Doctor Convicted For Gun and Drug Related Charges

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A doctor at the Public Hospitals Authority was convicted of gun, ammunition and drug possession on Friday.

Dr Gregory Tynes remains on bail , pending a sentencing hearing that’s set for February 13.

Back on July 25, 2021, officers executed a search warrant on the doctor’s childhood home in Garden Hills.

While searching a bedroom, police officers found a 9mm pistol loaded with seven rounds of ammunition wrapped in a shirt. They also also found over two ounces of marijuana on the dresser in addition to $10,135 in a safe in the closet.

At his trial before Magistrate Samuel McKinney, Tynes denied knowledge of the contraband; however, he said the money belonged to him.

In his testimony, Tynes said that he had moved in with his girlfriend in 2020 and was no longer an occupant of the home, although he was there when the police came to search.

Tynes said he had given his friend, Aristo Stubbs, to live in the home rent-free, provided that he maintained the premises.

Stubbs testified on Tynes’ behalf and claimed that the drugs and gun belonged to him.
However, the magistrate didn’t believe this and he convicted Tynes of the offenses.

Tynes graduated from the University of the West Indies in 2011 and he won the Dr. Mortimer Moxey award for community medicine.