HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A 41-year-old disc jockey has been jailed for 12 years after he admitted to being caught with a loaded revolver and cannabis with intent to supply.
Gregory Roger Livingstone Outerbridge pleaded guilty to possessing drug equipment and was ordered to forfeit cash totaling US$3,686.
Asked by Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe about how he would better himself behind bars, Outerbridge told the court on Monday that he felt “terrible” for bringing the pain on his three children, including a one-year-old child.
Prosecutor Alan Richards said Outerbridge was in a car stopped by police on May 26 last year. He was a passenger in the vehicle that a woman drove.
But police became suspicious after the car returned from the beach, where the accused said he was going to a venue there to work as a disc jockey. The driver had asked an officer if the vehicle would get searched again after returning from another platform. The driver’s comment was overheard by the supervising officer, who instructed police to stop the car if it was replaced, which it did.
The court heard the driver became annoyed after getting stopped again, while Outerbridge said they were “only gone a few minutes” to visit Southampton Rangers Sports Club.
The pair were ordered to get out of the car, and a search uncovered a pouch in the trunk concealed under a yoga mat. A revolver was seized, and the two were arrested. Police also found a bag between the car seats containing what appeared to be cannabis and US$140 in cash.
Police later searched Outerbridge’s home in St George’s, where a metal safe yielded $3,686 in US and Bermuda currency. They also seized suspected cannabis and a digital scale.
The revolver and other items from the pouch were examined on May 28, and found five bullets in the chamber, with a sixth bullet wrapped in plastic.
Justice Wolffe jailed Outerbridge for 12 years for possessing the gun – the mandatory minimum sentence – and the ammunition.
He also sentenced him to a year on the cannabis charge in an increased penalty zone, eight months for the additional cannabis charge, and one month’s imprisonment for the drug equipment. He suspended those sentences for one year.
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