Gunpoint robbery accusation
A MAN was remanded in custody on Thursday after being accused of robbing a man at gunpoint while walking near CC Sweeting High School last week.
‘Gun only seen after police taped off area’
A WOMAN testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday that footage capturing the aftermath of Deangelo Evans’ police-involved killing in 2018 was erased after police confiscated her phone, but that she later retrieved the video with the help of Evans’ father.
Three Chinese men held on charges of human trafficking
THREE Chinese nationals were jailed after allegedly being implicated in a human trafficking scheme in the Berry Islands earlier this year.
Six months prison after twelve curfew breaches for man on bail for sex assault
A MAN on bail for sexual assault was sentenced to six months in prison after he admitted to breaching curfew 12 times.
Woman gets three-and-a-half year sentence for hit-and-run that left killed a man
A WOMAN was sentenced to three and half years in prison yesterday after admitting to killing a man with her car on John F Kennedy Drive last February.
Officers questioned whether Evans was identified as a suspect before shooting
AN attorney representing Deangelo Evans’ estate questioned police assertions that Evans was the suspect in an armed robbery that preceded his death in 2018.
Challenge on religious use of cannabis fails
A SUPREME Court judge rejected a challenge from the Rastafarian community on the constitutionality of laws prohibiting the possession and use of marijuana, even for religious purposes.
American woman and two Bahamian men charged with conspiracy to commit murder
AN American woman was granted $100,000 cash bail after she and two Bahamian men were accused last week of being a part of a plot to kill her insurance executive husband.
Bus driver found guilty of sex assault of woman on bus
A BUS driver was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting a female passenger while threatening her with a hammer outside the Mall of Marathon in 2021.
Shop-breaker held on charges including attempting to kill an officer and robbery
A MAN is behind bars after a recent string of robberies in New Providence, including an incident involving police shooting him at the scene last month.
WITNESS: DEANGELO RAISED HANDS IN AIR – Crowd shouted that man shot by police did not have a gun
TWO men testified about the chaos that consumed Masons Addition after police killed Deangelo Evans in 2018 and the crowd’s scepticism about officers’ claim that the 20-year-old had a gun.
Sentence appeal upheld for woman in murder conspiracy
THE Privy Council has asked the Court of Appeal to re-sentence a woman found guilty of conspiracy with others to murder O’Neil Marshall.
Police in New Providence investigating two hit-and-runs that left one woman dead
POLICE in New Providence are investigating two hit-and-run incidents - with a woman dying of her injuries in one incident.
One month prison for mother on child neglect charge after abandoning daughter last month
A MOTHER was sentenced to one month in prison after neglecting her four-year-old daughter last month.
Bail set at $50k for man on $1.2m cocaine possession with intent to supply charge
A MAN was granted $50,000 bail after police allegedly found him with $1.22m worth of cocaine that it was said he was trying to smuggle out of the country last month.
