By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN was arraigned yesterday on charges of child cruelty after authorities allegedly found his two young children wandering the streets and eating from garbage bins.

The 39-year-old man, whose name is being withheld to protect the identities of the minors, appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on two counts of cruelty to children.

He is accused of neglecting his six- and nine-year-old children and allowing them to starve on October 17, 2024.

Police said the children were found in a vulnerable state, prompting an investigation that led to the father’s arrest.

The accused pleaded not guilty.

Inspector Shadrach Coakley, serving as the prosecutor, objected to bail, citing the defendant’s lack of legal status.

An immigration officer confirmed that the man had no lawful status in the country.

He was denied bail and will be held at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until his trial on September 10.