Bahamas Court News

NASSAU- A man was arrested for disorderly conduct after he cursed police while name dropping.

Police officers were at a curfew checkpoint near Goodman’s Bay in July 2021 when they stopped Javargo Toney’s car at 11:20pm.

This upset Toney and he became unruly. He beat on the hood of his car and told the constables, “Back the f*** up because my old man is an Assistant Superintendent of Police.”

But Toney’s name dropping didn’t work and the officers charged him with disorderly behavior.

Toney pleaded guilty to the charge before his trial began.

He told Assistant Chief Magistrate Subu Swain that his stepfather was an ASP. However, Toney said his stepdad didn’t know that he’d used his name in an attempt to get past the curfew checkpoint.

The magistrate ordered Toney to stay out of trouble for 60 days to avoid spending seven days in prison.

NASSAU- A woman accused of trying to run over her ex-boyfriend’s new lover with her car has been charged.

Prosecutors allege that Alisha Demetria Ferguson, 23, attempted to knock down D. Smith on March 20, 2021.

Ferguson pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous instrument on Friday, November 19.

Magistrate Kendra Kelly set her bail at $5,000 on the condition that she reports to the Carmichael Road Police Station before 6pm on Mondays and stays away from her alleged victim.

Ferguson’s trial is set for January 24, 2022.

Sergeant 260 Vernon Pyfrom prosecuted.

NASSAU-Guards busted an inmate with marijuana twice in September, a court heard.

Stephen Anthony Greene, 28, is on trial for two counts of drug possession with intent to supply.

Greene, who is serving 15 years for armed robbery, has denied the allegations at his trial before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.

Corrections officer Aurelia Russell, who’s attached to the prison’s canine unit, testified that she went to Greene’s cell in Maximum Security with a drug sniffing dog on September 14.

According to Russell, when she deployed the dog it gave an indication near two buckets in the middle of the cell.

The prosecutor, Inspector Timothy Bain, asked, “Where was the defendant at that time?”

Russell replied, “He was standing in front of his cell on the outside.”

Russell said Corporal Christoph Taylor found 58 packages of marijuana hidden in the “grooves” of one of the buckets.

The drugs weighed a total of 2.6 ounces valued at $200.

Guards raided Greene’s cell again in September 20.

On that occasion, Principal Officer Manuel Jacques said he found two plastic bags containing just over one ounce of marijuana inside a Monster energy drink can.

Both officers said that Greene was the sole occupant of his cell.

Greene, who is representing himself, denied that drugs were in his cell. He also argued that he could not see what the guards were doing because he was outside the cell.

Greene’s trial continues on December 17.

In February, Greene’s girlfriend, Warnika Russell, was caught smuggling 2.6 pounds of marijuana into the prison while pretending to be a lawyer.

She told officers that Greene had offered her $3,000 to smuggle the drugs.

NASSAU- Forty-four Cuban migrants have been jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty to damaging the Carmichael Road Detention Center.

Between October 1 and November 2, caused damage totaling $18,049.60 to a fence, bathroom fixtures and 20 under-bed storage units.

Magistrate Shaka Serville ordered each man to pay $410 in restitution for the damage caused. Failing to pay will result in an additional six months in prison.

NASSAU- Child molester Allan Bain has abandoned his appeal for the statutory rape of a teenage boy.

Bain, 39, was jailed for four years after he admitted to having sex with the 15-year-old with three times between July 1 and August 16.

The age of consent for homosexual sex is 18.

Bain told a magistrate that his “relationship” with the child was not “exclusive.”

Bain told a magistrate that he did not know the boy’s age.

However, Bain said he “knew he was young.”

Bain said he knew the child’s mother.

The boy told police that he stayed with Bain in South Bahamia after his family put him out.