By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to three and a half years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of having a loaded gun on Commonwealth Boulevard in 2021.
Magistrate Algernon Allen, Jr, presided as Brandon Brown’s trial on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition came to a close.
Brown, 28, was on a scooter when he was stopped by police on Commonwealth Blvd on September 19, 2021. When searched officers found a black .40 pistol and 10 rounds of ammunition.
Brown maintained his innocence during the proceedings.
After reviewing the evidence submitted at his trial, Magistrate Allen found Brown guilty.
Brown was then sentenced to serve 42 months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. He has seven days in which to appeal his sentence.
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