UPDATED – Behind Bars: Nygard in jail after US cops strike
THE United States Department of Justice has charged Peter Nygard with sex trafficking and racketeering offences.
Marijuana teenager told to take drug counselling
A TEENAGER who was found with marijuana was conditionally discharged yesterday on the agreement he would attend drug counselling classes.
Man ‘attacked woman with cutlass’
AN ELEUTHERA man who was accused of assaulting a woman with a cutlass was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Housebreaking suspect is denied bail
A 30-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday remanded to prison over allegations he broke into a woman’s house last week.
Man accused of sex with 14-year-old girl
A 37-YEAR-OLD man who was accused of having sex with a teenage girl over the course of three months was yesterday denied bail ahead of his trial.
Fake cheque warning
THE Financial Crimes Branch of the Royal Bahamas Police Force is warning the public about fraudulent cheques currently in circulation.
Bank officer is accused of falsifying accounts in fraud
A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.
Man discharged who ‘thought boat he took was abandoned’
A MAGISTRATE yesterday discharged a fisherman who was accused of stealing a boat after he explained that he thought the vessel had been abandoned.
$300 fine for threat to kill girlfriend
A MAN who threatened to kill his girlfriend during an argument was yesterday fined $300 in the Magistrate’s Court.
Juvenile injured in drive-by shooting
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a Saturday shooting that left a juvenile male in hospital.
Three year sentence for housebreaking
A 24-year-old man who broke into a woman’s house was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday.
Man fined for marijuana possession
AN ELEUTHERA man who was found with over $100 worth of marijuana was fined $750 in the Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Magistrate discharges man arrested for selling coconuts
A MAGISTRATE on Friday discharged a man who was arrested for selling coconuts on the side of the road.
Man accused of killing his grandmother
A 29-year-old man accused of killing his grandmother and attempting to kill his mother last week was charged with murder and attempted murder in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Killer to get new sentence
A MAN who was convicted of killing another man in 1998 had the appeal against his life sentence granted and the matter was sent to the Supreme Court for resentencing.
