Former US marine to challenge conviction
A FORMER United States marine is seeking to challenge his conviction and consequent 15-year sentence for attempting to murder another man on a Family Island four years ago after cross-appealing the Crown’s assertions that his sentence was unduly lenient.
LOCKED AWAY FOR 15 YEARS – Judge rejects call not to jail $700k COB thief
FORMER College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Supreme Court judge yesterday for stealing over $700,000 from the tertiary institution over a seven-year period.
Bank teller ‘stole’ $49k off Former Governor General Arthur Hanna
A 21-year-old bank teller was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with using his job to steal more than $49,000 from former Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna over a six-month period.
Police probe Bahamasair ticket scam
A FRAUDULENT credit card scheme involving ticket purchases at Bahamasair is under investigation by the Business Technology Crimes Division of the Central Detective Unit.
Teenager charged with murder
AN 18-year-old wanted suspect was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murdering a man who was visiting his family just over two months ago.
Woman accused of defrauding pastor of over $240,000
A 62-year-old woman was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with defrauding a local pastor of over $240,000 within the last decade.
Police hunt armed robbers
POLICE are asking members of the public to come forward with any information they may have in solving two armed robberies which occurred yesterday morning. In the first incident shortly before 1am, a man was driving on Marrow Lane, Garden Hills, whe
Two injured in Grand Bahama shootings
POLICE in Grand Bahama are investigating two separate shootings that left two men in hospital. The latest incident occurred shortly after 2am yesterday. A man told police he was parked in a car in the area of Tamarind Street with two other persons w
Employee pleads guilty to stealing $61,000 from RBC
A 36-year-old Royal Bank of Canada employee was on Friday ordered to pay $13,000 in fines by the end of the day for stealing $61,000 from his employer late last year otherwise face two years in prison.
Decision is delayed in murder appeal
THE COURT of Appeal has deferred its decision on whether it will accede to a man’s legal bid to be acquitted of the 2011 murder of a former most wanted suspect.
Bid to raise acid attack sentence dismissed
THE COURT of Appeal yesterday dismissed the Crown’s legal challenge of the “unduly lenient” punishment imposed on a woman who threw acid on her lover, his wife and the couple’s son three years ago.
Prison doctor says suspect had multiple injuries
A PRISON doctor testified in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there were multiple injuries on one of three men accused of the double murder and armed robbery of a Deadman’s Reef couple in Grand Bahama that were possibly consistent with his allegations of police brutality.
Cleared man sues after being held in detention after not guilty verdict
A MAN recently acquitted of murdering another man on Potter’s Cay Dock a day before his birthday three years ago is suing the government for unlawfully detaining him for some five days after he was found not guilty of the crime.
Judge bails prisoner held without charge
AFTER nearly four years in prison without charge, a 42-year-old schizophrenic man saw his habeas corpus application dismissed after he was granted a conditional release on $15,000 bail yesterday.
'Miss Florida' denies drug den role
A SENIOR police officer yesterday testified how the boyfriend of internet sensation Handerea “Miss Florida” Rolle tried to flush a quantity of marijuana down a toilet the day police raided a home they were in two months ago.
