Remember the good ole days when couple of us use to go to Atlantis and just chill. it was the only place in Nassau to go and u have a restroom, beach, restaurant, pool, club rush days and just meeting people from other schools. Not that this matters to me but for the youth behind me that’s coming up it was a pretty good hangout. Thanks to two brillant teens Atlantis is saying all teens should be accompanied by an adult and if not will ask to leave and it sounds serious. story inside if you didnt know what happened halloween night.

[Text via Nassau Guardian]

Two suspects in Marina Village shooting arraigned

By ARTESIA DAVIS ~ NG Senior Reporter ~ artesia@nasguard.com:

The two teen suspects in Saturday night’s shooting at Marina Village will remain in custody until a Supreme Court judge reviews a decision to free them on bail.

Clarence Smith, 18, of Dolphin Drive, and a 17-year-old resident of Eighth Terrace Centerville are accused of the attempted murders of security guards Dwayne DeCosta and Troy Feaste, who were shot when they confronted two men at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.

Prosecutor Inspector Clifford Daxon said in court yesterday that both men remain in guarded condition at Doctors Hospital.

However, Kerzner International President and Managing Director George Markantonis told reporters on Monday that Feaste had already been released from hospital.

The incident has prompted officials at Atlantis to institute a ban on unsupervised minors at the resort.

Smith is a student of the Bahamas Technical Vocational Institute (BTVI) and the 17-year-old attends a private high school. The name of the school has been withheld to protect the minor’s identity.

Lawyers Murrio Ducille and Cheryl Bazard alleged that their clients were assaulted by police officers while in custody. Ducille, who appears for Smith, made a further allegation of police misconduct in claiming that officers put Smith on an identification parade in the absence of his lawyer.

Inspector Daxon asked Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez to refuse bail for the accused on the grounds that the alleged victims were still in serious condition and that police had not yet recovered the firearm that was used in the shooting. He suggested that the police investigation would be hampered if the men were released.

However, Ducille and Bazard argued that their clients are presumed innocent under the law and the charges were only accusations. Bazard further noted that her client’s high school education would be interrupted if he were denied bail.

Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez set bail at $15,000 each on the condition that the suspects report to the police station on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays until the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry. However, the bail was suspended when Inspector Daxon said he would seek a review of the bail decision.

Magistrate Subusola Swain will set a date for the start of the preliminary inquiry on November 9.