FOR GUN POSSESSION, ALSO CHARGED WITH SPREE OF SEX ASSAULTS

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN accused of a spree of sexual assaults in Carmichael earlier this year was sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he had a gun in his room.

Magistrate Lennox Coleby sentenced Seantino Rolle, 27, on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.

Sean Rolle, 49, Adolice Rolle, 53, and Nessta Petit-Frere were Seantino’s co-accused.

Rolle was arrested on May 16 after the police found a black Smith & Wesson 40mm pistol in his room on Lincoln Blvd.

The seized weapon had seven unfired rounds of ammunition.

After Rolle reversed his earlier position and pleaded guilty to the charge, the firearm charges against his three co-accused were withdrawn.

Rolle was sentenced to 24 months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for the offence.

During his initial arraignment, Rolle was also charged in relation to a string of sexual assaults that allegedly happened in May. He was charged with attempted rape, three counts of rape and two counts of forcible taking or detention with intent to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Wom An Gets Bail On Having A Gun With Intent To Cause Har M

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

A 33-year-old Freeport woman was charged with two counts of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger the lives of two people.

She was also charged with conspiracy to cause public terror.

Treigh Newbold appeared before Magistrate LaQuay Laing.

It is alleged that on June 27, the accused, being concerned with another, conspired to possess a firearm with intent to endanger the lives of Glen Smith and Jonathan Cooper.

It is also alleged that on the same date and place, the accused, being concerned with another, conspired to cause public terror.

Paco Deal represented Newbold, who pleaded not guilty to the charges. Police prosecutor

Sergeant Calsey Arthur did not object to bail. The woman must avoid contact with the witnesses and sign in weekly to the nearest police station.

Sergeant Arthur also informed the court that the male co-accused could not appear in court due to exposure to COVID while in custody at Central Police Station. He said the accused is in quarantine for seven days.

Mr Deal argued that his client is an upstanding citizen and the mother of a child suffering from sickle cell and sometimes has to travel outside the jurisdiction for medical treatment in the United States.

Magistrate Laing ordered Newbold to sign in once a month on the first Wednesday to the Southwestern (Port Lucaya) Police Station. She was granted $8,000 bail with three suretors. The case was adjourned to September 1, 2023.

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said Carnival’s cruise port in Grand Bahama is on track to open in the summer of 2025.

“Plans are coming along very well and we know that there is a lot of excitement,” she told reporters yesterday before a Cabinet meeting. “It is going to provide so many entrepreneurial and new job opportunities.” When asked about the number of retail spaces reserved for Bahamians, she could not say because

Carnival has not yet completed the master plan for the project.

The project, located at the Sharp Rock site, is expected to be one of the world’s largest cruise ports, with the capacity to accommodate two of Carnival’s largest ships, the Mardi Gras and Carnival

Celebration, which each carry up to 6,000 guests. Ms Moxey said discussions are ongoing between the parties regarding Royal Caribbean’s cruise port development at Freeport Harbour. Plans for the new airport development are continuing to progress, she said.