Tag: gun crime
WB man shot dead by 7MB shops
(CNS) Updated Saturday 12:20pm: Police launched a murder inquiry Saturday morning after a West Bay man, whom they have now identified as Justin Manderson (24), was found with fatal gunshot wounds near Seven Mile Shops, along the West Bay Road, at around 1:40am. He died at hospital about two hours later. The police are now searching […]
Witness rewarded with sizable jail time reduction
(CNS): A West Bay man who gave evidence in a gang-related killing and helped to convict two men for the murder of Jason Powery was rewarded for his cooperation Tuesday when a Grand Court judge handed down a much shorter sentence in connection with an illegal gun. Justice Charles Quin found that there were exceptional […]
Violence not answer to safety issues
(CNS): The police have said that carrying illegal weapons and engaging in acts of violence is not the answer to perceived threats made by people over personal safety. Following a number of recent cases in the courts where defendants were carrying knives or guns because they claimed their personal security was at risk, the RCIPS […]
Local man admits having illegal gun and ammunition
(CNS): A 35-year-old man from George Town pleaded guilty in Grand Court Friday to charges of possessing an unlicensed firearm and 50 rounds of ammunition. Randy James Parchment was arrested outside the Bananas Bar on Eastern Avenue after being tasered by police who were called after reports of an altercation and of a firearm at the […]
Cops come under rock fire during arrest
(CNS): A group of people hurled rocks at police officers on Friday night when they arrested a West Bay man for possession of adapted flare guns and drugs. The incident began just after 11pm, when armed officers patrolling Watercourse Road spotted a man behaving suspiciously. Police said that as the officers approached, he hurried away, […]
Police call on witnesses to GT bar shooting
(CNS): As police continue investigations into a shooting outside a bar in the industrial area of George Town on Sunday night, officers are appealing for witnesses. There have been very few details released about the incident, in which a man was shot but did not receive any life-threatening injuries. Police have not said how many […]
Witness can’t claim self-defence over illegal gun
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from West Bay is hoping that his evidence in a murder case that helped put two killers behind bars will see him avoid a mandatory ten years in jail over the possession of an illegal gun. Justin Ebanks (left) was caught with and has admitted having a small Beretta firearm in […]
West Bay store robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): in the fifth firearm related incident in as many days, a store clerk was robbed at gunpoint on Monday night at a small shop in West Bay. Police said the lone man entered the grocery store at Leda’s Plaza, Watercourse Road, around 8pm, brandishing his loaded firearm. He demanded cash from the 38-year-old local […]
Cops hunt shooter in weekend violence
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for yet another gunman after a man was shot outside a George Town bar on Sunday night at the end of a weekend marred by firearms incidents. Officers were called to the parking lot of DLK Bar (a.k.a. Dump Road bar) on Seymour Drive, in the industrial area of […]
Suspect on the run after cops find loaded gun
(CNS): The police are looking for a man who left a loaded semi-automatic handgun behind an undisclosed shopping plaza in the Seven Mile Beach tourist area Friday night. On Sunday the RCIPS released limited information about the weapon, which they seized after officers on patrol came across the suspect “acting suspiciously” at around 11:30pm, behind […]
Two charged following Savannah drug-gun bust
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from Bodden Town has been charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and 10 rounds of ammunition, as well as possession of ganja with intent to supply. A second man from the Bahamas, aged 30, has been charged with illegal landing. The charges follow the arrest of five people during a police […]
