By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after admitting to having a banned assault rifle last week.
Raheem Walkes, 26, appeared before Magistrate Kendra Kelly on a charge of possession of a prohibited weapon.
Officers on mobile patrol, acting on information, stopped Walkes in his vehicle on November 27 in New Providence. He was arrested by the authorities after he was found with a banned black AR-15 rifle, serial number 2-002273.
In court, Walkes pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced to three years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. He was further ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 or risk an additional year in prison.
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