Armed robber in motorcycle helmet raids Marriott hotel
POLICE are on the hunt for a man who robbed the Marriott Courtyard early yesterday morning dressed in dark clothing and wearing a motorcycle helmet.
SPECIAL REPORT: The families left in limbo
SEVERAL hundred feet from a jovial tree-lighting ceremony on Cordeaux Avenue was the scene of the country’s most recent police-involved killing Friday night.
60-year murder sentence reduced by five years
THE Court of Appeal has shortened the prison sentence of a man convicted of murdering a phone card vendor in 2011 by five years on the grounds the original sentence was “wrong in principle”.Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, who retires this
Teenager accused of Fox Hill killing
A 19-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court over allegations he murdered another man in the Fox Hill area just over two months ago. Travis Lockhart, of Yellow Elder Gardens, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt faced with
VIDEO: Armed robbers raid liquor store
POLICE are appealing to the public for any information that could lead to the apprehension and arrest of two armed robbery suspects following a brazen attack at a liquor store on Friday.
UPDATED: Gunman shot dead after opening fire on officers
A police chase and shootout ended with a suspect being shot dead on Cordeaux Avenue on Friday night.
Three American women held after cocaine discovery
THREE American women were arrested at Freeport Harbour in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday after they were caught with a combined amount of $100,000 worth of suspected cocaine strapped on their bodies.
Gibson lawyers claim bail act limits 'cruel and unusual'
ATTORNEYS for former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson yesterday charged that a magistrate’s lack of jurisdiction to grant bail according to the Bail Act is tantamount to “cruel and unusual treatment” towards a defendant. Wayne Munroe, QC, during a hear
'Armed robbery motive in murder case'
A LEAD police investigator said armed robbery was the motive behind the home invasion that occurred in Deadman’s Reef where a couple were shot to death in September 2015, the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. Det Sgt 772 Lorenzo Johnson said co-accu
Five years for $1.7m drug run
A HAITIAN man was yesterday sentenced to five years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after pleading guilty to several drug related charges stemming from the seizure of over $1m worth of cocaine in Inagua last weekend.
Man on drug charges
A 20-year-old man was arraigned yesterday in connection with a drug seizure at the Lynden Pindling International Airport earlier this week.
Two accused over Forbes murder
TWO men were arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday over allegations they murdered another man in the Farrington Road area last week.
Officer: Defendant told me he drove car on night of murder
A LEAD police investigator in a double murder case which occurred in Grand Bahama testified that one of the accused men, Kevin Dames, told him he drove four co-defendants in his car to Deadman’s Reef to get money on the night of September 12, 2015.
Teacher murder: Two found guilty
A SUPREME Court jury yesterday returned unanimous guilty verdicts for two of three individuals accused of the 2015 murder of former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh.
Lawyers file new writs for detainees
A high-profile team of lawyers filed applications for habeas corpus writs in the Supreme Court yesterday over the detention of three more men at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.
