Wednesday, September 4, 2013
By SANCHESKA BROWN
Tribune Staff Reporter
sbrown@tribunemedia.net
FIVE men have turned themselves into police stations across New Providence in connection with the country’s latest murders.
On Monday, police issued an all points bulletin for Duran Neely, Hans Neely, Aaron Neely, Kenneth Neilly and Dior Johnson.
Police believe the men are connected to all three of the country’s weekend murders.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said police believe all three of the murders, two in Nassau Village and one in Pinewood Gardens, are all related.
“I can say the men are in custody and we are looking at all of them for three homicides, we are treating them as one matter, we believe they are connected,” he said.
However, ACP Ferguson said he could not say when and if the men would be charged because it is “still too early to tell.”
The men are being questioned in connection with the deaths of 28-year-old Phajese Pinder, Gwenth Duncombe, 40, and 35-year-old Robert McIntosh.
Pinder was shot and killed at Stack Avenue, Nassau Village, on Friday as he pulled into the driveway of his home. Gwenth Duncombe was shot and killed in Pinewood. She was the passenger in the car that was shot up by unknown persons.
McIntosh was shot and killed on Saturday in Freeman’s Subdivision as he was walking home.
Three of the men in custody are brothers.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said several other men are also in police custody in connection with last weekend’s murders.
The Tribune understands police also have two men in custody, ages 18 and 23, in connection with the shooting death of a bus driver last month.
Gregory Adderley, 24, was shot on his bus by a passenger as he approached Toote Shop Corner and East Street.
Superintendent Rolle said a passenger on the bus pulled out a weapon and ordered the driver to turn over his earnings. Another man who was on the bus, who was later identified as a Defence Force officer, got up and the suspect shot him in the face.
The driver handed over all the money, but was still shot several times. He died at the scene. Police say the suspect was assisted by another man and they both fled on foot.
The officer who was shot in the face, was recently released from hospital.
Investigations into all of the deaths are continuing.
Comments
SP says...
This is a very sad state of affairs the country is in. Many of these people are committing crimes because they have means of supporting themselves.
We need to find ways of creating thousands of jobs.
One solution that comes to mind is to immediately begin revoking work permits for the tens of thousands of the $40M in work permits stupidly issued by the FNM government for blue collar workers.
People cannot be expected to simply sit in darkness and watch their children starve to death. Anyone would resort to crime if there were no other solutions for sustenance.
I am not condoning crime, just stating the truth of the matter.
Governments new poilicy of addressing possible FDI projects is welcomed and should bear fruit in the short to midterm. However, the fastest way to turn the crime situation around is to get rid of all non essential blue collar and expat workers and put Bahamians back to work.
Posted 4 September 2013, 10:24 p.m. Suggest removal
concernedcitizen says...
Work permits are renewed annually ,since the FNM has been out of power for a year and four months any permits they granted would have had to have been reviewed and renewed . I am fifty one and have worked since i was 16 and started in a wharehouse sweeping and bagging and boxing groceries ..In any economy i have been able to work and support myself with out turning to violet crime ...When i got a job as a mate , i saved and sacrificed until i could take the course for a captains lic,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,We need some family planning and birth control ,even when the PLP claimed to have created 22,000 jobs in 5 yrs ,,it was 18,000 which is still good , 25,000 young people left school...
Posted 5 September 2013, 9:39 a.m. Suggest removal
carmichaelrdgal says...
There are jobs out there but these are the A** H**** who chooses not to work, so no matter how many Job is implemented, you'll still have this type crime.
Posted 5 September 2013, 4:21 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Agreed...there are jobs out there...they may not pay much, but then again, do you really need those 22" rims, the latest $200+ pair of Nike's, etc, etc, etc. Bahamians are living well beyond their means and irony of ironies, find themselves short on cash. I find it humorous when someone approaches me and asks to borrow some money, then pulls out their brand new iPhone 5 to send someone a text. This type of mentality creates a perfect storm where they would rather risk being a criminal for quick fast cash, or do they make an honest living and hold down a steady job...and BUDGET their money??
Posted 5 September 2013, 8:40 a.m. Suggest removal
concernedcitizen says...
good post !!!!!!!!!!1
Posted 5 September 2013, 9:40 a.m. Suggest removal
positiveinput says...
Is the need for jobs really the core of this problem, or is it that persons no longer see the long arm of the law being a source of resolution to existing problems. Yes there are instances where persons are stealing and robbing as a means of making money, however cases such as above seems to show the disgust individuals have in our police force and the legal system.
Posted 5 September 2013, 3:30 p.m. Suggest removal
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