The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

MAYAGUANA’S island administrator was airlifted to the Nassau yesterday morning after he was hit in the head with a “blunt object” during an armed robbery and abduction on Tuesday.

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, the administrator, Charles Moss, was taken from his home around 3am Tuesday by a number of armed men.

“We are still investigating but the information we have is that he was home when some men broke into his house, struck him with something in the head and tied him up,” he said.

“They then took him to his office where they forced him to open the safe and stole a significant amount of money before fleeing the scene. The administrator was left tied up in the office until about 8:30am when an office employee came in to work.”

Mr Ferguson said police are unsure of how much money was stolen. He said an auditor from New Providence is still determining how much money should have been in the safe.

No one is in police custody for the incident.

The Tribune understands Mr Moss began experiencing severe migraines and back spasms after his attack and was brought to Nassau for treatment.

In 2010 – four years ago – Acklins Administrator Gregory Knowles and his son were attacked by gunmen who made of with more than $250,000 of public money.

Police said Mr Knowles and his 16-year-old son were robbed at gunpoint when they returned at around 12:30am. Mr Knowles was hit on the back of the head with a gun and the armed robbers stole $200 from him as well as his cellular phone when raiding his house.

The suspects then went to the Administrator’s Office where they forced Mr Knowles to open the safe before taking him and his son to a bushy area off a track road where they left them tied up.

The culprits then escaped in Mr Knowles’ vehicle.

The stolen money was to be used to pay salaries and cover public expenses.

Two men were arrested in connection with the 2010 robbery.