Magistrate discharges man delayed by 'crazy traffic'
A MAGISTRATE discharged a man who violated the weekend lockdown after the accused said he was on his way home but had got stuck in heavy traffic.
Eleuthera men charged with marijuana stuck in Nassau
WHEN police brought Cordell Evans from Eleuthera to New Providence in a boat last month, the 20-year-old bumped his head during the ride and suffered a seizure so severe his friend began to cry, thinking he would die at sea.
I was only stretching my legs, claims man who was fined $500
A MAN was fined $500 yesterday for violating the weekend lockdown after claiming he only went for a walk to stretch his legs.
Judge dismisses firearm charges against mother and daughters
A Grand Bahama mother and her three children - including a 20-year-old son and two juveniles - were arraigned on illegal firearm and ammunition possession charges yesterday after police found a gun in a bedroom of their home.
Teenager accused of armed robbery
A 19-year-old man was arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of armed robbery and causing damage to public school property in Grand Bahama.
31-year-old admits cruelty to stepson
A 31-year-old man was ordered to attend parenting classes after he pleaded guilty to child cruelty yesterday.
Several charged with separate drug offences
SEVERAL people were given fines or community service after being arraigned for separate incidents of drug possession in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Police probe after database hacked
THE digital database of the Registrar Generals Department was hacked in January and its contents have been published online, according to a statement from the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs. A group called Distributed D
Woman robbed of truck on East Bay Street
Police are searching for three men after an armed robbery early on Friday evening.
Man killed, 10-year-old girl among injured in shooting
A MAN is dead and a ten-year-old girl is in critical condition after a shooting on Friday in Bel Air Estate. Two other people were injured in the incident - one from gunshot wounds and the other from injuries suffered while trying to escape.
Woman injured in daylight shooting
A WOMAN is in hospital after being shot in broad daylight on Thursday.
Man violated curfew 'to take aunt for dialysis treatment'
A MAN who claimed he violated the national curfew because he was trying to take his aunt to the Princess Margaret Hospital for her dialysis treatment was fined $400 on Friday.
Landlord pleads guilty to threatening to harm tenant
A LANDLORD who threatened to harm a tenant who refused to comply with his eviction orders was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday
Man charged with assaulting police officer
A 37-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s court on Friday with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
$1k fine juror told to pay for missing part of a trial is dismissed
THE Court of Appeal has quashed a $1,000 fine a juror was ordered to pay after he failed to attend all of the hearings of a criminal trial in the Supreme Court held earlier this year. Walcott Miller was sworn as a juror in a murder trial which comme
