'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.
Three charged with copper theft at BTC
THREE men have been charged in the Freeport Magistrates’ Court in connection with copper theft at the Bahamas Telecommunication Company in Grand Bahama.
Two charged with separate murders
TWO men were charged in a magistrate’s court yesterday over allegations they are behind two of the country’s most recent murders. Javardo Adderley and Berlin Belfort, were charged before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt in connection with two
Pair deny failing to report child abuse
TWO people yesterday denied allegations allegations they failed to report suspected child abuse. Daryl Rolle and Kime Rolle both denied claims they did not report suspected child abuse when arraigned before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans. Giv
Sister denies she knows the Fox Hill shooters
A woman yesterday denied a defence attorney’s assertions that she knows who the perpetrator of the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting really is but is afraid to call his name because of his notoriety as a member of a “dope gang” in the community.Euphemia Da
Robber shot dead in sting operation
POLICE shot and killed one suspect and wounded another after one of the men opened fire on officers who foiled an armed robbery at a Mackey Street bank yesterday morning.
Shootings and stabbings leave four men in hospital
FOUR men are in hospital after separate shooting and stabbing incidents, police said.
Police probe series of armed robberies and home invasion
POLICE in New Providence are actively searching for the men responsible for a series of armed robberies and a home invasion that occurred over the weekend.
UPDATED: Officer killed in 4am East Bay Street car crash
POLICE in New Providence are investigating a traffic fatality that left an immigration officer dead and a woman in hospital early Saturday morning.
Grand Bahama sees its third murder of year
GRAND Bahama recorded its third murder of the year when a young man was shot dead early yesterday morning in Freeport.
Woman in hospital after attack by pitbulls
A woman is in hospital after she was attacked by three pitbulls in Pinewood Gardens on Friday afternoon.
Man arrested after gun, ammunition found
A MAN was arrested Thursday when police discovered a .9mm pistol with nine rounds of ammunition in a vehicle he was in.
