Police hunt for suspects after series of armed robberies
POLICE on New Providence are searching for the men responsible for three separate robberies, including a home invasion, which occurred on Sunday.
Foreste free after closed-door hearing
SUPREME Court Justice Andrew Forbes has dismissed the habeas corpus application of Louisbin Foreste, who was deported in violation of a Supreme Court order.
Suspect shot as cops try to arrest
POLICE shot a man yesterday while trying to arrest him for a domestic complaint.
Former Renew Bahamas CEO 'was spotted sitting on forklift'
FORMER Renew Bahamas CEO Michael Cox being spotted sitting on a forklift at a local scrapyard without a valid work permit ultimately led to him being charged with a criminal offence, though the immigration officer who spotted him did not say whether he was actually operating the machine.
Man arrested after drug discovery at home
POLICE have arrested a man after 34-pounds of marijuana and five-grams of cocaine were discovered at his Cowpen Road home.
Magistrate calls on police to probe mishandled evidence
A SENIOR magistrate has invited the commissioner of police to investigate the “questionable” investigation conducted by some of his subordinates, whom she said mishandled the physical evidence against a man brought up on criminal charges and never bothered showing up to testify in the criminal trial.
'Tortured' suspect 'attacked' police
A teenager who was allegedly flogged with a cutlass by police officers prior to being arraigned on numerous armed robbery charges has since been charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting lawful arrest.
Bail denied as pair face multiple fraud charges at Royal Bank of Canada
A 40-year-old man was charged yesterday with forging multiple Royal Bank of Canada cheques drawn on a local cable provider’s account, and then using them to obtain $20,000 cash from one of the bank’s branches earlier this month.
Three arrests after drugs search
THREE men were arrested after police seized drugs during a search of a car.
20-year-old facing murder charge
A 20-year-old was charged yesterday with the murder of a man outside of a bar earlier this year.
Two jailed for series of housebreaking offences
TWO men accused of multiple charges of stealing, housebreaking, attempted housebreaking and receiving, were yesterday sentenced to more than two years each on two-thirds of the counts.
Shot man ‘stable’ in hospital
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot on Monday night, police said.
Couple deny trying to take $13,907 out of the country
A BAHAMIAN couple yesterday pleaded not guilty after they were charged in connection with a large sum of money allegedly discovered in their possession at the Lynden Pindling International Airport earlier this week.
I heard gun shots outside, witness tells murder trial
A WITNESS in a Grand Bahama murder trial told the Supreme Court yesterday that he saw a man running past his house shortly after hearing gunshots in the area of Hearn Lane in March 2016 when three persons had been shot inside a wooden shack.
Police to be briefed on FBI’s visa probe
A TEAM of investigators from the Royal Bahamas Police Force and an attorney from the Department of Public Prosecutions are headed to Washington to meet with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation this week, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames.
