$18,000 worth of marijuana found on Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama police made a drug arrest in Freeport and discovered nearly $20,000 worth of suspected marijuana in bushes near the Casuarina Bridge.ASP Terecita Pinder said officers of the Rapid Response Unit arrested a 23-year-old male resident of Ral
Man found guilty of raping 17-year-old tourist
A SUPREME Court jury has found a San Salvador native guilty of raping a 17-year-old American tourist on the island over four years ago.The nine-member jury – eight women and one man – found Henry Gay guilty by a vote of 7-2 of the April 2014 rape of
Man's appeal of conviction for fatally shooting friend dismissed
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a man’s attempts at challenging his ten-year sentence for fatally shooting his friend in the chest with a shotgun during an argument almost a decade ago.Appellate Justices Jon Isaacs, Stella Crane-Scott, and Sir Mich
Four men electrocuted in industrial accident
FOUR men were electrocuted in an industrial accident in Eleuthera on Monday, leaving one in hospital.Police are investigating the incident, which occurred shortly after 11am in Governor’s Harbour.According to a Royal Bahamas Police Force crime report
Club owner and dancers face immigration charges
A BAHAMIAN club owner and four Jamaican women employed as dancers were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for various immigration offences yesterday.Lincoln Leon Capron, 48, the owner of Liquid Lounge, appeared before Magistrate Rengin Johnso
‘Demons told me to burn my daughter’
A MOTHER accused of setting her one-year-old daughter on fire last year told psychiatric specialists she was coaxed to do so by “demonic voices” which had been “commanding” her to kill herself and do other “bad things”, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.
Murder victim identified as teenage boy
THE murder victim who was shot dead on Friday morning was only 17 years old, police revealed yesterday.He has been identified as Sean Augustin of Lightbourn Avenue.He was shot shortly after 2am on Baillou Hill Road.Police initially said a man was wal
Tourist robbed of rental scooter on West Bay Street
A MALE tourist was robbed of a rental scooter while at West Bay Street, police said.This incident occurred less than three weeks after two tourists were robbed in the same area.Although Sunday’s robbery follows what has appeared to be a cluster of ar
Man facing court for drive-by killing
A 21-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with shooting another man to death in a drive-by shooting in New Providence last week. Walter Johnson, of Milton Street, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with
Series of armed robberies across weekend
POLICE are investigating three armed robberies which occurred in New Providence over the weekend. Shortly after 11am on Saturday, a woman was sitting in her vehicle on East Street south of Robinson Road, when she was approached by an armed man. The m
Man killed in double shooting
A MAN is dead and another was taken to hospital after a double shooting on Friday.
46 DOMINICANS ACCUSED OF POACHING
LESS than a week after they were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, 46 Dominican fishermen were charged in court on Thursday afternoon for poaching in Bahamian waters.The Dominican nationals all appeared before Magistrate Cara Turnquest
Three arrested in connection with major housebreaking ring
GRAND Bahama Police have arrested three men who they believe are part of a major housebreaking ring, recovering a major haul of stolen items, including more than a dozen flat-screen televisions.
Peter Nygard guilty of contempt of court
A SUPREME Court judge has found Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of contempt of court for the third time for breaching her order prohibiting him from engaging in any illegal dredging near his property in Lyford Cay.
Bruno Rufa and partner take legal action against government
CANADIAN Bruno Rufa and his partner Sandra Georgiou have taken legal action against the government for its refusal to grant their multiple applications for Home Owner’s Resident Cards because they did not submit a utility bills with their applications.
