Suspected electrical fire damages home of Police Commissioner
A FIRE damaged a seven-room home owned by Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles in central New Providence early yesterday, destroying one bedroom and leaving the rest of the structure with heat, smoke and water damage.
Teen put on good behaviour after Sunlight Village assault
A MAN who admitted trespassing on a property in Sunlight Village and assaulting a woman over the weekend was ordered yesterday to be of good behaviour for six months.
Attorney denies stealing $168k from former client
AN attorney was granted $45,000 bail yesterday after he was accused of stealing $168,270.16 from a client in 2024.
Two men in custody after woman reports sexual assaults
TWO men are in police custody after a 19-year-old woman reported she was sexually assaulted by two men she knew in separate incidents on Sunday evening.
Suspect charged with murder in Daffodil Avenue stabbing
A 31-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a 39-year-old man during a home invasion off Independence Highway in January was remanded to prison yesterday.
Teenagers remanded to prison over nightclub armed robbery
TWO teenage males accused of robbing a man at gunpoint outside a nightclub at the intersection of Dowdeswell and Deveaux Streets earlier this month were remanded to prison yesterday.
Woman gets five years for sexually assaulting young boy
A WOMAN who admitted to sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy in Abaco and filming the attack was sentenced to five years in prison last week.
Murder suspect jailed after wrapping ankle monitor in foil
A MAN awaiting trial for a 2020 murder was sentenced to 18 months in prison after breaching his curfew and wrapping his electronic monitoring device in aluminium foil to interfere with its signal.
American fined $20K for possession of marijuana and psilocybin at LPIA
AN AMERICAN who admitted to bringing $6,800 worth of marijuana and psilocybin into The Bahamas was fined $20,000 on Thursday.
Man accused of Coral Harbour rape acquitted
A MAN was acquitted on Thursday for the alleged sexual assault of a woman he gave a ride to work in western New Providence in 2023, an act the defense called consensual “lovemaking”.
Man accused of threatening mother of his child, and endangering infant granted bail
A 20-year-old man was granted bail on Thursday after he allegedly threatened the mother of his child with a gun and endangered their infant child by placing him on the road on West Street last week.
Woman gets 15 years in prison for SUV attempted murder
A woman who crippled her ex-boyfriend after intentionally ramming an SUV into him after he broke up with her in 2024 was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week.
Police say no evidence links officer to fatal hit-and-run
POLICE said there is no evidence that a serving officer was involved in the fatal hit-and-run in Nassau Village that claimed the life of a man on Thursday.
Two remanded after armed carjacking on Grace Avenue
TWO males accused of an armed carjacking on Grace Avenue last week were remanded earlier this week.
16-year-old boy remanded over 38 rounds of ammunition
A 16-year-old boy accused of having 38 rounds of ammunition was remanded yesterday.
