22-year-old accused of possession of a loaded firearm in police car chase

By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A 22-year-old man accused of having a loaded gun during a car chase on Robinson Road was remanded to prison on Friday.

Prosecutors allege Shaquille Anderson was pursued by police after he failed to stop his vehicle at 11.30am on March 3.

After the chase ended on Pinedale Street, police reportedly recovered a black Ruger 5.7 pistol and three rounds of ammunition.

Anderson pleaded not guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition before Magistrate Lennox Coleby.

He was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until his bail hearing on March 16.

Alphonso Lewis represented the accused. Inspector Lincoln McKenzie was the prosecutor.

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