Five women fined for overstaying in the Bahamas
FIVE Hispanic women were fined upwards of $1,000 each yesterday for overstaying their time in The Bahamas, with three of them further fined for being caught with altered immigration stamps in their passports by immigration authorities.Senior Magistra
Man shot dead on street in Bimini
BIMINI police are investigating a homicide on that island after a Grand Bahama man was shot dead there on Sunday.According to Assistant Superintendant Terecita Pinder, the shooting occurred shortly after 9pm at a business in Porgy Bay.She said that s
Suspect is accused of Okra Hill stabbing
HAROLD Taylor is accused of stabbing a man to death and wounding his girlfriend at the abandoned City Lodge building in Okra Hill on Tuesday of last week. The 34-year-old, of Shirley Street, was made to stand before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux
Cousins cleared of role in murder
A SUPREME Court jury has acquitted two cousins of the role they were alleged to have played in the slaying of businessman Leo Rahming at the car rental company and carwash he owned in the Marathon area last year.
THREE BAILED OVER $4M DRUGS HAUL
A Supreme Court judge has granted bail to three men ahead of their trial over allegations they were caught with close to $4m worth of marijuana in waters off South Andros.The Tribune understands Justice Gregory Hilton granted Kenny Major, Patrick Bai
Series of armed robberies
POLICE are investigating five armed robberies, which occurred over the weekend, leaving one man in hospital nursing stab wounds.Two of the robberies happened on Saturday.Shortly after 1pm, a man was at Christie Park on Nassau Street when he was appro
Police officer in hospital after stabbing
Police are investigating after an officer was stabbed in New Providence on Saturday.
Pair charged with 34 counts of fraud
TWO persons were charged with more than 30 counts of fraud on Friday in the Freeport Magistrate's Court.
Woman fined for breaking police prosecutor’s fingers
A 26-year-old woman was fined more than $4,000 on Friday for breaking two of a woman police prosecutor’s fingers during a row outside the officer’s Gamble Heights home last month.
Woman accused of stealing thousands from bank accounts
A “female wanted” suspect was charged on Friday in connection with allegations that she befriended elderly persons and later stole thousands of dollars from their bank accounts.
Community service for pair who stole refrigerator from ministry
TWO men who stole a $850 refrigerator from the Ministry of Education earlier this week have been ordered to put in 15 hours of community service as penance.
$700k college clerk thief seeks appeal
FORMER College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs is seeking to appeal her sentence and conviction for stealing over $700,000 from the tertiary institution over a seven-year period.
Man drove to hospital with gunshot wounds
GRAND Bahama police are investigating a shooting in Freeport on Tuesday that left a man in hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.According to police, officers received reports of gunshots at a business in the International Bazaar shortly before 9pm.
NO CHALLENGE: Cop in unlawful killing cases fails to appeal
A POLICE officer found by the Coroner’s Court this year to have unlawfully killed two people in separate incidents has not appealed those rulings, drawing focus as to whether the Department of Public Prosecutions will pursue criminal action against him.
4C’s owner and captain given bail
4C’s Adventures owner Clayton Smith and one of his tour boat captains, Roderick Watson, were granted bail by a Supreme Court judge before their trial in which they are accused of negligently causing the death of an American woman and injuring nine other people when the boat they were chartering burst into flames earlier this year.
