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Volume: 123 No. 151, Wednesday, July 1, 2026
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MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE OF HIS 91-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WORKS MINISTER URGES DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN
54-year-old defendant not required to enter plea on charge of incest By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A MAN accused of sexually assaulting his 91-year-old mother at their Mount Royal Avenue home last week was remanded to prison yesterday. Prosecutors allege the 54-year-old defendant, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the complainant, raped his elderly mother around 5am on June 24. The accused was not required to enter a plea to incest before acting Chief
Magistrate Ancella Evans. The defendant appeared calm during his arraignment. He was informed that his matter would proceed to the Supreme Court through a voluntary bill of indictment. The accused was also informed of his right to apply for bail in the higher court. He was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until service of his VBI on October 8. Inspector Deon Barr prosecuted the case, while Fedner Dorestal represented the accused.
Missing 19-year-old ID’d as fourth victim MINISTER of Works and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting. By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net SEVEN people have been killed in traffic accidents across The Bahamas since Saturday, with Works Minister
Clay Sweeting urging motorists to slow down as families mourn one of the deadliest stretches on the country’s roads in years. Mr Sweeting made the appeal when questioned about the state of Shirley Street, where four young women
were killed early Sunday after a car carrying eight people slammed into a tree near Church Street. The crash had sparked questions about road conditions in the area, but ROADS - SEE PAGE THREE
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A FAMILY that spent hours searching for missing 19-year-old Evalena Johnson learned yesterday that she was the fourth young woman killed in Sunday’s devastating Shirley Street crash. Police confirmed that
Evalena, who had been reported missing after relatives said they had not seen or heard from her since Saturday, was among the victims of the horrific accident that killed Diamond Stubbs, 17, Betrica Brown, 19, and Stania Webb, 19. Evalena’s family identified her body at Princess VICTIM - SEE PAGE THREE
EXPECTANT FATHER KILLED BEFORE MEETING FIRST SON By Jade Russell Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
AH’DON RICHARDSON
DAYS after learning he was expecting a son, Ah’don Richardson was gunned down before he ever had the chance to hold his first child. His girlfriend, Launise Guerrier, said the couple learned on Saturday that
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the baby she is carrying is a boy. By late Sunday night, she was receiving the call that shattered the future they had begun to imagine together. Richardson, 22, was fatally shot shortly before 1am on Monday on Constitution Drive, off Foster Street. A 20-year-old DEATH - SEE PAGE TWO