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Woman injured in daylight shooting

A WOMAN is in hospital after being shot in broad daylight on Thursday.

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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.

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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

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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.

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$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

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Threats to PM probed by police

POLICE are investigating a video of an Abaco man who made threats against the Prime Minister and the MP for Central and South Abaco, according to Minister of National Security Marvin Dames.

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Pair plead guilty on drugs charge

TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for dangerous drug possession after officers found a quantity of Indian hemp at their respective homes. Navada Nairn, 43, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after officers fou

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Man who drinks 'a lot' is fined after passing out

A MAN who claimed he violated the national curfew because he passed out while trying to walk home from the bar was fined $400 yesterday. He was among several people who appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes for curfew and lockdown vi

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Elderly woman raped at home

AN elderly woman was raped in her home by a male assailant Wednesday night, police said.

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Woman admits false claim

AN Eleuthera woman who falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of beating her child had her case dismissed with a warning in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Daniel Knowles, 23, appeared before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans charged with deceiving a public

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Couple robbed at gunpoint

A GRAND Bahama couple was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men in Freeport on Tuesday, police reported. A police report said the incident happened shortly after 4pm when a woman and man were reportedly accosted by two masked men armed with a gun at

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Homeless man's hunt for a meal ends up in court

A MAGISTRATE discharged a homeless man who was brought to court for violating the national curfew after he explained that he had only left the abandoned building he was staying in to get something to eat. Edvardo Charlton, 36, appeared before Magist

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Man fined for $150 assault

A 42-year-old man was ordered to pay another man $150 after shoving him and causing him to hit his head during an argument earlier this week. Ronnie Joseph appeared before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans charged with assaulting Gylano Alexandre on May

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Man dies, woman injured after shooting

A MAN died in the parking lot of the Fox Hill Police Station shortly after he and a woman were shot while driving Wednesday morning.

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Police arrest suspect over home rape claim

POLICE in New Providence have arrested a man suspected of raping a woman in her home on Monday.