Woman detained after $80k of suspected cocaine found
A WOMAN was arrested at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Sunday after she was found with $80,000 worth of cocaine, police said. The woman, who had arrived in the country on a flight from Jamaica, was arrested shortly before 2pm. Airport Divi
UPDATED: Suspect killed after 'aiming gun at police'
A MAN screamed “I got shoot, I got shoot” moments before drawing his last breath in the country’s latest police-involved killing.
Families grieve for murdered women
POLICE are holding two men for questioning in connection with the shocking double murder of a mother and daughter that has rocked the tight-knit community of Salt Pond, Long Island.
Three firemen injured in elderly home fire
POLICE in New Providence are investigating after arsonists reportedly set fire to and destroyed an unoccupied building at the Persis Rodgers Home for the Aged yesterday morning.
Woman seriously injured in night club shooting
A WOMAN is in critical condition in hospital after she and a man were shot on Sunday. According to a police report, shortly after 1am the victims were at a night club on Nassau Street when an unknown gunman entered the club, opened fire on the patro
Woman in hospital after being shot outside nightclub
A woman is in hospital after being shot outside a nightclub early on Saturday morning.
Two charged in connection with murder on Grand Bahama
TWO Freeport men were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the island’s third murder.
Bodies of two women found on Long Island: Police investigating deaths as homicides
WHILE searching for a missing mother and daughter in Long Island, police on Friday made the gruesome discovery of the bodies of two women in the Salt Pond settlement and are investigating the deaths as homicides.
Medic: Fox Hill shooting victim lucky to survive
A MEDICAL expert yesterday testified how one of the survivors of the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting could have died from what he believed were “life-threatening” injuries if medical treatment had not been provided.Dr Justin Albury, taking the witness st
Police probe into gun-toting officer
AN investigation has been launched after a police officer was caught on video displaying aggressive conduct to several residents on Abaco, officials said.
DNA evidence helps overturn rape conviction
DEFICIENCIES in the DNA evidence against a man previously convicted of raping a woman at gunpoint after burglarising her West Bay Street home led to his conviction being overturned, the Court of Appeal has said. The appellate court said the reason w
'I tried to evade a hail of bullets but was shot twice'
A MAN told a court yesterday how he tried to evade a hail of bullets only to be shot twice during the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting.Leroy Taylor said he first thought the gunfire was the sound of firecrackers, and only realised the sounds were bullets
20 years for man haunted by decision to go back and kill
A man was sentenced to two decades in prison yesterday for killing a man because the deceased threatened him and accused him of seeing his girlfriend three years ago. Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson sentenced Christopher McQueen to 20 years and two mo
Two thieves steal man's watch and cash
TWO thieves stole a man’s watch and cash on Tuesday morning, police said. Police were told that shortly before 6am, a man was standing near a vehicle on Taylor Street, Nassau Village, when he was approached by two men, one armed with a gun. He was r
Man, 32, jailed for robbing John Bull on Paradise Island
A 32-year-old man was sentenced to almost five years in prison yesterday for robbing a jewellery store on Paradise Island of over half a million dollars worth of high-end watches last week.
