By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
AN American woman was fined $8,000 yesterday after admitting she had a loaded gun in her purse on a cruise ship docked in New Providence on Tuesday.
Mary Robinson, 69, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, was found with a black Kel-Tec .380 pistol and four rounds of ammunition while on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on December 2.
Robinson pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition before Magistrate Lennox Coleby.
She apologised and explained that she forgot the gun was in her purse and that her state has open carry laws.
Robinson was ordered to pay an $8,000 fine or risk 24 months in prison.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie served as the prosecutor, while Bjorn Ferguson represented the accused.
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