When released, he was almost killed by a hit and run driver. The plane owned by Greenwood Inn was almost destroyed by vandals. A previous manager of Greenwood was killed mysteriously. Cutlass Bay Club was the subject of arson and assault. Cat Islanders have been convicted, appealed the conviction and one Cat Islander lost his appeal and appealed again.
Bahamian law allows the convicted to go free until the appeal is heard.
The U. S. has requested that steps be taken requiring those convicted to remain in jail while waiting appeal but to no avail. The only Cat Islanders involved in drugs who are convicted and sent to jail are the small time dealers who do not have the money for lawyers and bribery. The engine of an American's plane on the runway at Hawk Nest was shot 3 or 4 times through the cowling. It went down three days later. A lady from Germany and her husband from the U. S. had a car burned by arsonists.