March 8. Bahamas No.1: Price: $1.50; FI: $2, VAT inc; nassaupunch.com PLP's car lottery raffle for voters is deemed illegal BRAVE'S GENERAL THE PLP has been ordered to cease a lotto raffle in which the main prize was a Cube car for a lucky first-time registered voter in Freeport. PLP supporters, who produced papers to prove that they were first-time registered voters in Grand Bahama, were eligible to buy tickets for the lotto raffle. The lotto raffle was a ploy by PLP party of- ficers to encourage young PLPs to register to vote for the next elec- ORDERED TO TAKE tion. But AG lawyers found that the car lotto raffle was illegal as it had not been approved or licensed by Gaming Board bosses. AG Carl Bethel (right) ordered an inves- tigation into the lotto raffle after FNM officials in Freeport complained. The FNM officials pointed out that the lotto raffle was a form of buying votes. And it is against the law for political parties and can- A TOP general for PLP leader Philip Davis has didates to buy votes. Billboards advertising the car BABY DADDY TEST lotto raffle have been taken down in Freeport. Uncles raped me at 15—niece failed to convince a judge to quash a court See political stories on Pages 7 and 9 order, The Punch can reveal exclusively. The Appeal Court order compels general Ezra Russell Brothers to give blood for a DNA baby-daddy test. The Russell family, headed by Captain Allan Russell Sr, are chief campaign generals in Cat Island for Davis, the island's PLP MP since 2002. must give Ezra Russell, 52, and his brother Maurice Russell are Tamika (L) alleges uncles Ezra (C) and Maurice both under investigation for the alleged rape of their DAVIS: Russells of (R), both Revs, raped her when she was just 15, niece Tamika Clarke Russell when she was 15. Cat Island have been resulting in her getting pregnant & having baby Tamika, now 38, is the daughter of the late Allan 'blood' for his generals for years Russell Jr, a brother of Ezra and Maurice. Tamika posted a video on Facebook last year. In the clip, she Fury over $200 fine for alleged that her uncles Ezra and teen mom Maurice raped her. And that she sex-assault on girl, 14 had a child as a result of the alleged incestuous assaults by her uncles. CAPTAIN: Ezra claims A/G prosecutors have appealed a Both men are now ordained Rev- child claim his dad Capt Russell Sr $200 fine handed to a sex-beast erends. Pastor Ezra Russell publicly is advising niece Tamika bus driver who touched and denied the accusations. Ezra called rubbed a schoolgirl’s thigh. Tamika "a liar". And he challenged Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister her to go to the police “with her evi- convicted Dennis Clarke of the dence”. He also said that his brother indecent assault of the 14-year-old Maurice could resolve the entire C V Bethel female student. dispute by taking a DNA test. Clarke paid the fine, avoiding a Ezra claimed Tamica was being month in jail. The magistrate could encouraged in her actions by his AG Bethel (L) is probing slap on have imposed a penalty of up to father, Capt Allan Russell Sr. He wrist penalty by Armbrister (R) three years in prison. The girl’s said his dad was upset since he'd father learned about the lenient stopped supporting him financially. sentence from a court news site. Ezra bragged that he owned all The court heard that the man and his homes and Fountain Bay Ho- tel in Cat Island “debt free”. A few his daughter boarded the bus on months later, Tamika went to police Soldier Road. The father paid the to press charges. Police quizzed the fare for her and left. That’s when brothers on the child rape allega- Clarke put his hand under the girl's tions. They refused to give blood for skirt and rubbed her thigh. She a DNA test to determine the father pushed his hand away and reported of the alleged rape victim’s son. the matter. Police arrested Clarke A magistrate granted police the when he came to a station to press court order. Both men tried to have charges against the girl’s father. He the order overturned. However, the had boarded his bus and hit him Court of Appeal has given the go- after hearing what he'd done. ahead for the drawing of blood See crime stories on Page 4 for the DNA baby-daddy samples. 2 THE PUNCH, Monday, March 8, 2021 THE PUNCH, Monday, March 8, 2021 3 SEXY Miranda has a body that Iwill get your blood running, The guys. This gorgeous swinging-single Miranda's sure looks pretty-in-pink. 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Photo: ALFRED JAMES 3pm a yo8ung man 18 standing nera the mall Wendy with a group second group approached one of the persons words standing fi ght, neck knife, immediately ran RM bailey School collapsed taken to hospital pulling knife, following suspect questioning persons John Roxbury, 4 THE PUNCH, Monday, March 8, 2021 Police hunt gunmen in CRIME & shooting of four women Anyone with in- formation that can response to police questioning POLICE are looking for assist police in solv- COURT and then recorded in a record the suspects who shot up ing these crimes is of interview. The panel said four women in a car. asked to call cops on during the proceedings, the Officers responded tel: 919; 322-3333/4; BEATprosecution also produced to a shooting in Second CDU 502-9991/9990 Man PUNCHcleared of 2 murders a signed confession which Street, Coconut Grove, or Crime Stoppers, police alleged was taken from around 9pm Friday. 328-8477 (TIPS). POLICE are investigating after a 47-year-old man the appellant right after their They found the wom- interview with him. en, aged 18 through 28, was gunned down inside his home. "Before the Crown's evi- suffering from gunshot Police officers received a call about a shooting in Lyon Road, dence was led before the wounds. According to po- off Sutton Street, after 9pm Friday. lice, gunmen fi red into the jury, counsel for the appellant When cops arrived on the crime scene, they found Anthon challenged the admissibility of burgundy Toyota Corolla Wright, also known as "Banton", dead inside a room. is shot dead! the statements on the ground as the car traveled north CUMMINGS: Denied bail Wright had been shot multiple times about the body. that the statements attributed along Second Street. Wright had been featured on the police Most Wanted list. He to the appellant were obtained Five women were in was acquitted on murder charges in 2013 and 2018. by oppression and further, that the car. But only four of More hot stories in Punch Crime & Court Beat follow: MURDER AND the signatures which appeared them were shot. They A/G prosecutors have appealed a slap-on-the-wrist $200 fine on the record of interview and were taken to hospital. handed to a sex-beast jitney driver who touched and rubbed confession statement respec- The conditions of the four a schoolgirl's thigh. Magis- tively, were not his," the court women are unknown. By PUNCH Reporter on GUN ROBBERY A MAN is in hospital trate Ambrose Armbrister The Crime And Court Beat documents read. convicted Dennis Clarke on The Court will hear argu- after he was shot in a robbery. The victim was February 26 of the indecent and left. Before he drove off, ments on whether Rolle should assault of the 14-year-old CV face a second trial. on Key West Street at Clarke turned to the child, who CONVICTIONS 7pm Friday when he was Bethel School student. was sitting behind him, and THREE men are accused Clarke paid the fine, avoid- of stealing $14,000 worth of accosted by two men. said: "You pretty, bey." That One of the thugs ing the default sentence of one was when Clarke put his hand goods from Kelly’s Freeport. WEBSTER: Accused killer ARE QUASHED ROLLE: He won his appeal Devante Jordan Cooper, pulled a gun and patted CLARKE: Murder rap month in prison. The magis- under her skirt and rubbed down the man. He broke trate could have imposed a towards her upper-thigh. 25, of Bluebill Circle, Freeport; Clarke, however, was only tried after the trial judge allowed his Jimeco Lightbourne, 23, of free and ran away. The penalty of up to three years in She pushed his hand away gunman opened fi re, hit- prison. The girl's father learned and reported the matter to her for the thigh rubbing incident. police interview into evidence Doughty Lane, Freeport; and after she prematurely ended ting him in the hand. about the lenient sentence grandmother, who works at THE Court of Appeal has Anzio Green, 20, of Gambier overturned the convictions of the hearing to determine if the Loop, appeared before Mag- DEU police offi cers ar- from a court news site.