Pair accused of Crown land scam
Police on Monday charged a man and woman with trying to sell Crown land.
Prosecutors say Hertha Jenkins, 53, of Monastery Park, and Dawson Bullard, 34, of Garden Hills Number 2, attempted to steal a parcel of Crown Land in the Carmichael Village area, valued at $44,000 per acre, from the Bahamas government in 2020. Jenkins faced 13 counts of fraud by false pretenses in relation to $48,200 that she allegedly received.
As for Bullard, he faced four counts of fraud by false pretenses after he allegedly received $13,300.
Dawson Bullard is escorted to court yesterday.
Jenkins allegedly issued three people’s forged acknowledgment letters from the Department of Lands and Survey in 2020.