OPM pushes back after Tribune reports on fired Bahamasair worker
The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday said the Bahamasair incident reported by The Tribune — involving a cash seizure connected to a March 1 flight to Cap-Haïtien — offers no support for Opposition Leader Michael Pintard’s “bag of passports” allegation.
Prison officer accused of stealing $1,130 from bank account
A WOMAN prison officer was accused on Friday of stealing more than $1,000 from a man’s Commonwealth Bank account in 2020.
Bail breach sends murder suspect back to prison
A MAN awaiting trial for the 2021 murder of Deandre Thompson was remanded to prison on Friday after he admitted to breaching his Supreme Court bail.
Teen charged with attempted murder, $21k armed robbery
A 17-year-old boy was remanded to prison on Friday after he was accused of attempting to kill a man in Nassau Village in September and stealing $21,000 during an armed robbery at a Mount Pleasant Avenue business last month.
Jury finds mother and daughter guilty of trying to kill tenants
A JURY on Friday found a mother and daughter guilty of the attempted murders of two of their tenants on unnamed road Fox Hill in 2021.
Man and woman accused of stealing over $50k from a land committee were both granted bail
A MAN and woman were granted bail yesterday after being accused of stealing more than $50,000 from the Tarpum Bay Commonage Land Committee over a four-year period.
Principal says she pretended to be dead to survive violent attack at East GB school
A SCHOOL principal said she believed she would die as she endured a violent attack at McLean’s Town Primary School, describing in court yesterday how she pretended to be dead to survive the June assault.
81-year-old man shot by police after opening fire
AN 81-year-old man is in hospital after being shot by police after he first opened fire on them.
Three men to face Abaco court over barge looting
Three men are expected to be arraigned in Marsh Harbour, Abaco today in connection with the looting of a barge that ran aground off the island, according to police.
Mexican man accused of murder girl on yacht to enter plea before Supreme Court in December
A MEXICAN man accused of murdering Paige Bell, a 20-year-old South African woman killed on a super yacht in Eleuthera in July, was told this week he will enter a plea before the Supreme Court in December.
Bid to appeal murder conviction dismissed by Court of Appeal
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed Craig Johnson’s latest bid to overturn his murder conviction for the 2013 killing of American sailor Kyle Bruner but advised him that the Privy Council may be the only remaining avenue to test his argument.
Judge denies bail to murder accused ‘Freddy’ Reckley
A SUPREME Court judge has refused bail to murder accused Dominique “Freddy” Reckley, ruling that the evidence against him is strong, the charge is serious, and there is a real risk he may not return to court if released.
Three RBDF vessels to undergo full refurbishment in Netherlands
THREE Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessels will undergo full refurbishment in the Netherlands in December after years in which many ships missed routine dry docking, according to Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe.
Judge rejects father’s moral attack on wife, granting custody to mother
A SUPREME Court judge shut down a father’s bid to cast his estranged wife’s same-sex relationship as a moral threat, saying he had no credibility while openly carrying on an adulterous relationship that produced a child.
Police accused of fabricating evidence to blame 2022 murder on defendant
The police were yesterday accused of fabricating evidence to pin a 2022 murder on Donte “Drey” Deveaux, while prosecutors argued the dying victim named him as the shooter on Seventh Street.
