A year in jail for teen who stashed loaded gun
A TEENAGER who admitted to stashing away a loaded pistol was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison.
Pair granted bail in prostitution trial
TWO men who denied conspiring to exploit a woman through prostitution were yesterday granted bail ahead of their trial.
Burglary accused given bail
A MAN who denied breaking into a woman’s house to steal an assortment of cash was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
19 migrants plead guilty
NINETEEN migrants found onboard a vessel at sea were charged with illegal embarkation in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court this week.
Suspect in bathroom escape bid
A SUSPECT pretended he had to use the bathroom in an attempt to escape a local police station, an officer testified yesterday.
Marine ‘pulled gun on ex’
A MAGISTRATE yesterday ruled that a Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine who was accused of pulling a gun on his former girlfriend and her new lover has a case to answer.
Man ‘hit love rival with cutlass’
A MAN “chapped” his former girlfriend’s new lover in the back of his head with a cutlass, a court was told yesterday.
Man denies drug and gun charges
A MAN who denied growing marijuana plants and being in possession of an unlicensed firearm was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Man fined for violating bail conditions
A MAN who claimed he violated his bail conditions because he left his residence to “cool down” after getting into an argument with his girlfriend was on Friday fined $2,500.
Second man charged in connection with shooting death
A SECOND man was Friday charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of another man at a local car wash over the Independence holiday weekend.
Comedian 'used megaphone to encourage crowd to throw mace out'
A POLICE officer on Friday claimed that local comedian Wellington Roberts, Jr, used a megaphone to encourage a crowd of people to “throw the mace out of the House of Assembly” during a protest at Parliament last year.
Robbers snatch Miller’s payroll
FORMER Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller says he was robbed yesterday of $2,700 when he went shopping at an Oakes Field grocery store.
Schoolteacher murder appeals are adjourned
THE Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned the substantive hearing of the appeals of three men who are seeking to challenge the convictions and sentences they received after they were tried for the robbery and murder of a schoolteacher in 2015.
Man says he took puppy in tit-for-tat revenge theft
A 34-year-old man who said he took his cousin’s puppy after he allegedly stole his pet dog was yesterday discharged with a warning.
Drug smugglers fail in challenge
THE PRIVY Council advised the dismissal of the appeal of alleged drug smugglers who sought to challenge their extradition to the United States to stand trial for a host of drug trafficking offences.
