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A MAN found with a quantity of marijuana earlier this week was fined $1,000 yesterday.
Bryon Ferguson was arrested after a police dog sniffed out 24 grams of Indian hemp in his home on December 14.
He pleaded guilty to one count of simple possession during a hearing before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle Davis.
The prosecution said that day, officers, acting on information, proceeded to Ferguson’s Pinewood residence around 1.40am. Upon their arrival, they showed the accused a search warrant and informed him that his house would be searched for dangerous drugs and firearms.
The court was told that officers then deployed a K-9 dog that hinted towards something underneath Ferguson’s television stand. When the officers searched that area, they discovered 10 silver foil wraps and a clear plastic baggy which all contained a quantity of suspected marijuana. He was subsequently arrested and taken to the Drug Enforcement Unit. When he was questioned there, h
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A 37-YEAR-OLD man who was accused of having sex with a teenage girl over the course of three months was yesterday denied bail ahead of his trial.
Godfrey Gray was accused of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl sometime between December 1 and 5.
The prosecution argued the accused also had sex with the girl sometime in October and November when she was just 13-years-old.
During his hearing before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, Grey was not required to enter a plea and the matter was adjourned to April 21 for service of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
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A TEENAGER who was found with marijuana was conditionally discharged yesterday on the agreement he would attend drug counselling classes.
Police arrested Cabreo Cash, 19, after they found 12 grams of Indian hemp in his jacket pocket on December 7.
He pleaded guilty to a single count of simple possession during a hearing before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
The court was told that day, officers on inquiries observed Cash, who was wearing a red jacket.
The prosecution said the defendant appeared to look in the direction of the officers before acting in a suspicious manner.
They then approached Cash and told him he would be searched in reference to dangerous drugs and firearms. During their investigation, officers discovered one clear plastic bag with ten silver foil wraps in his jacket pocket.
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AN ELEUTHERA man who was found with over $100 worth of marijuana was fined $750 in the Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Police arrested Jared Maycock, 28, after they found 27 grams of Indian hemp in one of his pants pockets on December 8.
He pleaded guilty to one count of simple possession during his hearing before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
The prosecution said that day, officers observed Maycock playing dominoes. The court heard at the time of the incident, the defendant appeared to look in the direction of officers before acting in a suspicious manner.
Officers then approached Maycock and told him he would be searched in reference to dangerous drugs and firearms. During their investigation, they discovered 27 silver foil wraps which each contained a quantity of suspected marijuana, in the accused’s pocket. Maycock was subsequently arrested and transported to the Harbour Island police station where he admitted to the offence in an inte
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