Counselling order over marijuana possession
TWO men charged with marijuana possession were yesterday conditionally discharged after they agreed to attend drug counselling classes. A woman who was charged with the same offence was also placed on six months’ probation after her attorney told th
Fraud accused faces court
A 39-year-old man was accused of defrauding the Securities Exchange Commission earlier this year. Damalus Curry appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with possession of a forged document and uttering the same, after he was fo
Man in hospital after shooting
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot on Wednesday, police said. Shortly before 6pm, a man and a woman were sitting outside a home on Congo Court and Step Street in Fox Hill when a white Honda Fit drove past. A man got out of the car and opened fir
Eight fishermen granted bail
EIGHT fishermen from Spanish Wells and Eleuthera who were accused of using prohibited apparatus to catch fish were each granted $1,000 bail ahead of their trial. Headly Sweeting, 70; Kirkwood Pinder, 51; Garrison Sweeting, 44; Michael Wood, 35; Andy
Six put on probation after they admit part in cheque fraud case
ONE man and five women were placed on 12 months’ probation and ordered to compensate a marketing agency they defrauded two years ago, after they pleaded guilty to a string of fraud-related charges in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The defendants
Man denies punching a police officer in the eye
A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, accused of punching a police officer and acting disorderly at a police station. Edwin Thompson III, 27, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after he was accused of causing harm t
Magistrate discharges man for lockdown violation
A MAGISTRATE discharged a man who violated a weekend lockdown after the accused said he only went across the street to get something from his car. Jamal Jones, 31, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney after officers found him on Cowpen Road ar
Pair to compensate person they assaulted
TWO men were ordered to compensate a man $150 after they admitted to assaulting him during a traffic accident earlier this month. Errol Knowles, 32, and Charles Sweeting, 25, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney after they were accused of assa
Boy given curfew after receiving stolen goods
A 15-year-old boy has been given a daily curfew and placed on two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods from a local pre-school. The teenager appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney charged with dishonestly receiving
Three accused of theft in separate incidents
THREE men were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing in two separate incidents. In the first case, an Inagua man denied a string of shop breaking and stealing charges. Jeremy Charlton, 28, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney c
Two conditionally discharged after agreeing to counselling
TWO men who were charged with marijuana possession were conditionally discharged after they agreed to attend drug counselling classes.
AG lodges appeal on ‘dad’ ruling
THE Office of the Attorney General has filed a notice of appeal against Justice Ian Winder’s groundbreaking ruling on citizenship.
Chemists’ degrees ‘invalid’
THE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of 13 pharmacists who sought to have their licences renewed by the Bahamas Pharmacy Council, after ruling that doing so would “reduce quality pharmacy care”.
Social media personality ‘Daddi Whites’ jailed over video
TWO social media personalities and one man were sentenced to three months in prison in two separate incidents after they pleaded guilty to child cruelty in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Teenage pair charged with armed robbery
TWO teenagers appeared in court yesterday to be charged with armed robbery yesterday. Delgado Rolle, 18, and a 16-year-old boy appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with one count of armed robbery after they were accused of s
