UPDATED: Abducted three-year-old now in police care
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Shortly after 7am on Sunday, Shavard Bain was dropped off at a wash house on Joe Farmington Road and Fox Hill Road. He is in police care and has been taken to hospital for a routine examination. He has no visible injuries.
Six plead guilty in credit card fraud scheme
SIX people pled guilty to more than 20 fraud related offences in connection to a $13,000 credit card scheme in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Man convicted of unlawful sex to be sentenced in April
A WEST End man who was convicted in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor of the same sex will learn his fate at a sentencing hearing in early April.
Man injured in shooting on Dumping Ground corner
POLICE are seeking the public's assistance to help them find the suspect in a shooting on Thursday night.
Driver’s apology for fatal accident
A MAGISTRATE ordered that a 38-year-old architectural draftsman pay the “maximum fine possible” of $10,000 or face six months in prison for killing a man in the course of dangerous driving last November.
Haitians admit illegal landing
SEVEN Haitian nationals pleaded guilty to illegal landing in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Man accused of unlawful sex with 13-year-old girl
A 20-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
Police probe home raid
ABACO police are investigating a home invasion and armed robbery incident that occurred Wednesday evening in the Murphy Town area.
Fatal shooting of young man, 18, by police sergeant in 2013 was lawful killing, jury rules
THE fatal shooting of an 18-year-old boy by a police sergeant nearly six years ago was a lawful killing, a Coroner’s Court jury ruled yesterday.
Reckley denies $1.2m fraud
FORMER Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley was charged yesterday with defrauding the government of $1,255,637.83 via the Urban Renewal Small Homes Repair programme in Grand Bahama.
Murder victims named
POLICE have officially identified three of the country’s recent homicide victims.
Woman robbed while walking
A WOMAN was robbed while walking in the Kemp Road area on Tuesday, police said.
Freeport man accused of 12 counts of housebreaking
A 28-year-old Freeport man accused of a string of housebreaking and stealing incidents in the Freeport and Lucaya areas was arraigned in Grand Bahama yesterday.
I’m going to give you hope and a clean slate if you obey my conditions, magistrate tells teens
TWO young men who appeared in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court in connection with possession of a small quantity of dangerous drugs, namely Indian hemp, were given “hope and a clean slate” when a magistrate ordered them to attend a men’s mentoring programme instead of convicting them.
Michelle Reckley arraigned on 21 charges
FORMER Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley was today arraigned on 21 charges relating to allegedly defrauding the Urban Renewal Small Homes Repairs programme in Grand Bahama of over $1.2m.
