By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to having an unlicenced flare gun and shotgun shell last week.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned Lasean Strachan, 53, on possession of an unlicensed gun and possession of ammunition.
The defendant was reportedly stopped by police while riding his bicycle near Montrose Avenue on February 19. While searching him, police found a white and orange flare launcher and a red 410 gauge shotgun shell, which was tucked near the groin of his pants.
Strachan pleaded guilty to the charges.
The defendant was sentenced to three years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie served as the prosecutor.
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