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Volume: 121 No.123, May 22, 2024
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MURDERS UP BY 13% By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said murders are up 13 per cent compared to the same period last year, and police will review its crime-fighting strategies and beef up patrols to clamp down on gun violence. “All boots will be on the ground to ensure that this beautiful country of ours remains safe,” he said during a press briefing. “We can’t stop it, but we will try and we will do our best and SEE PAGE THREE
...AS TWO MEN ARE SHOT AT PALMDALE SHOPPING PLAZA By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net TWO security officers were shot in broad daylight during an armed robbery in the Palmdale area, with Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander condemning the “bold” attack. The officers from a private firm were preparing
to deposit two bags of money in a bank when a silver coloured Japanese vehicle approached. A gunman got out of the car and demanded cash from the officers. When the officers ran towards Lowe’s Pharmacy for refuge, the gunman shot them. One of the officers was robbed of a SEE PAGE TWO
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander speaks to the press at the scene of a double shooting at the Palmdale Shopping Centre yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Fernander defends police response MAN CHARGED into missing 16-year-old Devin Isaacs WITH RAPE AFTER HOME ‘INVASION’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander defended investigations into the disappearance of
Devin Isaacs, 16, after the teen’s mother criticised authorities for sending a Marco’s Alert four days after he was reported missing. “There’s two sides of the story,” Commissioner
Fernander said during a press briefing yesterday. “Our officers were on board with that from day one. They even went as far as getting footage and SEE PAGE THREE
EMPLOYEE OF GB POWER COMPANY ELECTROCUTED By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net A 55-YEAR-OLD employee at the Grand Bahama Power Company suffered severe burns after being electrocuted on the job yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3pm at the power plant on Peel Street, where
the male worker came in contact with a live wire. He was taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital, where he remains in stable condition. Although no official identification has been released, The Tribune has learned that the injured worker is Stewart Courtney, a plant supervisor. SEE PAGE FIVE
POLICE on scene where a man was electrocuted in GB. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A 22-YEAR-OLD man was imprisoned yesterday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a home invasion in Eleuthera last week. Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley charged Deandre Symonette with rape and burglary. Symonette is accused of breaking into the residence of a woman in Rock Sound and raping her between 1am and 7am on May 13. SEE PAGE SEVEN