Crime & Court

Driver fined $10,000 for death crash

A 25-year-old man was fined over $10,000 for causing the death of a female passenger when the car he was driving smashed into a utility pole two months ago.

'Cellphone' killer jailed for 25 years

THEA Williams was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Supreme Court judge yesterday for stabbing teenage mother Breanna Mackey to death last year because she broke her friend’s cellphone.

Woman shot in head is a police reservist

A WOMAN who was shot on Monday is a reserve police officer, Inspector Leonardo Burrows confirmed yesterday.

Judge orders acquital of man accused in murder plot

A Supreme Court judge yesterday directed jurors to acquit a man previously accused of concocting a plot to have another man killed as part of gang warfare three years ago.

16-year-old accused of killing student Perry Rolle Jr

A 16-year-old was remanded in custody accused of stabbing 15-year-old Perry Rolle Jr to death last week.

21-year-old driver kills woman in borrowed car

A 21-year-old woman was charged yesterday with hitting and killing a woman with a car that wasn’t hers and that she wasn’t licensed to drive before fleeing the scene.

Marine killed friend in crash

A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force marine was fined $10,000 yesterday after he was charged with causing the death of his 17-year-old friend when the car they were in went out of control and flipped over in February.

Mystery abductor strikes yet again

AN eight-year-old boy was lured from his home on Fox Hill Road south into a silver car and later dropped off near the New Providence Landfill on Friday.

Man found shot at business

A MAN is in hospital after he was shot in Grand Bahama on Saturday, police said.

Three accused of overstaying

THREE foreign nationals, two Colombians and one Haitian, were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday for overstaying and illegal landing.

Four face court over marijuana charges

FOUR men were charged with possession of dangerous drugs in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Boy reunited with parents after another abduction

Police are investigating another child abduction in the capital after a boy was taken from outside his home and dropped off near the City Dump.

Two in court accused of electricity theft, causing damage to GB Power Company

TWO men accused of electricity theft and causing damage to Grand Bahama Power Company property of over $650,000 were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Friday.