$8,000 bail for theft suspect
A WOMAN was granted $8,000 bail yesterday after being accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from the Bahama Islands Cooperative Credit Union over three years.
US woman cleared in gun case
AN American woman accused of possessing a gun and ammunition in The Bahamas was cleared yesterday after prosecutors admitted the case stemmed from a Customs matter.
‘Man wielded cutlass before he was shot by police officers’
AN officer testified yesterday that a man shot and killed by police in Fox Hill in 2018 had wielded a cutlass at two officers before being shot.
Man jailed for threat
A 43-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months in prison for threatening a police officer with a gun on Toote Shop Corner last December.
Bail granted in scam case
TWO men were granted bail yesterday after they were accused of failing to reimburse a man in a financial scheme earlier this year.
Mother charged with child cruelty after viral video
A 30-year-old mother was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of child cruelty after a video showing her violently beating her daughter went viral on social media last weekend.
Rich businessman evades jail for guns on yacht
A WEALTHY businessman escaped a mandatory prison term for firearm offences and was instead fined $1.4m yesterday after admitting to bringing 14 guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition into The Bahamas aboard his yacht in Bimini last week.
Man shot dead by police 'was psychiatric patient'
AN officer testified yesterday that a man shot and killed by police in Fox Hill in 2018 was a psychiatric patient at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, as an inquest into his death began.
Man accused of killing pregnant woman
A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of the murder of Lauren Saunders, a pregnant mother whose decomposing body was found last week.
Man sentenced to seven months in prison for bail breach
A MAN was sentenced to seven months in prison after admitting to breaching his bail while awaiting trial for a firearm charge.
Former death row inmate resentenced to 35 years prison for 1990 murder
A FORMER death row inmate was resentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for a murder.
Convicted robber says accomplice had no part in Burger King crime
A CONVICTED robber took full responsibility for a 2021 armed robbery at Burger King on Prince Charles Drive, telling the court his alleged accomplice had no role in the crime.
Man accused of assaulting son with acid and baseball bat
A 66-year-old man accused of assaulting his son with acid was granted bail yesterday.
Police seize guns, ammo and cash, arresting ten non-Bahamians
AUTHORITIES arrested ten people, including eight Americans, after seizing high-powered weapons, ammunition and a substantial amount of cash on Tuesday.
Man being questioned after pregnant mom found dead
Police are questioning a man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was discovered in a bushy area off Munnings Road on Wednesday morning.
