Florida - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Sat, 05 Feb 2022 10:39:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 FedEx cocaine smuggler pleads guilty https://bahamascourtnews.com/fedex-cocaine-smuggler-pleads-guilty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fedex-cocaine-smuggler-pleads-guilty Sat, 05 Feb 2022 10:39:26 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5028 FLORIDA- A Bahamian woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to import cocaine from Grand Bahama into the United States through FedEx. Pereze Ferguson’s guilty plea came after a judge denied a motion to toss her post-arrest statement. Her lawyer alleged that Ferguson confessed because police officers allowed her four-year-old son in the interview room. Ferguson’s […]

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]]> Bahamian captain pleads guilty to human smuggling https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamian-captain-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamian-captain-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:04:37 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=4355 FLORIDA -A Bahamian boat captain who led authorities on a chase with 16 undocumented immigrants onboard has pleaded guilty to federal human smuggling charges. Jeremy Christoph Rolle, 26, pleaded guilty this week to aiding and abetting immigrants to enter the United States. His sentencing is set for January 11, 2022. Rolle faces up to 10 […]

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]]> Bahamians busted in drug sting https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamians-busted-in-drug-sting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamians-busted-in-drug-sting Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:19:58 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/bahamians-busted-in-drug-sting/ Florida – Two Bahamian men were arrested on drug dealing charges in an FBI sting in Florida. Valentino Edgecome, 32, and Derrick Morley, 52, were arrested on September 28 after they sold of three kilos of cocaine to a confidential source for $84,000. Authorities descended on the pair after the informant paid Edgecombe $84,000 for […]

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]]> Police used child to make mom confess, lawyer claims https://bahamascourtnews.com/police-used-child-to-make-mom-confess-lawyer-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-used-child-to-make-mom-confess-lawyer-claims Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:01:20 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=4104 FLORIDA- The attorney for a Bahamian woman charged with drug smuggling is trying to prevent her post-arrest statement from being used at her trial. Pereze Ferguson, 27, faces cocaine importation charges. Florida law enforcement intercepted 2.9 kilos of cocaine that was shipped through FedEx from The Bahamas on June 16, 2020. However, the courier service […]

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]]> Bahamian busted at FLL Airport for cocaine smuggling https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:58:44 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling/ FLORIDA- A Bahamian man is facing drug trafficking charges after US Customs and Border Patrol Officers caught him trying to collect four kilos of cocaine. Darron Smith, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned on charges of conspiracy to import and possess cocaine on March 3. CBP officers assigned to the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport […]

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]]> Smuggler takes plea deal https://bahamascourtnews.com/smuggler-takes-plea-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smuggler-takes-plea-deal Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:37:51 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3200 FLORIDA – A Bahamian man has pleaded guilty to human smuggling in a Florida court. Vonne Rolle, who is from Abaco, pleaded guilty to bringing aliens into the United States and assisting aliens to enter the United States as part of a plea agreement. The U.S. Coast Guard arrested Rolle on August 3, 2020 after […]

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]]> Smuggler caught after boat ran out of gas https://bahamascourtnews.com/smuggler-caught-after-boat-ran-out-of-gas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smuggler-caught-after-boat-ran-out-of-gas Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:22:58 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2817 FLORIDA- A Bahamian boat captain whose boat ran out of fuel during a human smuggling voyage has pleaded not guilty. The U.S. Coast Guard arrested Vonne Rolle, of Abaco, on August 3 after they rescued his stranded vessel with 13 undocumented migrants on board, off Port St. Lucie, Florida. After encountering rough seas caused by […]

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]]> Accused FedEx cocaine smuggler under house arrest https://bahamascourtnews.com/accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:37:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2053 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 […]

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]]> Mislabeled package results in cocaine seizure https://bahamascourtnews.com/mislabeled-package-results-in-cocaine-seizure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mislabeled-package-results-in-cocaine-seizure Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:56:40 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1974 Florida police say the wrong address on a FedEx package resulted in the arrest of a Bahamian woman on drug charges. Perez Perissa Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, faces cocaine importation charges after law enforcement intercepted 2.9 kilos of cocaine shipped from The Bahamas. According to a probable cause affidavit, FedEx received the package on […]

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