes and Peron Bain. Leroy Sands received serious injuries during the same shooting.

Cox did not enter a plea to the charges when he made his initial court appearance before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes.


Police charged Cox’s alleged partner Delanzo Cartwright, 22, of Pinewood Gardens on June 11.

Cox joined Cartwright on remand at The Bahamas Department of Corrections after the magistrate refused bail.

They both return to court on October 8 to receive a voluntary bill of indictment.

According to police, a group of people were outside a home on Iguana Way in Bel Air Estates when three gunmen emerged from a gold car and opened fire.

Bain died at the scene. Meanwhile, Walkes, a fifth grader at Sybil Strachan Primary, remained in hospital until her death on June 7.

 

Infant’s dad, grandmother jailed over baby’s injuries

David Stewart
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Infant’s dad, grandmother jailed over baby’s injuries

NASSAU-A pair who attacked a mother as she held her baby were on Wednesday jailed for one year.

The infant’s father Jeffrey Lubin, 24, and grandmother Rosna Noel, 52, on June 12 pleaded guilty to assaulting Francesca Sanon and exposing her two-month-old son to grievous harm.

The two-month-old boy received a gash to his face that required surgery after Sanon fell on top of him during the domestic dispute.

The incident took place on June 7 in the Cowpen Road Haitian Village.

It all began when Sanon, walked out on Lubin because she caught him cheating.

So, she went to stay by her mother. However, the Lubin came to the house and the Noel allowed him to sleep over.


That’s when the Sanon decided to leave. She left the following morning and was holding the infant when her boyfriend grabbed her free hand. Then, he dragged her back to the house.

Sanon screamed for help. Rather than helping her daughter, Noel came out and joined in the attack. She hit Sanon across her back and bit the hand she was using to hold the baby.

During the struggle the mother fell on her baby, causing head injuries.

The infant had surgery on his face and has an eye infection and fluid in the lungs, the court heard. The child has recovered from the incident.

A bystander recorded the vicious attack and turned the video over to investigators.

Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis said the family would never be the same because of the incident.

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