Read storyFor their part in the attempted robbery of the Fantasy Club on Mackey Street, two men were sentenced to 12 years each Thursday.
Jamal Ambrister and Jacob Woodside were convicted by a unanimous decision last November. The attempted holdup took place in January, 2007.
The pair will have to be retried for two murders that prosecutors say are connected to the robbery. Jurors did not reach a verdict on those charges.
According to evidence, the club's guard, Emico Russell, was shot in the chest when he would not open the entrance gate for two armed men.
After the attack, the men left in Ford Explorer that was registered to Shervin Miller Jr. Miller's body was found dumped in bushes near South Ocean.
During the trial, prosecutors played a tape of Ambrister and Woodside leading them to the body. But they claim that police beat them into admitting the robbery.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
Friday, February 13, 2009
Argument ends with stabbing death
Read storyA man was stabbed to death during an argument Wednesday night.
Police said the fight took place around 9 o'clock in the Cowpen Road area.
Reports are that North Andros resident Harold Gardiner, 49, was arguing with a 36-year-old in a yard on at Williams Drive.
The row turned to an attack and Gardiner was stabbed several times. Emergency Medical staff found him lifeless on his back in the yard.
The other man in the argument later went to the East Street Police Station where he was detained.
Gardiner's sister, Maureen Prescott, said he was a calm person that walked away from fights.
She said Gardiner was hired to work on a roof in Nassau.
-Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
Police said the fight took place around 9 o'clock in the Cowpen Road area.
Reports are that North Andros resident Harold Gardiner, 49, was arguing with a 36-year-old in a yard on at Williams Drive.
The row turned to an attack and Gardiner was stabbed several times. Emergency Medical staff found him lifeless on his back in the yard.
The other man in the argument later went to the East Street Police Station where he was detained.
Gardiner's sister, Maureen Prescott, said he was a calm person that walked away from fights.
She said Gardiner was hired to work on a roof in Nassau.
-Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
$8 million of cocaine on Haitian vessel
Read storyBahamian and American officers found more than 400 kilograms of cocaine on a Haitian boat Thursday morning.
The vessel was near Great Inagua when it was stopped.
After making the find, worth more than $8 million, police arrested five men and one woman.
Later, authorities found more drugs aboard another vessel. Police said it also had a large amount of cocaine but did not say how much.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
-Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
The vessel was near Great Inagua when it was stopped.
After making the find, worth more than $8 million, police arrested five men and one woman.
Later, authorities found more drugs aboard another vessel. Police said it also had a large amount of cocaine but did not say how much.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
-Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
COURT BRIEFS: Stolen groceries, Anger classes
Read storyTwo women pled guilty to stealing $286 in groceries from the Harbour Bay location of City Markets food store on Thursday.
Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez said he would allow the women – one 25 and the other 28 - to keep the incident off their criminal records if they completed three months of counseling.
Boyfriend sent to anger classes
Alfreda Moxey told Magistrate Gomez that she wanted to drop charges of causing harm against her boyfriend.
Moxey, 24, made a complaint in September last year that Jeffrey King had caused her harm.
Gomez said the case would be dismissed if King spends three months in anger management sessions. He advised Moxey to go with him.
Both cases go back to court on April 9th.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez said he would allow the women – one 25 and the other 28 - to keep the incident off their criminal records if they completed three months of counseling.
Boyfriend sent to anger classes
Alfreda Moxey told Magistrate Gomez that she wanted to drop charges of causing harm against her boyfriend.
Moxey, 24, made a complaint in September last year that Jeffrey King had caused her harm.
Gomez said the case would be dismissed if King spends three months in anger management sessions. He advised Moxey to go with him.
Both cases go back to court on April 9th.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
102 detained in immigrations raids
Read storyMore than 100 Haitians were arrested in three areas on Thursday.
Raids by the Department of Immigration in the Cowpen Road, Peardale and Nassau Street areas led to the detainment of 63 men, 15 women and five children, all Haitian.
Two Jamaicans and 17 Filipinos were also arrested.
Immigration Director Jack Thompson said the department will continue with these kinds of operations. Thompson said the raids are directed at all foreigners in The Bahamas illegally.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
Raids by the Department of Immigration in the Cowpen Road, Peardale and Nassau Street areas led to the detainment of 63 men, 15 women and five children, all Haitian.
Two Jamaicans and 17 Filipinos were also arrested.
Immigration Director Jack Thompson said the department will continue with these kinds of operations. Thompson said the raids are directed at all foreigners in The Bahamas illegally.
-Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
