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Accused denied bail after $2,500 theft

A MAN was accused yesterday of breaking into a woman’s home in Pinewood last week and stealing $2,500.

Man held over $20k cocaine and loaded gun

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of possessing a loaded firearm and $20,000 worth of cocaine following a police chase in the Tywnam Heights area on Christmas Day.

Man getas 30-month jail sentence after he was found with loaded Glock

A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison after admitting to having a loaded firearm on East Street on Boxing Day.

Father accused of locking up woman and three-week-old remanded to jail

A 20-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of unlawfully detaining the mother of his infant child and their three-week-old son inside his Abaco home following a domestic dispute last week.

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Commissioner says she is unaware of detention claim involving MP

DESPITE weeks of public scrutiny and repeated media coverage, Police Commissioner Shanta Knowles says she is unaware of allegations by an Andros man that he was detained for more than 24 hours without charge in a case linked to a sitting Member of Parliament.

Woman in critical condition after Coral Harbour Road assault

A woman remains in critical condition after being assaulted in a parking lot off Coral Harbour Road on Friday night, police said.

Man dies in alleged drowning off West Bay Street

Police have launched an investigation into the death of a man following an alleged drowning incident off West Bay Street on Friday.

Four arrested as police recover firearms in NP, Bimini

POLICE arrested four men in separate firearm recovery operations in New Providence and Bimini on Friday.

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Sister calls for charges after hit-and-run death

THE sister of a 63-year-old retired customs officer killed in a hit-and-run earlier this month is calling for charges to be brought against the driver, saying her brother might still be alive had the motorist not fled and left the vehicle on top of him.

Family struggles with dad of three’s murder

A ROUTINE night of providing security ended in gunfire and grief early Monday when entrepreneur Mario “Ducky” Lockhart was gunned down outside a party, a killing his family believes followed an earlier confrontation over entry rules.

Customs receives over 90 items from looted barge

OVER ninety items believed to have been unlawfully removed from the grounded container barge Brooklyn Bridge have been recovered in Abaco and handed over to Bahamas Customs, as police investigations into the highly publicised looting continue.

Two Americans charged with rape on cruise ship

TWO American men were accused yesterday of raping a 25-year-old woman aboard a cruise ship.

Man remanded to jail on attempted rape charge

A MAN was yesterday accused of attempting to rape a woman in New Providence earlier this month.

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Another arrest made in barge looting probe

ANOTHER arrest has been made in the fallout from the mass looting of a container barge that ran aground off Abaco last month, as police continue to track goods believed to have been taken from the stranded vessel.

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‘Police brutality killed my son’

THE mother of Lasheiko Pratt is demanding an independent autopsy after her son died during a struggle with four police officers inside the Fox Hill Police Station, saying she does not accept official claims about what happened and believes police brutality may be responsible.