By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused of possessing a loaded firearm in New Providence last weekend.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned Garfield Rolle, 46, on charges of possession of an unlicenced firearm and possession of ammunition.
Prosecutors allege that officers found a black Taurus G3C pistol and 13 rounds of 9mm ammunition on Rolle’s person while he was on William Street on February 2.
Although Rolle initially pleaded guilty, claiming he had found the weapon and intended to turn it in to the police, a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
Rolle’s bail was set at $7,000 with one or two sureties.
The trial is scheduled to begin on March 27.
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