The pair was formally arraigned in a Freeport Magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with the recent spate of armed robberies and burglaries targeting expatriate employees of the Grand Bahama Shipyard.<\/p>\n
Shawn Alexander Parotti, 23, and Edley Eldmekio Sweeting Jr., 21, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable armed robbery and receiving charges. <\/p>\n
Police say that sometime around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 10, 2006, 23-year-old Romanian national Apostol Gigi reported to officers at the Port Lucaya Police station that he had just been held up and robbed by two males in a grey car, while walking to his residence on Ferryhorse Lane in Seahorse Village. <\/p>\n
Particulars alleged that while in the vicinity of Commonwealth Bank in the Seahorse Shopping Plaza, the grey car pulled up alongside Gigi and a co-worker, and one of the occupants allegedly got out of the car armed with a knife and robbed him of an undetermined amount of cash and personal items. <\/p>\n
Reports further state that the culprit then got back into the vehicle and fled the scene. <\/p>\n
The pair were remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill, until October 31, 2006 when a trial is expected to begin.<\/p>\n
By ANGELO ARMBRISTER, Freeport News Reporter<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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