Jamaican accused of murdering Jamal Russell
A 19-year-old Jamaican was charged with murder in Freeport yesterday. Damaine Donovan Sterling, of Cherry Corner, Poineer’s Loop, appeared before Magistrate Rengin Johnson in Court Three. He was represented by K Brian Hanna. A group of people stood
Murdered man was due to be married
A MAN died in hospital shortly after he was shot outside an apartment in the Wilson Track area Tuesday night, police said.
Court ruling on 24 jobs delights former Gaming Board workers
A SUPREME Court ruling ordering the reinstatement of 24 workers from the Gaming Board has excited people like Meresha Walkes, a 46-year-old woman who was forced to find a new home and create a different lifestyle when she was fired from the board in
At last! 11 years for Ericka's killer
AFTER a 14-year delay, a 54-year-old man was finally sentenced to prison yesterday for stabbing his common-law wife to death in front of her mother and children over a decade ago.Justice Renea McKay sentenced Leo Roderick Johnson to 11 years behind b
Nygard: ‘Dozens more victims’ – Lawyers reveal over 100 women have come forward to accuse him
DOZENS of women have come forward to accuse Peter Nygard of sexual misconduct since lawyers in New York filed a class action lawsuit against the fashion mogul, according to a lawyer in the case.
Suspects held for string of recent home invasions
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday confirmed the Royal Bahamas Police Force has arrested people in relation to a spate of recent armed robberies and home invasions in the capital.
Lawyer tells court her car was used at Fox Hill shootings
A TAX lawyer testified yesterday how her car was stolen while she was at work and was allegedly used by suspects to execute the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting.Erica Culmer-Curry said her charcoal grey Honda was stolen out of her employer’s parking lot j
Mother tells court: ‘Oh Lord - I got shot’
A retired woman yesterday described the moment she was shot in the chest and leg from a hail of bullets while waiting for Junkanoo results at Freedom Park during the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting.
Man charged with holding up photo studio at gunpoint
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday charged with holding up at gunpoint the proprietor of a photo studio on Carmichael Road and robbing him of over $200,000 last week. George Bennet Delva Sr, 44, of Blair Estates, was charged before Chief Magistr
Man shot dead off East Street
Police are investigating after a man was shot dead off East Street on Monday night
Armed robbers hold up jewellery store on Paradise Island
POLICE are searching for the suspects who held up and robbed a jewellery store on Paradise Island of a number of Rolex watches over the weekend.
UPDATED: Dead body found in rubbish bin
GRAND Bahama police made a gruesome discovery on Friday when the body of a missing man was discovered stuffed inside a bin at a home in the Lewis Yard area. The discovery was made shortly after 6pm on Friday.
Dames: We have obligation to investigate Nygard claims
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said police will investigate claims that Peter Nygard concealed his alleged sexual crimes by bribing local law enforcement officials, saying the country’s reputation is at risk.
Rape conviction dismissed after STD tests are different
THE Court of Appeal has freed a man previously convicted of raping an underage girl primarily because she tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease while he did not. The appellate court quashed Rukeithso Richardson’s 14-year sentence for hav
Man in custody after stabbing death
One man is dead and another is in custody after a stabbing incident off East Street in the early hours of Sunday.
