Murder #97 as of 8/22/2015

Murder count stands at #97 as of Saturday August 22 2015,

A WELL-known Freeport man who was found shot dead on Saturday night at an apartment complex near the Xanadu Beach is believed to be Lester Adderley Jr.

#The shooting occurred at the Blue Marina Cove apartments around 10pm, when police received reports of gunshots being fired in the area.

#Inspector Terecita Pinder, of Grand Bahama Police, said officers went to Sunken Treasure Drive, where they discovered the lifeless body of a man in the parking lot of an apartment complex with gunshot wounds to the body.

#Police have not released the victim’s identity and are investigating the incident, which is the island’s tenth homicide for 2015 and the 97th in the country this year, according to The Tribune’s records.

#Adderley Jr, had been the owner of the former Mega Hits. He was one of several people questioned in connection with the death of Freeport businessman Constantino “Konkey” Vardoulis, 34, who was shot outside his Bahama Reef Boulevard residence several years ago.

Murder count #96

Murder stands at #96 when a mother and daughter was charge with a the murder of a missing man in Freeport.

A MOTHER and daughter were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of Keith “Fat Head” Russell. Emajane Fitzgerald, 34, and her mother Claudette Smith, 55, of No 142 Limewood Lane, Freeport were escorted under heavy police guard around 10am to the courthouse to face the charges.

#A small crowd gathered at the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre to get a glimpse of the pair. Both women were shackled and handcuffed but smiled as they were led to the courthouse.

#Fitzgerald appeared to have sustained some injury and had a number of stitches to her forehead.

#A large number of officers – some armed with high-powered firearms – were positioned around the building.

#As they were being led into the court, an angry relative of Russell shouted: “Where is his body?”

#Russell, a resident of Coral Reef Estates Subdivision, has been missing since early last week prompting his family to file a missing person’s report with police.

#Fitzgerald and Smith appeared before Magistrate Debbye Ferguson in Court One. It is alleged that between August 9 and 10, Fitzgerald and Smith being concerned together, and with others unnamed and unknown, conspired to kill Russell.

#It is also alleged that on the same date that both accused, being concerned together and with others unnamed and unknown, by means of unlawful harm intentionally caused Russell’s death.

#Magistrate Ferguson asked the accused pair if they understood the charges and they both replied: “Yes ma’am.”

#Kwasi Thompson represented the mother and daughter, who were not required to enter a plea to the charges.

#A preliminary inquiry will be held to determine whether there is sufficient evidence against them for them to stand trial in the Supreme Court.

#Police Prosecutor Superintendent Wendell Clarke noted that the matter falls under Part Four of the Bail Act, and the court does not have discretion to grant bail to the accused.

#Magistrate Ferguson remanded the pair to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services and adjourned the matter to December 7 for a preliminary inquiry.

#Mr Thompson informed the court that he would be applying to the Supreme Court for bail.

#Additionally, bench warrants had been issued for Fitzgerald in reference to a number of traffic matters dating back to 2006.

#Those matters were also dealt with in the hot, packed courtroom.

#Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to five of six charges, including driving a vehicle without a license disk attached in October 2006; driving with dark tinted windows in September 2008; driving without due care and attention and driving without valid driver’s license in October 2010; driving without due care and attention in January 2011 – all totalling some $830 in fines.

#Fitzgerald pleaded not guilty to failing to produce a driver’s license in 48 hours to the police in reference to the traffic matter in October 2010. The matter was adjourned to December 7.

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Magistrate Ferguson ordered that Fitzgerald pay $830 in full. Mr Thompson said that his client is in custody, but Magistrate Ferguson said she would give Fitzgerald’s relatives until 2pm on Friday, August 21, to pay the fines. Failure to pay the fines would result in a sentence of three consecutive months on each of the five guilty counts. 

Murder count #95 as of 15/08/15

Murder counts stands at #95 as of Saturday August 15 2015

A MOTHER of one was beaten to death outside her home on Saturday prompting police to launch an intensive investigation into the case.

#Authorities have not released her identity, however The Tribune understands she is Rose Lourdes Anglade, 36, and was employed at a local fast food chain.

#Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean said police were unsure of the motive or whether this was a domestic violence case, adding that the matter has been classified as a homicide.

#The death has taken the country’s murder count to 95 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

#Police said on Saturday, shortly after 1am, the victim had just pulled up to her home located at Cowpen and Golden Isles Roads when the incident happened.

#According to police reports, a man approached Anglade, striking her about her body several times with a blunt object. She died of her injuries at the scene, police said.

#Police are investigating reports that one of the victim’s relatives warned her shortly before her death not to come home because they had noticed something suspicious – several rocks were placed in her driveway.

#A woman who identified herself as a close friend of Anglade yesterday said she was a fun loving person who cared deeply for her four-year-old daughter.

#She said relatives were left baffled by the way the victim was killed. Yesterday police said they did not have anyone in custody for this homicide.

#The mother was one of four people who were killed last week.

#The fatal attack came after 23-year-old Arlington Butler Jr, who was on bail and also being electronically monitored, was murdered early Thursday morning.

#He was shot multiple times by two men while standing under a tree on Burial Ground Corner shortly before 8am.

#His death, at the time, was the third murder in four days.

Murder count #94

Murder count stands at #94 as of Wednesday August 12th 2015,

A 23-year-old man on bail and being electronically monitored was shot multiple times and killed early yesterday morning, feet away from his McCullough Corner home.

#His death was the third murder in four days and the country’s 94th homicide for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

#This time last year, the country’s murder count stood at 76. Factoring in yesterday’s killing, homicides have increased about 24 per cent this year, compared to this same time in 2014.

#Officer-in-Charge of the Central Detective Unit, Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle said police are “concerned about the rise in homicides” but insisted, “Nassau is safe.”

#He appealed to members of the public to “utilise the police force instead of taking matters in their own hands.”

#Chief Supt Rolle said the latest murder victim was standing under a tree on Burial Ground Corner when he was approached by two men shortly before 8am.

#“Police received reports that gunshots were being discharged. When officers arrived, they met a young male suffering from multiple gunshots to the body,” Chief Supt Rolle said.

#“According to preliminary information, the victim was standing here in the yard, under a tree next to a white truck, when two unknown persons approached him. One of the men produced a handgun and discharged several shots in the victim’s direction. The victim ran west from this location towards his residence and collapsed in the yard.

#“The assailants then continued running west on Burial Ground Corner near East Street. We are appealing to those who may have seen something to come forward immediately, we believe he knew his attackers.”

#Police have not officially identified the victim, but The Tribune understands he is Arlington Butler Jr. He was on bail for armed robbery, possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition possession at the time of his death.

#Butler’s father, Arlington “Links” Butler Sr, 44, and brother, Kently Milford, 24, were murdered in two separate incidents last year.

#Butler Sr was shot and killed on December 29, 2014 – he was also on bail at the time of his death for drug possession and firearm offences.

#According to reports, Butler Sr was sitting on a bench in front of his Spence Street home when he was shot multiple times. Police said he ran to a neighbour’s house seeking help and was taken to hospital, but died a short time later.

#Milford was killed on May 27, 2014 almost two weeks after he was acquitted of murder.

#Police said Milford was sitting under a tree playing dominoes with three other men when two other men appeared from the northern side of the street.

#One of the men, who was armed with a handgun, approached the victim and began discharging shots in his direction.

#Milford got up and tried to run, but collapsed a short distance away.

Murder count #93 11/08/15

Murder count stands at #93 as of Tuesday August 11th 2015

A 47-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday morning after he got into an argument with a man known to him at an apartment complex on Baillou Hill Road South, police said.

#The incident happened shortly after 11am above The Half bar, near Malcolm Road.

#Superintendent B K Bonamy Jr, head of homicide investigations at the Central Detective Unit, said investigators have to speak with witnesses to determine why the men were fighting.

#Police have one man in custody assisting them with their investigation.

#Supt Bonamy said the police received a call that two men were involved in a fight, which resulted in one of the men being stabbed multiple times.

#“Officers responded and on arrival met a male lying on the porch outside apartment six in a yellow building with apparent stab wounds. Emergency Services Personnel responded, examined the body and determined he succumbed from him injuries,” Supt Bonamy said.

#“Our investigation revealed that two males got into an altercation after the man who lives in the home said he was approached by another male in the apartment who attempted to fight him. The man then got a kitchen knife and stabbed the victim during a fight. He then called the police and reported the matter.”

#Police have not identified the victim but The Tribune understands he is Stephen Newbold.

#The death is the 93rd homicide for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

Murder #92

Murder now stands at #92  as of Monday August 10 2015,

A 34-year-old father of two was shot in the head and killed yesterday morning while buying breakfast from a popular food stand on Horseshoe Drive.

#Superintendent B K Bonamy Jr, head of homicide investigations at the Central Detective Unit, said the victim was at Roosies in the Oakes Field area around 8am when he was approached by two men driving a green SUV.

#Police have not officially identified the victim, but The Tribune understands he is Jamaal Huyler, an employee of BTC. This latest homicide brought the country’s murder count to 92 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

#Supt Bonamy said officers arrived to find a man lying on his back. “EMS personnel examined the victim and pronounced him lifeless on the scene,” he said.

#“Thus far, we don’t know much about what happened but what we do know is that a man was at the breakfast stand when two men approached him in a green SUV. The men fired several shots at him before speeding off in an unknown direction. We are appealing to members of the public who may have seen a green SUV to contact CDU immediately.”

#Khandi Gibson, founder of the organisation Families of All Murder Victims (FOAM), was at the murder scene yesterday.

#Ms Gibson, who became an activist after two of her brothers were murdered, said she is disappointed that neither the government nor the Bahamian people seem to be concerned about the number of murders in the country.

#Last week, Ms Gibson organised an anti-crime protest in Rawson Square that was poorly attended. She said the turnout was indicative of Bahamians’ “all talk, no action” attitude.

#“This is why I tell persons, all Bahamians good for is beating up our mouths on Facebook, text or Whatsapp, but when it’s time for us to stand united, no one comes. The other day we were in Rawson Square for a peace protest, because we were sick and tired of being sick and tired and no one came,” she said.

#“We know it isn’t the government’s fault entirely, but at the end of the day the law is on the books and they have the power to change the laws and adjust the laws, amend the laws to give stiffer penalties and they aren’t doing it. But we as a people, we can make it happen. We need to band together because murder affects everyone. But I will not stop, I will go on Bay Street by myself if I have to, enough is enough, we cannot sit by and watch our brothers and sisters get murdered.”

#She added: “You can’t have breakfast now? Imagine if his children were there? We are addressing everything, when are we going to address crime?”

Murder count # 91 as of 05/08/2015

Murder count now stands at #91 as of Thursday August 06 2015  

Murder count now stand at #91 when a man was found with multiple gun shot wounds
inside his burgundy Honda Accord he has been identified as Jeffery John Telus aka pargala.

May his soul R.I.P

Let's keep the family in prayer.

Murder count #90 as of 04/ 08/2015

Murder now stand at #90 as of Tuesday August 04 2015

A MAN was shot in the head and killed Tuesday night while driving on Augusta Street.

#He became the country’s 90th murder victim for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

#According to police reports, shortly before 10pm, the victim was driving in his Suzuki vehicle on Heath Street, off Augusta Street, when he was shot in his head.

#The victim crashed into a nearby fence and was pronounced dead at the scene.

#Police identified the victim as 58-year-old James McKenzie of West Street.

#Police are unsure if the victim was the intended target or if he was in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”

#Tuesday’s murder came four days after a man was shot to death while walking on Charles Vincent Street.