Man faces $16,000 fine after pleading guilty to firearm offences
A MAN who pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition at his arraignment in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday was fined $16,000 or, in default he must spend 18 months in prison. Kingsley Cooper, 28, of Scott Avenue, appeared bef
17-year-old charged with murder of 16-year-old
A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The minor, who was accompanied by his mother in court, is accused of the stabbing death of 16-year-old Joshua Davis, of Carissa Street, Freeport. The juvenile a
UPDATED: Initial police report about Mdeez death was wrong
UPDATE: THE initial police report about how popular singer Devon “Mdeez” Knight died was wrong, Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson confirmed Monday, three days after the homicide.
Police seize five illegal firearms
POLICE seized five illegal firearms in two separate incidents on Friday and have taken two adult males into custody. In the first incident, according to reports, shortly after 1pm two American males arrived on New Providence at Jet Aviation, Lynden
Two men in hospital after shootings
TWO men are in hospital after they were shot in separate incidents over the weekend, according to police. In the first incident, a man was walking on Malvern Road in the Yellow Elder Gardens area shortly after 7pm Friday, when he was approached by a
Man dies after Pinewood Gardens stabbing
Police are investigating after a man died following a stabbing incident in Pinewood Gardens on Friday night.
Singer Mdeez believed to be murder victim
Bahamian music artist Mdeez is believed to be the country’s latest homicide victim, after he was stabbed in a row following a traffic collision on Friday night.
Court of Appeal reduces rape sentence by five years
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a man’s attempts at overturning his 25 year sentence for breaking into a young woman’s house and raping her at gunpoint while her children slept in the bed. However, the court took five years off his sentence because the original was considered “unduly harsh”.
Nygard wants ‘biassed’ judge recused from case
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard is seeking to have a Supreme Court judge recuse herself from presiding over his pending sentencing hearing due to her alleged bias.
17-year-old charged with shopbreaking
A 17-year-old was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s court this week with shopbreaking.
Immigration chief admits releasing Jamaican woman to the officer who allegedly raped her
THE assistant director of immigration yesterday admitted to releasing a Jamaican woman into the custody of the senior immigration officer who allegedly raped her, as he said he had no reason to suspect anything untoward would happen.Dwight Livingston
Man stable after stabbing
A MAN is in hospital after he was stabbed on Tuesday, police said. According to a police report, shortly after 9pm a man was standing in the area of a business on Carmichael Road when he was attacked by a man who was armed with a sharp object. The
Six helping GB police with investigations
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler said police have made significant progress in two major recent criminal matters on Grand Bahama - the break-in and robbery at Solomon’s Wholesale and the recent murder of a teen at a local night spot in Freeport.
Alleged rape victim paid $2,000 for fake marriage, court is told
THE Jamaican woman at the heart of a rape allegation involving a senior immigration officer allegedly admitted to paying her would-be husband $2,000 to marry her, according to a police interview of the accused.
Drive-by killer suspect charged
A 27-year-old man was charged yesterday with murdering a 21-year-old man during a drive-by shooting in the Bain Town area last week that was captured on surveillance video.
