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American tourist fined $5,000 for groping woman and exposing himself during cruise

AN American tourist was fined over $5,000 yesterday after admitting to groping a woman and exposing himself during a cruise last weekend.

Teen girl accused of using a car to assault a man and hitting him with piece of wood

A 17-year-old girl was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of using a car to assault someone on Karl Road last week.

Two men accused of stealing $32k from man

TWO men accused of stealing $32,000 from a man on West Bay Street were denied bail yesterday.

Man to pay fine for causing harm to mother of his child

BRIAN Miller Jr, 32, was granted $2,000 bail on Friday after pleading guilty to causing harm to the mother of his child during a domestic dispute earlier this month.

Woman accused of unlawful entry

A VISIBLY distressed and dishevelled woman was granted $2,000 bail on Friday after being charged with unlawfully entering a Lincoln Boulevard residence earlier in the week.

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Police reserve officer killed along with attacker in gunfight

A POLICE reserve officer was shot dead along with one of his attackers as he tried to make a bank deposit at the RBC branch in Palmdale on Sunday.

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Rolle distances himself from comments after officer’s death

FORMER Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, who was the head of the Royal Bahamas Police Force when Constable Robert Wright Jr’s death was ruled a suicide, is now distancing himself from the case after a Coroner’s Court jury ruled this week that the 23-year-old officer was murdered.

Officer guilty of soliciting sex to dismiss traffic tickets

A POLICE constable remained silent yesterday as he was convicted of attempting to solicit sex from a woman in exchange for dismissing traffic tickets while in uniform near Yamacraw Beach in 2023.

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Family ‘can’t forgive’ as they call for justice for murder victim

A FAMILY is shattered following the murder of 30-year-old Philip Ferguson, shot on Sunday on Sugar Apple Street in Pinewood Gardens, just a few corners away from his home.

Man convicted of raping 9-year-old girl

A MAN was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old girl while she was home alone in 2020.

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Officer’s death ruled homicide, not suicide

A JURY has ruled the 2021 shooting death of Police Constable 4276 Robert Wright Jr a homicide, rejecting earlier claims that the officer took his own life.

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Munroe defends police over crime reporting

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has defended the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) approach to disclosing information of public interest amid scrutiny over the force’s recent reporting practices.

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Son: I killed and cut up my father

A MAN from Acklins admitted in court yesterday to killing and dismembering his father last week on the Family Island.

One dead and one in hospital in Pinewood shooting

One man is dead and another injured after a double shooting in the Pinewood area yesterday.

Police investigate suspected suicide in South Andros

POLICE launched an investigation into what they suspect to be the suicide of a 21-year-old man whose body was found early Saturday morning in The Bluff, South Andros.