Ministry fraud trial delay
A FORMER Ministry of Finance employee’s trial over allegations he defrauded the ministry out of more than a half a million dollars over a five month period has been adjourned to the end of next month after the lead Crown attorney was unavailable to p
Got him - pit bull owner arrested
A MAN has been taken into custody in connection with a dog killing incident that went viral over the holidays.
Gibson’s extortion charges to be dropped
THE prosecution in Shane Gibson’s trial has indicated it will only pursue bribery charges against the former Cabinet minister, according to Wayne Munroe, one of the lawyers on Gibson’s team.
Haitian man accused of illegal landing
A Haitian man was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for illegal landing, three weeks after arriving in the Bahamas. James Dorlan, 25, appeared in Court Three before Magistrate Rengin Johnson last week where he pleaded guilty to the offence.
Man dies after being stabbed in the head
A MAN was killed in Grand Bahama yesterday after being stabbed in his head, The Tribune was told.
Haitian migrants deported after pleading guilty to illegal landing
One day after they were apprehended by the Defence Force off Governor’s Harbour, 89 Haitian Nationals were charged before the courts in Eleuthera on Thursday for violation of the Immigration Act.
Boys arrested after 'dangerous drugs' found at high school
POLICE took three boys into custody after finding a small quantity of “dangerous drugs” at a high school in New Providence Thursday.
Jamaican dancers and seven other foreigners face court
TEN foreigners were brought before the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for various offences this week including engaging in gainful occupation, overstaying, harbouring illegal persons and illegal landing.Among them were three Jamaican women who were empl
Police were on patrol in area at time of murder-suicide
ON the morning of a “tragic” murder suicide in Yellow Elder Gardens where a husband shot his wife to death before killing himself, Royal Bahamas Police Force officers were in the immediate area on patrol.
Unlawful order led to ‘Bahamian nightmare’
CANADIAN Bruno Rufa has endured a “Bahamian nightmare” since being subjected to an unlawful deportation order, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.
Bank manager bailed after appeal over account thefts
A FORMER manager at the Bank of the Bahamas sentenced to three and a half years in prison for stealing $21,000 from the savings accounts of several of the bank’s customers has been granted bail pending the appeal of his sentence.Acting Appellate Just
'Imperative’ that man jailed for 20 years given shooting retrial
THE COURT of Appeal has ordered a retrial “as a matter of priority” for a man previously sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for the shooting death of someone he allegedly thought had put a bounty on his head.
Former prison officer’s drug appeal dismissed
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a former prison officer’s attempts at contesting his conviction for drug offences after ruling that it has “no jurisdiction” to overturn a conviction stemming from a plea of guilty.
BPL fraud case delayed by magistrate recusal
THE trial of five men charged in connection with a multi-million dollar theft scheme at Bahamas Power & Light was yesterday adjourned for two weeks after the deputy chief magistrate declared she was unable to proceed in the matter on the grounds of perception of bias.
Man found shot dead in his car
A 34-year-old man was found shot to death in his car shortly before 3am yesterday, police said.
