{"id":31164,"date":"2013-02-05T09:48:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=31164"},"modified":"2013-02-07T00:05:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T05:05:35","slug":"lamm-found-guilty-in-drug-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/02\/lamm-found-guilty-in-drug-case","title":{"rendered":"Lamm Found Guilty In Drug Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A Cabinet minister\u2019s campaign general was Monday sentenced to one year in prison on a charge of drug possession with intent to supply.<\/p>\n

Carlos Lamm, who spearheaded the election campaign of Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald and played an instrumental role in the government\u2019s Abaco by-election campaign, would serve an additional year in prison if he fails to pay a $5,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell found Lamm guilty of having three-and-a-half pounds of marijuana with intent to supply.<\/p>\n

Police charged Lamm and his girlfriend, Laticha McKenzie, with whom he has a seven-year-old daughter, in relation to the December 2009 seizure.<\/p>\n

According to the evidence, Lamm threw a drug-filled bag from the rental car he was driving while being pursued by the police.<\/p>\n

Lamm then jumped out of the moving car and left McKenzie and their daughter, then four, inside. The car came to a stop when it rolled into a log that blocked an entrance on the Saint Augustine\u2019s College (SAC) grounds at Bernard Road, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Bethell acquitted McKenzie after finding that she did not have knowledge and control of the drugs.<\/p>\n

Bethell told Lamm that it was sad that he would \u201cindulge in criminal activity\u201d, despite having his own business.<\/p>\n

The government awarded Lamm\u2019s company, JFK Construction, school repair contracts worth more than $100,000 after the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) won the May 2012 general election.<\/p>\n

Bethell said it was \u201ccowardly\u201d of Lamm to leave a woman and small child in the car. Lamm\u2019s lawyer, Jairam Mangra, said he was a productive citizen, who should not be sent to prison.<\/p>\n

McKenzie, who was represented by Murrio Ducille, wiped tears from her eyes as Lamm was cuffed and taken into a holding cell.<\/p>\n

Artesia Davis,<\/em><\/span>
\nThe Nassau Guardian<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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