Six-month prison sentence for assault at breakfast stand
A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison for injuring another man during an altercation at a breakfast stand last month.
Trainee correctional officer fined for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison
A 23-year-old trainee correctional officer was fined $4,500 after admitting to trying to smuggle drugs into prison.
Local resident accused of stealing over $42,000 from four individuals
A MAN is accused of stealing $42,830.80 from four people over six months.
Man convicted of attempted rape and detaining teacher
A 34-year-old man was convicted of attempted rape and forcibly detaining a high school teacher after she testified that she lost consciousness following a visit to a bar and woke in a motel room with him in December 2023.
Deveaux sentenced for killing Brown and shooting Joseph
DONTE “Drey” Deveaux was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for murdering one man and attempting to kill another during a shooting at a Coconut Grove carwash in 2022.
Gustave denies death threats and firearm charges, granted $8k bail
A 44-year-old man was accused of threatening to kill another man with a shotgun near Bonefish Pond before police allegedly found him in possession of the weapon.
Three charges dropped after woman withdraws complaint
A 28-year-old man accused of threatening to kill a woman in Yellow Elder and damaging a vehicle had three charges against him withdrawn after the complainant told the court she no longer wished to pursue the matter.
Suspected drugs discovered in correctional trainee’s boots
A TRAINEE correctional officer was arrested after police allegedly found suspected marijuana concealed in his work boots and vehicle while he was undergoing a routine security scan at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday.
Police hunt gunman who fled on moped after fatal shooting
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed in front of his house on Wednesday night in the area of Rupert Dean Lane and Dunmore Street.
Goodman gets six years for drug trafficking
Bahamian boat captain Malcolm Goodman, the business partner of former National Security Minister Marvin Dames, has been sentenced to six years in a Florida prison for drug trafficking.
Gibson stepped aside from contract votes, court told
A FORMER Water and Sewerage Corporation board member called by Adrian Gibson's defence told the court yesterday that the former chairman stepped out of contract votes involving people close to him.
Man charged in fatal shooting of 24-year-old on Bay Street
A MAN has been charged with murder in the shooting of a 24-year-old man near Bay Street and Parliament Street last month, an attack whose aftermath was captured in a graphic video widely shared on social media.
Sands defends pandemic-era water tank painting projects
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands defended pandemic-era water tank painting projects as the defence opened its case in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others yesterday, but told the prosecution he could not say who received the contracts.
Ten-year jail sentence for knife attack on ex-girlfriend
A MAN who admitted trying to kill his ex-girlfriend with a knife outside her Sea Breeze home in 2022 was sentenced to ten years in prison yesterday.
Funeral home thief gets one year and probation breach sentence
A MAN who broke into a Robinson Road funeral home and stole $900 last month was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday, along with 18 months for breaching his probation over an attack in which a school principal's finger was broken.
