The Tribune

By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after admitting to possession of a loaded gun in Yellow Elder earlier this week.

Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned 31-year-old Kenneth Brown on charges of possession of an unlicenced firearm and possession of ammunition.

Police reportedly stopped Brown in the area of Major Road on the afternoon of March 25 after he exhibited suspicious behaviour. A search of his person uncovered a black and silver Smith & Wesson .40 pistol and eight rounds of ammunition.

Brown pleaded guilty to both charges.

He was sentenced to two years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for the firearm offence. He was fined $5,000 for the ammunition charge or faced an additional 12 months in prison.

Brown was advised of his right to appeal the sentence.

Levan Johnson represented the accused.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie served as the prosecutor.