Man Receives 2-Year Sentence for Possession of a Firearm

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A man who threw a loaded gun from a car following a police pursuit has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Magistrate Lennox Coleby sentenced 20-year-old Keinojah Boothe after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

On Janaury 4, police officers were patrolling near Meadow and Augusta Streets when they saw a grey Honda Civic without any license plates.

The officers signalled for the driver to stop, but a chase ensued.

The pursuit ended when the car crashed into a wall on Ferguson Street.

That’s when Boothe tossed a loaded 9mm pistol onto the roof of a nearby home.