Woman jailed for smuggling drugs in a condom
A 38-year-old Bahamian woman was sentenced to a year and a half in prison yesterday for attempting to smuggle almost ten ounces of cocaine into the United States earlier this week by concealing the drugs in a condom inserted in her vagina.
COB worker ‘refused to answer’
FORMER College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs refused to answer certain questions relating to the heart of allegations she stole over $500,000 from the college over seven years during her initial interviews with police in November of 2015, Supreme Court jurors heard.
Bain rejects recusal bid in Nygard cases
SUPREME Court Justice Rhonda Bain has rejected Keod Smith’s application to recuse herself from hearing Peter Nygard cases. It is not the first time she has made such a ruling. Late last year she ruled that Mr Nygard gave “no cogent reasons” for his
Officer denies lawyer's claim of shoddy police work in murder case
A LEAD police investigator denied in court yesterday that the investigation into the brutal murders of a Deadman’s Reef couple was shoddy police work. Det 772 Lorenzo Johnson’s handling of the investigation was brought into question by Geoffrey Farqu
COB worker ‘took home extra $600,000 in pay’
FORMER College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs took home just over $600,000 in extra payroll deposits from 2009 to 2015, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.
Two gunmen die in police shootout
POLICE shot and killed two men known to them yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said. Their deaths marked the third time this month there has been a police-involved killing in the country.
Lawyer questions missing footage in murder case
AFTER a month-long break, the trial of three young men accused of robbing and fatally shooting a husband and wife in Deadman’s Reef resumed in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.
Police officer on rape charge
A FORMER police officer was yesterday charged in a Magistrate’s Court with allegations he had sexual intercourse with a 25-year-old woman earlier this month without her consent.
COB worker’s pay changed, jury told
SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how former College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs’ salary deductions and consequent net pay fluctuated both monthly and yearly, from 2008 to 2015.
Murder victim identified
POLICE have identified one of three men who were killed this weekend in separate incidents. The man was shot shortly before 3am Saturday, after he had just arrived at a home on Sumner Street, Nassau Village. Police said he was approached by a man ar
Victim stabbed in nightclub parking lot
A MAN is in critical condition in hospital after he was stabbed during an argument at a nightclub parking lot Monday morning. According to police, shortly before 3am Monday, two men were in a parking lot on East Bay Street when they were approached b
Four sentenced over break-ins at schools
TWO men and two juveniles were sentenced to one year at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services and the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys after admitting to either breaking into, stealing and/or dishonestly receiving merchandise from three private
Three dead after bloody weekend of shootings
THREE men are dead and another is in hospital following four shooting incidents in separate locations in New Providence that took place over the weekend.
Man shot dead by police after gun fired into crowd
AN armed man was shot dead by police in Abaco during a confrontation in the Central Pines area early Friday morning, police reported.
Man detained after cocaine discovery
A 34-year-old Grand Bahama man was arrested at the Grand Bahama International Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle a quantity of dangerous drugs to the United States on Friday.ASP Terecita Pinder said the incident happened shortly before 5pm. She
