Police identify man found dead in old City Market building
POLICE have identified the body of man found in the old City Market building as Derek Cartwright, age 54, of Anderson Street.
Man charged with Fox Hill murder
A 32-year-old man was arraigned on murder and drug-related charges in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Three Ministry of Works employees, truck driver, plead guilty to stealing charges
THREE Ministry of Works employees and a self-employed truck driver pleaded guilty to stealing by reason of employment and were ordered to pay $5,372 in fines and compensation before they are released from prison.
Water and Sewerage Corporation employees charged with stealing fire hydrant
THREE employees at the Water and Sewerage Corporation accused of stealing a fire hydrant were arraigned in Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Accused ‘offered to pay back’ money from COB
SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how former College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs told officials, when confronted about allegations of theft, that she was willing to return some of the money she is accused of stealing from the institution.
Ministry of Works staff on theft charges
FIVE Ministry of Works employees were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations they conspired to and subsequently stole close to $1,500 worth of asphalt from their employer last year.
Man found beaten to death
A MAN was found dead yesterday in the old City Market building on Market Street with blunt force trauma to the body.
COB worker’s deposits ‘rose by $10,000’
THE amount of extra money former College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs received in payroll deposits from the college since 2010 increased by approximately $10,000 within a two-year window, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday, totaling more than $100,000.
Trio’s false declaration convictions quashed
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the sentences of a local sand miner and his two employees previously convicted and fined in connection with a $28,000 false declaration case.
Progress - but we have to do better: Crime rate falls despite 10 percent jump in murders
OVERALL crime in the country declined by 13 percent in 2017 compared with 2016, according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, however murders during this period jumped by 10 percent.
‘Clerk gave bank more than her annual pay’
SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how within one year, former College of the Bahamas (COB) employee Chimeka Gibbs received some $4,000 extra in payroll deposits from the college on top of her $30,000 salary.
Marijuana seizures up in 2017, cocaine down
SEIZURES of marijuana increased by more than 300 percent last year when compared with 2016, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) narcotic statistics. Cocaine seizures have declined by 41 percent during the same period.
GB murders decreased by 9.2 per cent in 2017
MURDERS in Grand Bahama deceased by 9.2 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year.
Armed robber jailed for 11 years
A MAN accused of robbing two people and attempting to rob a third at gunpoint last year will serve 11 years in prison. Justice Bernard Turner sentenced Adrian Robinson to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robberies of Talitha Wallace and Shervone
Man shot in leg near Abaco business
ABACO police are investigating a shooting at a business early Tuesday morning which left a man wounded. According to police reports, the victim was shot in the leg shortly before 1am while standing in the area of a business on Charles Sawyers Highwa
