Jonathan Gardiner
THE US judge overseeing the case of Bahamian drug trafficker Jonathan Eric Gardiner has granted prosecutor’s request for a one day delay for a pre-trial conference.
This means Gardiner will now appear in court tomorrow instead of today.Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Bodansky made the request to allow pretrial services an extra day to interview Gardiner in the presence of defense counsel.
Mr Bodansky said the delay would also allow the preparation of a “potential bail application.”
In an order filed yesterday, US District Judge Gregory Woods said: “The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial because failure to grant the continuance would deny the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation.”
Gardiner was charged in New York last week with cocaine importation conspiracy and firearms-related charges after prosecutors alleged that he was a key figure in a drug trafficking plot.
However, he has denied the allegations. The charges stem from his arrest last month following a plane crash on Election Day. He was among 11 Bahamians rescued by US authorities after an aircraft travelling from Marsh Harbour, Abaco, to Grand Bahama crashed off the Florida coast.
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birdiestrachan 2 days, 8 hours ago
Evidence. EVIDENCE
Sickened 1 day, 14 hours ago
PLP's in a tissie over this story. One would think that this gentleman worked for the PLP during the election and they are trying to kill the story. If he was working for the FNM then I'm wondering why the PLP are defending him so much? Maybe the PLP just have high morals??? ROFL!
birdiestrachan 1 day, 13 hours ago
Politician 1 may well be the politician on who's boat
drugs were found no gainsaying here.
screwedbahamian 1 day, 12 hours ago
Now that the Numbers Houses benefactors ( ILLEGAL SEED MONEY IS ALWAYS ILLEGAL SEED MONEY) are very influential Cabinet Ministers IN OUR NEW GOVERNMENT, maybe " PLAYER" was running the" SHOW ME THE MONEY" general election route practicing to be our next MINISTER OF FINANCE??
birdiestrachan 1 day, 12 hours ago
The numbers business goes back 100 years or more the government made it legal the People who gamble when it was illegal.gamble when it is legal . People gamble of their free will they are not robots The governmen tax the business.
screwedbahamian 20 hours, 5 minutes ago
Drugs are illegal because they are addicting and like" cracker jacks-" the more you eat the more you want " and so are the number houses gambling that promote a false dream to those most vulnerable in our mostly poverty stricken nation. It takes away the necessities that are needed for ALL our children to become honest productive Citizens and leaders of our country, it creates, CRIME and CORRUPTION. Most of our current nation leaders are in those positions because Numbers gambling was Illegal and did not deprive them of opportunities that they enjoy today. Gambling is AFFORDABLE entertainment, but to too many of our citizens it have become a way of life, with the help of our government.
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