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EX-CHIEF SUPT FACES NY COURT IN SHACKLES Curtis appears before judge in prison gear as prosecutors detail trafficking scheme involving ‘corrupt’ govt officials A FORMER chief superintendent with the Royal Bahamas Police Force appeared in court in New York on Friday wearing leg shackles and handcuffs as he faced charges in a drug trafficking plot that has sent shockwaves through the political establishment and law enforcement sectors in The Bahamas.
Elvis Nathaniel Curtis, 51, who previously oversaw operations at major Bahamian airports, including Lynden Pindling International, and four others, are accused of facilitating the trafficking of cocaine to the US. After shuffling into the court room, Curtis, who was dressed in a faded
brown prison-issue top and trousers, appeared calm, listened attentively and briefly stood when his name was called. After the 20-minute hearing, the case was adjourned until February. The most incendiary allegations concern Curtis, who CURTIS - SEE PAGE FIVE
FORMER RBPF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT ELVIS CURTIS
Migrant who alleged severe beating by WIDOW MOURNS DROWING VICTIM - ‘I KEEP Immigration officers has been deported EXPECTING HIM TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A HAITIAN detainee who was allegedly severely beaten by immigration officers has been deported, his lawyer Martin Lundy said yesterday. Mr Lundy told The Tribune he last spoke with the 31-year-old on Monday and
only received confirmation yesterday that Fegens Laguerre had been sent back to Haiti. He said he remained unclear about the circumstances surrounding the removal. Mr Lundy previously said he observed apparent physical injuries when he visited Mr Laguerre at the Detention Centre last Monday. He said his client struggled
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
to walk upright, complained of dizziness and spine pain, and said doctors told him he had “died twice” while receiving medical care after he was allegedly punched, slapped and beaten about the face and body by immigration officers. Before that visit, Mr Laguerre’s whereabouts DEPORT - SEE PAGE EIGHT
DEREK RAHMING
A GRIEVING wife says she keeps expecting her husband to walk through their front door, days after he was found submerged in waters in Eleuthera in what police believe was a drowning after he slipped and fell while collecting salt water.
Lynn and Derek Rahming had recently marked their tenth wedding anniversary at their Waterford home. Mrs Rahming said the shock of his death only began to settle over the weekend. “I'm always used to him being home and yesterday, when he didn't come it was MOURN - SEE PAGE FOUR
Mom kisses son ‘goodbye’ in funeral service for slain officer By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE mother of trainee correctional officer Ashantio “Clevorn” Johnson kissed her son’s face in his casket as he was laid to rest during an emotional funeral service on Friday. Grief poured through the sanctuary as relatives, friends, and colleagues gathered to honour the 23-year-old from Eleuthera, who
was remembered for his warmth, manners, and humility. He was fatally stabbed last month, and two squad-mates were injured, during a violent altercation at Blu Ice Restaurant & Bar just months after his proud father cried tears of joy watching him graduate from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services training programme, The church was filled with fellow FUNERAL - SEE PAGE THREE
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