By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO men were sent to prison after they were accused of being involved in a spree of armed store robberies last month.
Acting Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley charged Shemar Bennet, 22, and Ashtino Douglas, 25, with two counts of armed robbery.
Bennet alone faced two additional counts of armed robbery.
The pair, while armed with a handgun, were accused of robbing cashier Peaches Leger of $40 cash belonging to 4G’s variety store on Cowpen Road on November 16.
On the same day, the pair also allegedly robbed cashier Olivia Joseph at gunpoint of $1,300 cash from Faith Variety Store on Lobster Avenue.
Then, on November 24, while armed with a silver coloured handgun, Bennet allegedly robbed cashiers Sandra Rahming and Jameliah Ferguson of $1,643.27 from the Family Market Food Store on Marigold Road.
The accused were informed that their matter would be moved to the Supreme Court by a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI). They will be sent to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until the higher court grants bail.
The VBIs in this case are set for service on April 11, 2024.
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