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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Police investigate an armed mugging in Grand Bahama and drugs in Abaco

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating an armed robbery incident in the Taino Beach area on Friday.

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GIRL KIDNAPPED BY SEX ATTACKER: Family says 9-year-old traumatised after man told her to get in his car

THE sister of a young girl sexually assaulted over the weekend says the incident has left the child traumatised and the family struggling to cope.

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Woman and two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder

An American woman and two Bahamian men were arraigned in the Magistrate Court on Friday on murder conspiracy charges.

One dead after double shooting

A 33-year-old man is dead and a 23-year-old man is in hospital after a double shooting at about 10.30am on Sunday on Peter Street, west of East Street.

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Police search for man after armed robbery at ATM

POLICE in New Providence are seeking the public’s assistance in locating and apprehending a male responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Thursday.

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Man charged with murder of Frantwion Newton

A MAN has been charged with a double shooting off Market Street that left a young man dead last week.

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Man fined $750 for trying to hit a police officer with his car

A MAN was fined $750 after trying to hit a police officer with a car at a station last week.

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Man held without bail on charge of rape of 67-year-old woman

A 35-year-old man was imprisoned after being charged with raping a 67-year-old woman during a home invasion in Exuma last weekend.

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Man granted bail on charge of intentional libel against his wife

A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of libel against his wife.