The Broward State Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday that Sergeant Gregory LaCerra and Deputies Christopher Krickovich and Ralph Mackey are facing misdemeanor charges, after they allegedly assaulted Delucca Rolle, a 15-year-old Bahamian-American student back in April of this year. LaCerra, 51, was charged with two counts of battery for spraying Rolle in the face with […]
BML’s claim for fraud against CCA “adequate”, says court NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court yesterday ruled that BML Properties Ltd. has adequately stated a claim of fraud against China Construction America (CCA) and said New York Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla correctly denied CCA’s appeals for the case […]
COA quashed conviction, citing “insufficient admissible evidence” NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The man jailed for 35 years for the shooting death of Marcus Miller in January 2014 yesterday has his sentenced quashed and will be set free. Court of Appeal Justices Roy Jones, Justice Stella Crane-Scott and Justice Jon Isaacs found that the trial judge ought […]
EIGHT MILE ROCK, GRAND BAHAMA – Marco Smith, 32, of Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock in Grand Bahama, was arraigned on Tuesday and charged with attempted murder. Smith appeared before Magistrate Gwendolyn Claude in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate Court. He was not required to enter a plea and a preliminary inquiry will commence on […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Three Bahamian men and one Haitian male appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on an array of charges on Friday past. Joey Scott, 33, of Golden Gates was charged with the murder of Lamont Fisher, who was killed on May 7, 2019 on Dominica Way. Rosemond Etienne, 22, of Wilson Track was […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The woman accused of allegedy abducting four boys earlier this year was granted bail in the supreme court last week. De’adra Gibson, 29, appeared before Justice Gregory Hilton, however after she was unable to control her sobbing, she was removed from the court before her bail conditions were handed down. Hilton reasoned […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt did nothing wrong when she criticized Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands and National Security Minister Marvin Dames for their involvement in the Frank Smith bribery and extortion trial, according to Smith’s attorney, Keith Knight, QC. On Tuesday, Director of Public Prosecutions Garvin Gaskins asserted that the chief magistrate was […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A man jailed for 15 years for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger two others had his appeal dismissed yesterday by the Court of Appeal. Rauel Pierre was charged with the April 29, 2014, attempted murders of Rashad Farrington and Kimberley Goodman in addition to two counts of possession with […]
DPP: Magistrate erred when she took extraneous matters into consideration when making her decision NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Crown’s appeal of former Progressive Liberal Party Senator, Frank Smith, finally got underway on Tuesday as the attorney general’s office presented its case in the Court of Appeal. Back in February, chief magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt acquitted Smith […]
“I hope they’re happy now,” she tells the court before being remanded NASSAU, BAHAMS – A psychiatric report from the Sandilands Rehabilitation Center presented in the magistrate court on Monday, deemed the alleged serial child abductor, De’edra Gibson, fit to enter a plea to the charges levied against her. The 29-year-old beautician was shielded from […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Chuckling and engaging in confrontation with spectators outside of court yesterday, 42-year-old Seron McQueen was escorted into the Magistrate Court, charged with the shooting death of Antoine Barron Roberts. According to police reports, shortly after midnight on May 4, 2019, a group of persons were sitting in front of an abandoned building […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Ambrose Gibson, 31, of #71 McKinney Drive appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Thursday, charged with 10 counts of stealing and four counts of housebreaking. According to court documents, the thief went on a stealing spree in southwestern New Providence, robbing residents in the Carmichael Road area of televisions, cell phones, lawn […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Chaos between relatives erupted outside of the magistrate court on Monday, when 21-year-old Chadwick Capron, also known as ‘Oldie’, was charged with the murder of Brian Smith. Smith was murdered on Easter Monday, April 22, 2019, when he was shot on Forster Street in Chippingham. Capron, a resident of McQuay Street, appeared […]
Donavon Brennan, 20, was arraigned today in the magistrates’ court for the murder of a man on Augusta Street last month. Alexander Bullard, 37, was shot dead on March 29. According to reports, police responding to reports of gunshots in the area shortly after 1 a.m. where they found Bullard’s body lying on the ground […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The sentencing of Don Brennen, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the of Dwayne Jackson back in November 2011, was put off yesterday. Brennen appeared before Justice Renae McKay for the sentencing hearing. The jury acquitted Brennen murder, and found him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. While convicted individuals […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Hon. Madam Justice Estelle Gary-Evans was sworn in as Acting Chief Justice by Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, during a brief ceremony at Government House on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. At present the Hon. Madam Justice Vera Watkins, Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Two brothers, 21-year-old Anton Lodimus, shown in the black shirt and 25-year-old Dwayne Lodimus, shown in the blue shirt, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt on Monday, charged with the shooting death of 40-year-old Elroy “Skully” Burrows of Podoleo Street. Police alleged that on March 19, 2019 around 11 a.m., the victim […]
Lawyer says client has ‘mental health problems’ NASSAU, BAHMAS – “She is a good person, with a good heart, with mental health problems,” said Howard Thompson Jr, the lawyer representing De’endra Gibson, the woman who allegedly abducted four young boys in the capital in recent weeks, the first occurring on February 16, 2019. After evading […]
