By SANCHESKA BROWN
Tribune Staff Reporter
sbrown@tribunemedia.net
POLICE arrested a man on Sunday in connection with the alleged rape of an American woman on Friday at Harbour Island.
According to officers, the woman, a resident of Palm Beach, Florida reported to police on Sunday that a man known to her sexually assaulted her on a beach on Harbour Island on Friday.
Police immediately began an investigation that led to the arrest of the suspect.
Investigations are continuing.
In January, a report by the National Task Force for Gender Based Violence revealed that The Bahamas leads the Caribbean in the number of recorded rapes.
In addition, from 2008 to 2012, annual police reports documented 9,045 incidents where females were the victims of assault in the country. These reports also alluded to there being numerous cases of domestic violence of a non-sexual nature.
Over a 10-year period, from 2003 to 2013, there were 1,109 reported rapes, according to police statistics.
Last month, Minister of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage revealed statistics that showed an overall decrease in crime by 29 per cent from January 1 to June 14, 2016 compared to the same period last year.
Those figures also showed a 15 per cent decrease in rape and a 38 per cent decrease in attempted rape during the specified time period.
In February, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade revealed that reported rapes increased by 16 per cent in 2015 when compared to 2014.
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