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Read storyA detainee at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre will start a hunger strike today (Wednesday) after he was allegedly beaten so badly that he lost his fingernails.
It was one of many accusations made by inmates at the centre during an interview with The Tribune. Here are some of the most startling:
- People sleep on the floor and in bathrooms with old hole-filled blankets
- Inmates get so little to eat that some are willing to give sexual favours for food
- That American inmate Mathew Davenport - who set fire to a male dormitory at the centre - was beaten "senseless" when he climbed onto a roof to protest conditions. The next day he started the fire.
- That officers knocked out the teeth of a prisoner named Reginald and broke both his knees.
"Without hesitation I can say this is a concentration camp. Any human being walking through the door would be shocked. . . " according to a prisoner.
The protestors are asking Bahamians to donate diapers, baby formula and food.
Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
Read storyIn another story from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre an inmate told The Tribune that officers collect between $4,000 and $6,000 to help prisoners escape.
He also mentioned several cases of fraud, including the case of a Haitian man who paid $5,000 and "became a Bahamian national overnight”.
“They falsified school records to say he attended school in the Bahamas,” the detainee claimed. “I don't know what else happened from that point but that’s where it began,” he told The Tribune.
The inmate mentioned another case in which five Chinese persons paid officials at the centre $30,000 to be released.
“They put them on an airplane to Cuba so that they could try and re-enter the Bahamas from there and then go on to the US.
"They stayed in Cuba for a few days and then they got caught again here in the Bahamas, so essentially they lost their money,” he said.
Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)
Read storyA magistrate is suing Deputy Chief Magistrate Helen Jones, saying Jones wrongly accused her of accepting bribes and stealing fines.
Magistrate Subusola Lawanson-Swain accused Jones of making false accusations against her and trying to punish her because of the way she handled cases connected to Jones' husband, father-in-law and electrician.
Lawanson-Swain, who is now presiding over a juvenile court, said Jones' accusations caused enormous embarrassment and damaged her career.
She is seeking damages for slander, libel, malicious falsehood and misfeasance in public office.
The Nassau Guardian
Read storyA 17-year-old male was charged with the brutal stabbing of a Haitian man found dead on Wulff Road.
The victim, 33-year-old Ecvard Ficien, was still holding money when police found his body near the Happy Hour Bar last Wednesday.
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On Monday, Delbert Roberts, 44 was charged with having unlawful intercourse with a 12-year-old girl in December of last year.
Roberts was given $10,000 bail and his case was adjourned until April 28.
Sheehan Comarcho, 22, was charged with raping a woman at her Prince Charles Drive home and robbing her of $1,000, a phone and her Nissan Sentra.
Comarcho returns to court on June 1st.
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Read storyThree men were charged in connection with armed robberies that included nine victims and were valued at more than $96,000 in cash and goods.
John Augustine and Colbert Augustine, both Haitian, were charged with robbing the Alpha Learning Centre of $2,100 in cash on February 16th.
Both men, along with Shaun Johnson, were charged with six robberies between two days in February. Click here to see table.
John Augustine and Colbert Augustine were charged with robbing more than $86,000 in on January 19th. Click here to see table.
Read storyFirearms expert Charles Bain told the Coroner's Court on Monday that the gun found next to Lincoln Forbes was a "toy gun" meant to shoot firecrackers.
But Mr Bain also testified that anyone could have mistaken the gun for the real thing.
The inquest is reviewing the details of Forbes' June 3, 2004 shooting death.
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Full Story in The Tribune here
Read storyIn about a month, the government will close a $70 million deal to dredge Nassau Harbour and extend Arawak Cay.
Bids from seven companies - all foreign – were considered. A Bahamian company did submit a bid but did not meet prequalifications.
The project is expected to take nine months and will allow the harbor to accommodate new, larger cruise ships.
It is expected to more than double the length of Arawak Cay, which was chosen as a project partially because it was the most economical way to use the material dug up from the harbor.
The Nassau Guardian
Read storyCheerleaders from The Dallas Cowboys are in Nassau to shoot their 2010 calendar.
The cheerleaders will pose at spots around the Atlantis Resort.
About half of the team of 60 will be in Nassau until March 1.
Full Story in The Tribune here
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders website here
Read storyHosts from the History Channel's show, UFO Hunters, will be in Nassau next month to investigate recent alien sightings in and around the Bahamas.
Host Johnathan Walton told The Nassau Guardian that the team is looking for witnesses.
Anyone who thinks they have seen an Unidentified Flying Object of interest is asked to email him at walton@motionpictureprod.com.
Check out the UFO Hunters website here
