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Row ends in fatal stabbing

POLICE are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred on Tuesday night which left a man dead.

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Teenagers remanded over claims they planned to harm a woman

TWO teenagers were remanded into custody yesterday over allegations they planned to use a firearm to harm a woman last week. Mantez Rolle, 18, and a 17-year-old male were accused of being in possession of a handgun, which the prosecution alleged the

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Bail denied as man faces charges of armed robbery

A 37-year-old man was charged with armed robbery in the Magistrates Court yesterday. Miguel Francis, also known as “Smokey”, was accused of robbing Tevaun Davis on August 4. The prosecution said the funds belonged to Polhemus Drugs. According to ini

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Police release sketches of suspected rapists

POLICE have released sketches of three suspected rapists and are appealing to the public for information leading to their arrests. ASP Audley Peters confirmed to The Tribune yesterday that the suspects are wanted for separate incidents which occurre

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Fined $500 for assisting in theft

A 28-year-old man who admitted helping another man steal a weed whacker from a yard cleaner last month was fined $500 yesterday. Danrico Carey appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after he was accused of stealing the gardening tool

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Pair admit violating curfew but needed to eat

A magistrate yesterday discharged two men who claimed they violated the island’s curfew because they were trying to get something to eat. Ahmad Ferguson, 22, and Ricardo Johnson, 21, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after office

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Two men deny theft claims

Two men were charged with stealing by reason of employment in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Rashad Saunders, 30, of Flying Fish Street, Freeport, and Marvin Williams, 48, of South Bahamia, appeared before Magistrate Rengin Johnson. It

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Three months in jail for breaking bail conditions

A 34-year-old man who violated his bail conditions related to illegal firearm and ammunition charges was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday. Alcott Roach appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after he was accused of failin

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Firearm charge

A 53-year-old man who appeared in court yesterday for illegal firearm and ammunition possession was denied bail ahead of his trial. Patrick Peterson was remanded to prison over allegations he was found with a .9mm pistol, 75 unfired rounds of .9mm a

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Woman attacked another with a screwdriver

A 24-year-old woman was ordered to attend anger management classes after she admitted to assaulting another woman with a screwdriver during an argument last week. Another woman was also placed on six months’ probation for threatening to knock down a

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Man shot after argument at friend's house

A MAN is in hospital after he was shot during an argument at a friend’s house, police said.

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Attorneys chip in to pay student’s court bill

AN 18-year-old high school student, who spent over a week in prison for violating the national curfew, was released yesterday thanks to a few local attorneys who paid his $500 fine.

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25-year-old held on attempted murder charge

A 25-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned on an attempted murder charge.

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Two men deny firearm possession charges

TWO men were arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday on firearm possession charges. Eric Arthur, 21, and Elvardo Deveaux, 22, stood before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis yesterday, charged with being in possession of an unlicenced firearm. D

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Three accused of forgery, attempted fraud

Three Grand Bahama men were charged with forgery and attempted fraud in connection in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Austin Augustine, 27, of Hanna Hill, EMR; Loran Turnquest, 29, of No 15 Waterfall Drive, Freeport; and Darren Davis,