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FTX FOUNDER ARRESTED: US expected to seek extradition

SAM Bankman-Fried, former CEO of crypto giant FTX, was arrested by the Royal Bahamas Police Force yesterday and will likely face extradition to the United States, Attorney General Ryan Pinder announced.

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Policeman charged with conspiracy to commit murder

A POLICE officer along with his alleged accomplice were formally charged with conspiracy to commit murder yesterday in connection with the death of a Passport Office employee earlier this month.

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Prosecutor calls for man guilty of incest to be jailed for up to 30 years

A PROSECUTOR said that a father convicted of two counts of incest against his daughter should face 20 to 30 years in prison.

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Two charged with rape attacks

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of two separate sexual assaults against women.

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Man accused of armed robbery

A MAN appeared in court yesterday in connection with two armed muggings in the nation’s capital earlier this month.

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Four killed in weekend road crashes

FOUR men are dead following four separate traffic fatalities over the weekend, two of the accidents having occurred in Eleuthera yesterday.

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Policeman accused of conspiracy to murder

POLICE have charged a police officer with conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the death of a Passport Office employee.

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Marijuana field found in Andros

OFFICERS in North Andros discovered a marijuana field on the island on Friday.

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$3,000 fine for bail violations

A MAN on bail for five counts of attempted murder was fined $3,000 in court after admitting to failing to adhere to the conditions of that bail.

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Man bound to keep the peace for a year by court

AN elderly man was bound to keep the peace for a year by a Magistrate's Court on Friday after admitting to assaulting and threatening his sisters.

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Man charged with possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court on Friday after reportedly being found with a loaded gun in Eleuthera earlier this month.

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Two shot dead off West Bay Street

A MAN in his early 20s and a teenage boy who was out on bail were shot dead on Friday morning when they were ambushed by gunmen in a parking lot on Ferguson Road off West Bay Street.

Knife killer ‘knew wife of victim’

THE sister of a man who was fatally stabbed at a home in Pinewood Gardens on Wednesday night believes he was killed by someone his wife knew.

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Two charged over firearms and drugs

TWO men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with recent firearm and drug possession charges after being captured by police following a car chase.

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Man accused of indecently touching ten-year-old girl

A MAN was granted bail in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of inappropriate behaviour with a child.