By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after admitting to having a high-powered weapon in his backyard this month.

John Laguerre, 25, was found with a black DTI-15 calibre 5.56 mm rifle and nine rounds of ammunition at his home in Dorsett Alley on August 7.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS).

Co-accused Andrew Ferguson, 26, who has a pending murder charge, was also charged in connection with the incident. However, he denied the offence before Magistrate Lennox Coleby.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie, the prosecutor, objected to Ferguson’s bail, citing a pending murder charge stemming from the 2017 fatal shooting of Omar Dorsette at his home in Coconut Grove.

Ferguson was denied bail as a result and will remain in custody until his next court appearance on August 15. Levan Johnson represented the accused.