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‘DON’T SHOOT, PLEASE, I GIVE UP,’ SAID TEEN Video footage played to inquest also shows gunfight with police By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net SECURITY footage showed 17-year-old Elron Johnson say, “don’t shoot, I give up” during a gun battle in which a police officer shot and killed him after his failed attempt to rob a Chinese restaurant last year. An off-duty officer shot and killed Johnson as he
Graycliff earns UK Blue Plaque
fled the Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant on East Bay Street on June 15, 2023. As the inquest into the fatal shooting continued yesterday, Sergeant Nikita Pickstock testified that he recovered security footage from the restaurant and a nearby apartment complex. The first footage was from a camera behind the SEE PAGE THREE
ANDROS RESIDENTS LEAVE FOR SAFETY AS FOREST FIRE RAGES By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A FOREST fire in North Andros has forced some residents to leave their homes over health concerns and affected the sleep patterns of people protecting their homes from the raging blaze. Some residents, like
James Storr from San Andros, say the fire is out of control. They have called on the government to send more resources to the island. He said the island’s one fire truck is not enough. Government officials on the island have expressed a different view, insisting the SEE PAGE FIVE
ENRICO Garzaroli (right) and British High Commissioner Tom Hartley shake hands during an event where Graycliff Hotel & Restaurant was presented with the first ever United Kingdom Blue Plaque Award last night. see PAGE TWO for story. Photo: Dante Carrer
Man asks to avoid ankle monitor J=D=9K= because he says it attracts sharks PWC REPORT ON WHAT THE ?:H9 GO=K By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
A MAN failed to convince a judge that his electronic monitoring device should be removed because it allegedly attracts
barracudas and sharks while he is deep-sea diving. Lawpapito Sands filed an application to vary his bail conditions, but Justice Franklyn Williams, KC, denied his request. Sands must wear an electronic monitoring
device and report to the Alice Town Police Station in Bimini before 6pm on Wednesday and Saturday. He was charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, SEE PAGE FOUR
Chakara Burrows told this newspaper on Monday that she typically spoke to her son, Dante Scott, twice weekly, but had not done so since the week before last, causing her to worry. She said a man recently released from prison told her on Friday that prison
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard wants the Davis administration to release the PwC report outlining what the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) owes the government. He said this could clarify why the administration is demanding $357m. The administration’s demand letter requires the GBPA to pay the money within 30 days or enter arbitration proceedings. Mr Pintard said he does
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CLEARE CONFIRMS MAN BEATEN IN PRISON ATTACK By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net ACTING Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare confirmed the fears of a mother who said she could not speak to her son because he was beaten in prison, telling The Tribune the man was attacked by
ACTING commissioner BDOCS, Doan Cleare
of
By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
several inmates.
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