Call for more police after Chippingham robbery
A SMALL business owner yesterday appealed for more police presence in the Chippingham area after an armed man robbed her convenience store on Wednesday night of all the day’s earnings.
Appeal court quashes harbouring conviction
THE Court of Appeal yesterday ordered that a woman who had been fined $3,000 for harbouring an illegal immigrant be reimbursed, after ruling the magistrate could not have found the charge against the appellant proved.
Man deported ‘after living in bushes and eating coconuts’
A HAITIAN man who claimed he lived in bushes and survived off coconuts after he travelled to The Bahamas on a wooden sloop was yesterday fined $300 before being deported back to his home country.
Man accused of raping 74-year-old woman
A 36-year-old man of Eight Mile Rock was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday with attempted rape.
Magistrates Court building evacuated after bomb scare
A BOMB scare in the Magistrates Court building forced hundreds to evacuate the complex on Thursday morning.
Venezuelan women on overstaying charge
TWO Venezuelan women who said they fled their home country to escape violence after their husbands were murdered were yesterday charged with overstaying.
Man ‘threatened to kill’ ex
A 28-year-old man who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend during an argument was yesterday warned to be of good behaviour.
Jail for attack with metal bar
A HARBOUR Island man who last week swung a metal bar at a man before threatening to kill him was sentenced to three months in prison.
Fake lawyer who smuggled drugs is jailed
A 25-year-old woman who pretended to be a lawyer so she could smuggle a cell phone and more than $2,000 worth of marijuana into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for an inmate was yesterday sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Man accused of assaulting wife is granted bail
A MAN who denied assaulting his wife with a firearm was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Defence Force officer on rape charge
A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force officer was yesterday charged with the rape of a female colleague.
A year behind bars for stealing $1,500
A SAN SALVADOR man who broke into a woman’s residence to steal nearly $1,500 was yesterday sentenced to a year behind bars.
Man ‘stole liquor to pay for drugs’
A 55-year-old man who stole two bottles of liquor he claimed he planned to sell to support his drug addiction was yesterday fined $600.
Man claimed he groped girl accidentally
A 27-year-old man who claimed he accidentally groped a little girl in the back of a local food store because he was high on drugs was yesterday fined $1,000.
Pair charged with armed robbery
A MAN and teenager were yesterday charged in the Magistrate’s Court with armed robbery.
