By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
AN 18-year-old is behind bars after he was accused of several murders and attempted murders in New Providence last month.
The killings included one during a home invasion on Palm Street and the fatal shooting of a man outside a store on Wulff Road.
Samuel Charles, aka “Man Boy”, was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder before Acting Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley.
Charles faced additional charges of armed robbery, receiving, possessing a prohibited weapon and possessing ammunition.
The accused allegedly approached Jermaine Hepburn outside a business establishment on Wulff Road around 9pm on June 17. After arguing with Hepburn, Charles allegedly shot and killed the 39-year-old victim.
Charles also reportedly shot and injured David Burrows and Lorenzo Payne during the same incident.
He allegedly entered the residence of Eric Curtis, Jr, on Palm Street on June 19, killing the 31-year-old man around 1.30am.
Charles also allegedly robbed Desiree Johnson of her grey coloured $3,500 Nissan Dualis at gunpoint on July 12.
Charles was arrested on July 14 after police reportedly found a gun with a banned black Austria Glock .40 pistol. The defendant was also allegedly found with seven unfired rounds of .40 ammunition.
The teenage defendant’s case will be transferred to the Supreme Court through a voluntary bill of indictment to be served on October 24.
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