By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred five months ago.
Dennis Taylor, 26, was escorted into the Nassau and South Streets Magistrate’s Court complex to stand before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt to face a charge of murder.
It is alleged that he, on Thursday, October 27, 2016, intentionally and by means of unlawful harm, caused the death of 18-year-old Rhoda Russell.
According to police reports, officers got a call shortly after 6am that shots were heard in the Fire Trail Road area.
When officers arrived on the scene, they saw a woman’s lifeless body lying in the driveway with gunshot wounds, it was initially reported.
Taylor was not required to enter a plea to the charge due to the nature of the offence and was told that his case would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court through the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment, scheduled for May 18.
Taylor was remanded to the Department of Correctional Services in the interim, as the lower court does not have the jurisdiction to consider or grant bail on the charge.
However, he can make an application to the Supreme Court for pre-trial release.
Taylor was not represented at yesterday’s arraignment.
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