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Volume: 122 No. 177, August 8, 2025
Bahamian nazi sentenced to 20 years By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A BAHAMIAN-born neo-Nazi has been sentenced to 20 years in a US federal prison for conspiring to attack power substations in the Baltimore area. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, appeared before a federal judge in Baltimore yesterday, where he was handed the maximum sentence under a conviction for conspiracy to damage an energy facility. The court also ordered a lifetime of supervised release, including electronic monitoring. Russell, a dual citizen of The Bahamas and the US, was found guilty earlier this year after prosecutors presented evidence he coordinated with his girlfriend, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, to plan a series of sniper attacks to target the city’s energy grid. US District Judge James Bredar said Russell was the intellectual driver behind the plot, which aimed to cause mass disruption to a majority-black city. According to prosecutors, the pair intended to execute the plan during winter to maximise its impact. “The law does not permit that,” Judge Bredar said. “We do not change course in this country
Pintard accuses Davis of misleading man found the public over country’s fiscal picture guilty of unlawful sex with teen boy BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard yesterday accused Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis of intentionally misleading the public about the country’s
fiscal position by repeatedly presenting inaccurate financial projections to paint a “rosy picture” that all is well. Mr Pintard’s comments came in response to Mr Davis’ strong denial that he ever projected a $135.4m fiscal surplus for April—despite the figure
being outlined in his written 2025-2026 Budget communication. “I never projected a surplus in April,” Mr Davis told the House of Assembly Wednesday. “And, in fact, this concept of the deficit in April was raised by the MISLEAD - SEE pagE SEVEN
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Baha Mar donates $7.5k to Humane Society after recent break-in By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net GOOD Samaritans have come to the rescue of the Bahamas Humane Society after a brazen break-in at the charity on Wednesday. Thieves broke in to the Humane Society building and stole thousands of dollars in cash from the property - leaving volunteers and
organiser frustrated that criminals would target an organisation that is trying to help the community. However, Baha Mar has now stepped in to help - donating $7,500 to the organisation. The donation, made through the Baha Mar Resort Foundation, matches the amount of cash reportedly stolen DONATION - SEE pagE FOUR
BROKEN window at Humane Society where thieves broke in.
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A 50-YEAR-OlD man who told officers that he and a teenage boy were lovers was found guilty yesterday of unlawful sexual intercourse. Marlin Newton, 50, stood in shocked silence as a nine-person jury found him unanimously guilty of two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old boy in August 2019. Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns presided over the trial, which heard testimony from doctors and police officers involved in the investigation. Among the witnesses was Assistant Superintendent Arnold Strachan who played footage of Newton saying that he and a 17-year-old boy were GUILTY - SEE pagE THREE