A high school dropout was killed in Fox Hill as he bought breakfast.
The incident happened around 8am on Rahming Street.
Police said a lone gunman shot 17-year-old Jason Joseph multiple times in the street.
Then, the killer ran towards Cox Street and got into a white car.
Joseph’s father, Charite Joseph, said he had been expelled from Doris Johnson High School.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-Police are investigating the murders of two men in unrelated incidents on Tuesday.
The victims are 17-year-old Jason Joseph and Jeffrey Fowler. They both died on the scene.
Fowler, a janitor in his 40s, was fatally stabbed when he got into a fight with two other men at McQuay Street, off Nassau Street.
The incident happened around 6pm.
Chief Superintendent Shanta Knowles, commander of the Central Detective Unit, said police expect to conclude their investigations into this murder soon.
Knowles did not say what caused the fight.
She said, “We can say that this is domestic. These persons knew each other. Whatever the dispute was ended in someone losing his life.”
Knowles said people needed to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence.
Joseph was gunned down while buying breakfast at Rahming Street in Fox Hill around 8am.
A gunman shot Joseph multiple times before fleeing in a small white car.
Knowles said police have not identified a motive for the murder.
Anyone with information on Joseph’s murder should call police at 502-9991/2.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-Police arrested a man for having an unlicensed firearm after he called officers during a domestic dispute.
Wendel Smith, 35, called police on May 3 after a row with his girlfriend became heated, the court heard.
When the officers arrived to investigate the domestic call, the girlfriend told them that he had a gun.
Based on this information, the officers searched a closet and found a black 12-gauge shotgun with 21 unfired shells.
Officers arrested Smith after he admitted that he didn’t have a valid license for the weapon.
Investigations showed that Smith didn’t renew the gun license for five years.
Smith pleaded guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition at his arraignment before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
Smith told the court that he called the police because he feared that his girlfriend’s relatives were going to gang him.
He said that didn’t renew the license because he had experienced financial hardship.
Ferguson-Pratt told Smith that having an unlicensed or illegal firearm is against the law and could result in a prison sentence.
However, she said that the circumstances did not warrant a custodial sentence.
Instead, the magistrate fined Smith $2,500 and placed him on probation for 12 months.
If he breaches the condition of his probation or doesn’t pay the fine, he will spend six months in prison.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-A man who refused to shut down a non-essential business has been fined $4,000.
Sean Pindling, 44, who owns Bain Tech Stove and Oven Repair, broke the national curfew to operate his business, prosecutors said.
Pindling kept the Blue Hill Road store open after Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis ordered non-essential businesses to shut down on March 20.
Police arrested Pindling at his business at 3pm on May 1.
Pindling, of Sears Hill, pleaded guilty to violation of curfew and operating a non-essential business when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis on Monday, May 4.
He did not have a lawyer and was brought to court in shackles.
Pindling told the court that he needed the income from his business to pay his bills.
Pindling claimed he didn’t know that he needed special permission to operate.
The magistrate fined him $1,000 for breaking the curfew by failing to stay at home and $3,000 for operating a non-essential business to avoid spending one year in prison.
Pindling didn’t have all the money. However, Pindling didn’t begin serving his prison sentence.
That’s because the court agreed to let him pay the fine in monthly instalments.
He made his first payment of $200 yesterday.
Only businesses considered “essential” and those with special exemptions are allowed to open during the emergency order rules to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
A curfew restricting people to their homes, with limited exceptions, has also been
Pindling is currently on bail for unlawful sexual intercourse.
He was charged as Sean Bain-Pindling when he appeared before the deputy chief magistrate last year.
In that case, prosecutors alleged that Pindling had illicit sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl on September 20, 2019. Sex with a girl under 16 is illegal even if she gives consent.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-A man accused of threatening a shooting victim has been denied bail.
Prosecutors say Nesley Tilme threatened to kill Shaniqua Moxey on April 29 in order to prevent her from testifying against her alleged shooter.
Tilme, 27, faced charges of witness intimidation and threats of death when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis on May 4.
Tilme initially pleaded guilty but he withdrew his plea on the advice of his lawyer Ian Cargill.
Because the magistrate lacks jurisdiction to consider bail for the offenses, he remanded Tilme into custody.
However, Tilme can apply for bail in the Supreme Court.
Tilme next returns to court on June 30 for trial.
Moxey was shot in the stomach while walking on Andros Avenue on November 21, 2019.
Police have charged Andre Wallace with attempted murder in the incident.
He, too, is on remand.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-Police are investigating a stabbing that has left a man in serious condition in hospital.
Investigators say the man was stabbed in the chest during an attempted armed robbery.
The incident happened around 1am on West Street.
The assailant confronted the man and demanded cash as he walked along the street.
The armed man stabbed his victim and ran away.
The victim was taken to hospital.
There have been no arrests in the matter.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-Former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson is threatening legal action if the Police Service Commission doesn’t revoke the promotion of the lead investigator in his bribery trial before May 15.
In a May 1 letter to the Police Service Commission, Gibson said he would begin judicial review proceedings, asking the Supreme Court to quash her promotion.
Thompson’s controversial promotion comes after she admitted to improper conduct in Gibson’s corruption trial.
Prosecutors accused Gibson of soliciting and accepting $280,000 in bribes from contractor Johnathan Ash to approve payments for work associated with Hurricane Matthew cleanup efforts.
During the investigation, Thompson held a joint meeting with Ash and Deborah Bastian. Prosecutors alleged that Ash made some of those payments through Bastian.
Justice Indra Charles criticised Thompson’s actions in a May 2019 ruling on a constitutional motion in Gibson’s case.
The judge said, “Unkind as it may be, ASP Thompson struck me as an officer with very little investigative skills despite her impressive rank in the RBPF.
“I say this because prosecution witnesses should not be brought together to discuss their evidence, exchange their account and decide what to say and what they should omit in their statements and evidence”.
Gibson’s lawyers wanted Charles to dismiss the bribery charges because of the witness coaching exercise.
However, the trial proceeded before another judge. Ultimately, a jury acquitted Gibson of all charges in November 2019.
Gibson’s letter said, “In my trial, Debra Thompson, under cross-examination, admitted to numerous incidents of impropriety in the conduct of the investigation against me.”
Gibson said that Thompson’s promotion was “more egregious” because she admitted that her behaviour is “common practice.”
He continued,“This leads one to believe that my case is not the first time she has been involved in this unethical and unlawful practice.”
Gibson made a formal complaint to the Police Service Commission against Thompson in February. Gibson said to date the complaint hasn’t been acknowledged.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-A man has been arrested and charged with carrying on an illegal sexual relationship with a minor.
Prosecutors say that Walter Gray, 24, began the relationship with a 13-year-old girl on November 9, 2019. The next unlawful hookup allegedly happened on April 21 with the same girl, now 14.
Anyone under the age of 16 cannot legally consent to sex.
Gray was charged with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse when he appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on Friday.
The magistrate denied bail because he does not have the power to consider bail for the offense.
However, Gray can apply for bail in the Supreme Court.
Gray returns to court on July 20.
At that time, prosecutors intend to fast-track the case to the Supreme Court with a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
Nassau, BAHAMAS-A magistrate jailed an Exuma resident for breaking into public buildings, restaurants and resorts on the island.
Kejanno Morley, 21, from George Town, Exuma, faced multiple charges stemming from a crime spree that began in January 2020.
Morley admitted to offences of shop breaking and stealing which took place during his four month-long crime spree.
The crime spree came to an end when housekeeping staff at the Exuma Beach Resort met Morley inside a villa on April 21.
Between January 8 and April 21, Morley broke into multiple buildings.
They included: Wonderation Restaurant and Bar, Charlie’s Karoake Bar, The Krusty Krab Bar, The Ministry of Tourism, The Ministry of Education, Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and St. Andrews Anglican School.
He stole money, liquor, cigarettes, snacks and electronics.
The convicted criminal told Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes that he broke into the restaurants in search of rum for his friends.
However, the magistrate seemed puzzled by Morley’s reason.
Forbes asked, “So, you’re prepared to go to prison for a long time so your boys could drink? I don’t understand the logic behind that.”
The magistrate convicted Morley and sentenced him to three years in prison.
Forbes advised jobless Morley to learn a trade while in prison.
Nassau, BAHAMAS-Police are investigating an armed robbery near St. Augustine’s College.
The victim was walking on Bernard Road around 5pm Friday, May 1, when a gunman emerged from a white car.
The gunman robbed his victim of a cell phone and fled in the same car.
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