The 16-year-old outside court. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn

By DENISE MAYCOCK 

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net 

A 16-year-old Bahamian boy was charged with killing a 79-year-old Haitian woman yesterday.

A small crowd gathered outside the courthouse in Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock, as the minor was brought and escorted by officers at about 11am, with a towel over his head.

Magistrate Gwen Claude allowed only the minor’s parents and his attorney Keith Seymour to be permitted inside the courtroom for the proceedings. Neither the press nor any of the victim’s family members were allowed inside.

Reporters were only able to enter the court after the proceedings to be given information from Police Prosecutor 2628 Sergeant Garth McIntosh.

According to the docket, it is alleged that sometime between Friday June 19 and Saturday June 20, the accused by means of unlawful harm intentionally caused the death of Elisia Theoc, of Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock.

Theoc had been reported missing by family members after she did not return home Friday evening. Her body was later discovered Saturday morning in bushes in Pinedale. Her death is the eighth homicide in Grand Bahama, according to Tribune records.

In addition to the murder charge, the juvenile was also charged with housebreaking. It is alleged that on the same date, the accused broke into the home of Keisha Coverley, of Martin Town, Eight Mile Rock and stole a television, Android box, and a black LG DVD player, altogether valued at $400.

All the items were recovered by the police.

The matters were adjourned to August 4, to be heard before a juvenile panel.

Also charged with receiving was a 17-year-old juvenile. It is alleged that the accused on the same date received the stolen items in question. He was granted $1,500 bail and the magistrate imposed a curfew on him. The matter was adjourned to August 4, to be heard before a juvenile panel.

Alison De Courcy-Ireland was charged with being impaired in 2015 accident that left former Canadiens player with a broken nose and foot.

The woman who was charged with impaired driving while she was allegedly behind the wheel of former Montreal Canadien Zack Kassian’s pickup truck when it crashed in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce more than four years ago will have to undergo a second trial in October.

Alison De Courcy-Ireland, 25, was supposed to learn her fate as far back as May 3, 2019, the date Quebec Court Judge Denis Mondor originally set to deliver his decision on the two charges she has faced since 2016; operating a motor vehicle while her ability to drive was impaired by alcohol or a drug and causing an accident while impaired that left Kassian injured.

Kassian, 29, never played a regular-season game with the Canadiens. The team obtained him through a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2015. Kassian was with the Canadiens as they prepared for the start of the 2015-16 regular season when a pickup truck loaned to him by a dealership crashed into a tree on Clanranald Ave., near the corner of Côte-St-Luc Rd.

The hockey player suffered a broken nose and a broken left foot in the crash. The NHL suspended Kassian without pay because he had violated the league’s substance-abuse program the night of the crash. Kassian was already in the program before he was traded to the Canadiens and during De Courcy-Ireland’s trial admitted he consumed alcohol and cocaine at his home in the hours before the crash occurred.

While Kassian was recovering, the Canadiens traded him to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 28, 2015. He is still an Oiler and was enjoying the best season of his NHL career when the league was shut down in March by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Kassian testified during De Courcy-Ireland’s trial in February 2019, he did so on a video linkup from a location in Edmonton to accommodate his hockey schedule. He will likely be called to testify again when De Courcy-Ireland’s second trial is held at the Montreal courthouse.

On Monday, Quebec Court Judge Mélanie Hébert set three days, beginning on Oct. 7, as the dates for the second trial.

The new trial was ordered by a different judge earlier this year on a request from the Crown after it was determined that Mondor, the judge in the first trial, was unable to deliver his verdict because he is suffering from an undisclosed illness.

On Feb. 7, 2019, Mondor heard the closing arguments of the prosecutor in the case and said he would deliver his decision in three months. On April 26, 2019, he sent emails to lawyers on both sides of the case informing them that he was unable to deliver the decision as scheduled on May 3, 2019.

The date was pushed back three times until a coordinating judge at the Montreal courthouse informed both parties that Mondor was ill.

When the date was delayed again to February, the Crown requested a new trial. While the time that the judge took to deliberate on the decision would not have counted if De Courcy-Ireland argued it had taken too long to prosecute her case the Crown conceded in its motion that it should take “appropriate measures” to bring a case to its end.

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Alison De Courcy-Ireland was charged with being impaired in 2015 accident that left former Canadiens player with a broken nose and foot.

The woman who was charged with impaired driving while she was allegedly behind the wheel of former Montreal Canadien Zack Kassian’s pickup truck when it crashed in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce more than four years ago will have to undergo a second trial in October.

Alison De Courcy-Ireland, 25, was supposed to learn her fate as far back as May 3, 2019, the date Quebec Court Judge Denis Mondor originally set to deliver his decision on the two charges she has faced since 2016; operating a motor vehicle while her ability to drive was impaired by alcohol or a drug and causing an accident while impaired that left Kassian injured.

Kassian, 29, never played a regular-season game with the Canadiens. The team obtained him through a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2015. Kassian was with the Canadiens as they prepared for the start of the 2015-16 regular season when a pickup truck loaned to him by a dealership crashed into a tree on Clanranald Ave., near the corner of Côte-St-Luc Rd.

The hockey player suffered a broken nose and a broken left foot in the crash. The NHL suspended Kassian without pay because he had violated the league’s substance-abuse program the night of the crash. Kassian was already in the program before he was traded to the Canadiens and during De Courcy-Ireland’s trial admitted he consumed alcohol and cocaine at his home in the hours before the crash occurred.

While Kassian was recovering, the Canadiens traded him to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 28, 2015. He is still an Oiler and was enjoying the best season of his NHL career when the league was shut down in March by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Kassian testified during De Courcy-Ireland’s trial in February 2019, he did so on a video linkup from a location in Edmonton to accommodate his hockey schedule. He will likely be called to testify again when De Courcy-Ireland’s second trial is held at the Montreal courthouse.

On Monday, Quebec Court Judge Mélanie Hébert set three days, beginning on Oct. 7, as the dates for the second trial.

The new trial was ordered by a different judge earlier this year on a request from the Crown after it was determined that Mondor, the judge in the first trial, was unable to deliver his verdict because he is suffering from an undisclosed illness.

On Feb. 7, 2019, Mondor heard the closing arguments of the prosecutor in the case and said he would deliver his decision in three months. On April 26, 2019, he sent emails to lawyers on both sides of the case informing them that he was unable to deliver the decision as scheduled on May 3, 2019.

The date was pushed back three times until a coordinating judge at the Montreal courthouse informed both parties that Mondor was ill.

When the date was delayed again to February, the Crown requested a new trial. While the time that the judge took to deliberate on the decision would not have counted if De Courcy-Ireland argued it had taken too long to prosecute her case the Crown conceded in its motion that it should take “appropriate measures” to bring a case to its end.

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The woman who was charged with impaired driving while she was allegedly behind the wheel of former Montreal Canadien Zack Kassian’s pickup truck when it crashed in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce more than four years ago will have to undergo a second trial in October.

Alison De Courcy-Ireland, 25, was supposed to learn her fate as far back as May 3, 2019, the date Quebec Court Judge Denis Mondor originally set to deliver his decision on the two charges she has faced since 2016; operating a motor vehicle while her ability to drive was impaired by alcohol or a drug and causing an accident while impaired that left Kassian injured.

Kassian, 29, never played a regular-season game with the Canadiens. The team obtained him through a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2015. Kassian was with the Canadiens as they prepared for the start of the 2015-16 regular season when a pickup truck loaned to him by a dealership crashed into a tree on Clanranald Ave., near the corner of Côte-St-Luc Rd.

An 18-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a teenager in Fife.

Joshua Kerr, 18, died following a collision between a pedestrian and a car near Leslie on Friday.

Grace Ross, of Glenrothes, appeared in private in Falkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.

She made no plea to a charge of murder and was released on bail.

Her case was continued for further examination and the date of her next appearance is yet to be confirmed.

Joshua suffered serious injuries in the incident near Little Balquhomrie Farm and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Emergency services rushed to his aid following a report of a collision involving one vehicle and a pedestrian at around 11.10am.

Joshua’s parents Jamie Simpson and Angela Kerr later paid tribute to him in a statement which said: “His mum, dad, little brother and anyone that ever knew Josh will never forget him.

“He was the perfect person and we will forever love him.”

Joshua was a talented pool player, having represented Scotland, and an ardent Raith Rovers supporter.

A spokesman for Raith Rovers Football Club, where he was a season ticket holder, said everyone was devastated to hear about the tragedy.

In a statement, the club said: “The thoughts of everyone at RRFC are with the family at this sad time.

“Always willing to help others, Josh, alongside his mum Angela, also helped out in hospitality at Raith Rovers during the season just ended.”

A donations page set up by Joshua’s friends at the Ciswo Snooker League to help his family during their grief had raised more than £3,000 by Monday afternoon.

Woman charged in Lexington hit-and-run

The suspect is accused of hitting a motorcycle Saturday night.

Updated: 11:49 PM EDT May 24, 2020

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WEEK. , COMING UP. BRANDON: WE ARE NOW IN THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF PHASE TWO OF REOPENING CAROLINA AS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC CONTINUES. MANY PEOPLE CAN GO BACK TO WORK, GET A HAIRCUT, AND WORSHIP INDOORS. LAST WEEKEND A FEDERAL LAWSUIT PERMITTED NORTH CAROLINA RELIGIOUS GROUPS THE ABILITY TO GATHER IN GROUPS LARGER THAN TEN. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED ALL CHURCHES TO REOPEN AND THE CDC RELEASE NEW SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS, CHURCHES LIKE MOUNT OLIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY. FIRST PEOPLE HAD TO UNDERGO A HEALTH SURVEY, TEMPERATURE ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED INSIDE. HERE IS WHAT ONE CHURCH MEMBER HAD TO SAY TO THOSE WHO MAY BE NERVOUS ABOUT WORSHIPING INSIDE. >> DURING THIS TIME, YOU HAVE TO BE PRAYED UP AND YOU HAVE TO. . FOLLOW THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE TO DO THESE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HANDWASHING PRACTICES TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE. BRANDON: THE CDC RECOMMENDS HOUSES OF WORSHIP PROVIDE HANDS AND ENTICE HER, ENCOURAGE FACE COVERINGS — PROVIDE HAND SANITIZER, ENCOURAGE FACE COVERINGS, INCREASE CLEANING, AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. TONIGHT, MIXED REACTIONS OVER THE RE-OPENING OF A TRIAD SPEEDWAY, WHICH ATTRACTED HUGE CROWDS OF RACING FANS LAST NIGHT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES TAKEN AT ACE SPEEDWAY IN ELON, COURTESY OF ADAM SMITH WITH THE BURLINGTON TIMES-NEWS. THE TRACK HELD ITS SEASON OPENER SATURDAY. THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER ALAMANCE COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAID THEY WOULD NOT ENFORCE THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON LARGE GATHERINGS. WE SPOKE WITH THE CO-OWNER OF A SPEEDWAY, JASON TURNER. HE SAYS THERE WERE 2500 FANS AT SATURDAY’S RACE HALF OF THEIR PERSON CAPACITY. 5000>> PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY GO AND WHAT THEY DO. AS WE REOPEN, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A SENSE OF NORMALCY. WHEN SOMEBODY PHYSICALLY BUYS A TICKET, A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET TO COME TO A RACE, THEY ARE IN A SENSE SAYING THEY WANT TO BE THERE AND THEY GOT WHAT THEY PAID FOR. BRANDON: TURNER SAYS THEY HAVE A FULL SLATE OF RACES PLANNED FOR THIS FRIDAY. NO ONE FROM THE SPEEDWAY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW THIS WEEK AS THEY WOULD — THEY WILL BE PREPARING FOR THAT. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT ALMOST 500 NEW CASES OF COVID-19. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA TO MORE THAN 23,000. 113 NORT CAROLINIANS HAVE DIED. HERE IN THE TRIAD, 4,280 CASES ARE CONFIRMED, THAT’S AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 100 FROM YESTERDAY. BUT REMEMBER, MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED. AS OF LAST MONDAY, DHHS ESTIMATES MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. WELL, ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO CHURCH. THEY ARE CELEBRATING AT CROWDED RESTAURANTS AND BEACHES. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING. NBC’S JENNIFER JOHNSON REPORTS FROM WASHINGTO REPORTER: AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CROWD BOARDWALKS, BARS, AND BEACHES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A STARK REMINDER OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A LIST OF 1000 VICTIMS’ NAMES ON THE NEW YORK TIMES FRONT PAGE. DESPITE THE THREAT. AMERICANS ARE DESPERATE TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER. >> THERE IS TENSION BETWEEN THE NEED TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS AND PEOPLE’S DESIRE TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. REPORTER: AS AMERICANS GATHER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, WHITE HOUSE HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE ARE SPREADING THE VIRUS. >> SOCIAL DISTANCING IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND IF YOU CAN’T SOCIAL DISTANCE AND YOU’RE OUTSIDE, YOU MUST WEAR A MASK. REPORTER: THIS WEEKEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ORDERED THE REOPENING OF ALL HOUSES OF WORSHIP. THREATENING TO OVERRIDE ANY GOVERNOR WHO TRIES TO BLOCK HIS DECISION PRES. TRUMP: WHEN YOU SEE THAT THEY A ARRESTING PEOPLE IN PARKING LOTS IN CARS WITH WINDOWS CLOSED AND PEOPLE ARE BEING ARRESTED, IT IS A DISGRACE. REPORTER: BUT ALREADY A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS UPHELD CALIFORNIA’S DECISION TO KEEP CHURCHES CLOSED. MEANWHILE IN HARD HIT NEW YORK MORE SIGNS OF LIFE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. >> TODAY ALL THE NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN TRAINING CAMPS. I BELIEV THAT SPORTS THAT CAN COME BACK WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM. REPORTER: AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENDS A SECOND DAY THIS WEEK GOLFING, HIS MEMORIAL DAY PLANS TO FORT MCHENRY IN BALTIMORE ARE SPARKING CONTROVERSY. THE MAYOR HAS ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER AS HIS CITY REMAINS UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER. JENNIFER JOHNSON, NBC NEWS WASHINGTON. BRANDON: NEW TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESTRICTING TRAVEL FROM BRAZIL TO THE UNITED STATES. THE PROCLAMATION BANS PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE U.S., IF THEY’VE BEEN IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN NATION IN THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. THE NEW RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE RESTRICTION IS AIMED AT SLOWING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SAYS BRAZIL IS THE COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND-MOST CASES OF COVID-1 TO FIND LOCAL CORONAVIRUS RELATED RESOURCES, HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE, WXII12.CO WE HAVE A COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAK DOWN OF CASES. AND INFORMATION ABOUT FOOD AND FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE AREA. NEW TONIGHT, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A PAIR OF CRASHES THEY HAPPENED AROUND 7:45 THIS EVENING. POLICE SAY A PERSON DRIVING A SMALL RED CAR CRASHED INTO A JEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF EBERT STREET AND SILAS CREEK PARKWAY. THE CAR FLED SOUTH ON EBERT, MOMENTS LATER, THE DRIVER HIT CULVERT AND OVERTURNED. NOBODY WAS INJURED IN EITHER CRASH. POLICE ARE NOW SEEKING CHARGES. ALSO NEW TONIGHT, A WOMAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER A HIT AND RUN CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE IN LEXINGTON. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT JUST AFTER 9:00 ON COTTON GROVE ROAD NEAR I-85. POLICE SAY 56-YEAR-OLD LISA FISHER WAS DRIVING A CHEVY PICKUP, WHEN SHE HIT A MOTORCYCLE, THEN LEFT THE SCEN OFFICERS FOUND HER AT A RESTAURANT NEARBY. PERSON WHO WAS STRUCK, NOW AT WAKE FOREST BAPTIST IN WINSTON-SALEM. ALSO IN LEXINGTON, FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT A VACANT BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINSTON ROAD AND BIESECKER ROAD. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT. IT FIRST STARTED LAST NIGHT. NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS HURT. HAPPENING NOW, BURLINGTON POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MAN WANTED FOR ASSAULT AND TRESPASSING. THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR 28-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH WHEELER. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT AN APARTMENT ON SOUTH MEBANE STREET, AROUND FIVE THIS MORNING. A WOMAN SAID WHEELER, HER EX-BOYFRIEND, BROKE IN A ASSAULTED TWO OTHER PEOPLE THERE. OFFICERS SAID THEY SAW HIM LEAVING THE SCENE IN A WHITE, MID-2000’S JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. IF YOU KNOW WHERE JEREMIAH WHEELER MIGHT BE, CALL BURLINGTON POLICE OR CRIME STOP

Woman charged in Lexington hit-and-run

The suspect is accused of hitting a motorcycle Saturday night.

Updated: 11:49 PM EDT May 24, 2020

A woman faces charges after a hit-and-run in Lexington Saturday night. Police say Lisa Swicegood Fisher, 56, is charged with felony hit-and-run and driving while impaired.The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday near Cotton Grove Road and I-85. Police say Fisher was driving a 2007 Chevrolet pickup when it hit a motorcycle.Click the video player above to see other WXII 12 headlines.Police identified the motorcycle driver as Dylan Freeman, 21. He is now at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.Officers found Fisher a short time after the crash at a nearby restaurant. She is also charged with open container, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

LEXINGTON, N.C. —

A woman faces charges after a hit-and-run in Lexington Saturday night. Police say Lisa Swicegood Fisher, 56, is charged with felony hit-and-run and driving while impaired.

The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday near Cotton Grove Road and I-85. Police say Fisher was driving a 2007 Chevrolet pickup when it hit a motorcycle.

Click the video player above to see other WXII 12 headlines.

Police identified the motorcycle driver as Dylan Freeman, 21. He is now at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Officers found Fisher a short time after the crash at a nearby restaurant. She is also charged with open container, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.