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Three in court over theft at gas station during Irma

TWO men and a minor were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of breaking into and stealing from Esso’s Blue Hill Road and Tonique Williams-Darling service station while New Providence was under a hurricane watch. Leonardo Collie, 24, of

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Suspect accused over child pornography

THE trial of a man facing a dozen child pornography charges will start before the chief magistrate on November 6 and 7. On those dates, Sharran Burrows, 41, of Pinewood Gardens, will be tried in connection with 12 counts of possession of child porno

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Trio to face murder plot trial next month

AN October 2 date has been set for the commencement of the Supreme Court trial of three men allegedly involved in a murder plot that was carried out in June last year, The Tribune understands.The matter involving Daran Neely, Jahmaro Edgecombe and Se

Suspected marijuana found

GRAND Bahama police discovered suspected marijuana in an unfinished building in the Freeport area on Tuesday, police reported. According to reports, shortly after 1am, Drug Enforcement Unit officers acting on information went to an area in Royal Bah

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Cop killer bids to challenge sentence

A GRAND Bahama native sentenced to life in prison for killing a police officer approximately 25 years ago may finally get to appeal his sentence when he returns to the appellate court in early November.

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Double shooting leaves GB man dead

ONE man is dead and another is in hospital following a shooting in the Freeport area on Monday morning.

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Teen shot dead in Fox Hill

Police are searching for suspects after a teenager was shot dead in Fox Hill last night.

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Blair raid suspect arrested in Paradise Island hotel

SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how one of the accused men in the 2014 shooting death of Blair Estates resident Andre Cartwright was arrested by police in a hotel room on Paradise Island the day after the incident in question. Police Superinten

Two accused of robbery

TWO men were arraigned yesterday in connection with an armed robbery that took place on September 7. Reginald Bridgewater Jr, 32, of Norfolk Avenue, Mackey Street, and Torriano Smith, 27, of South Beach, were both charged before Chief Magistrate Joy

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Suspect faces court accused of double shooting at bank ATM

A 23-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of a man and the critical injury of a woman who were trying to make a bank deposit in the Palmdale area earlier this month.Bernard Appolon, of Hillside Estates, stood b

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Shot dead in front of abandoned home

POLICE are still on the hunt for the person responsible for an early morning shooting on Friday that left one man dead and another man in hospital.

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Armed robbers shoot victim as he runs away

POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspects responsible for a shooting and armed robbery that left a man in hospital on Sunday.

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Man found shot dead in stolen car

A MAN was found shot to death in the passenger’s seat of a stolen vehicle that was parked in the driveway of a home in the Mackey Street area early Thursday morning.

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Man accused of killing wife in Long Island cutlass attack

A 61-year-old Long Island man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a cutlass attack on that island last week that left his wife dead and her mother in serious condition in hospital.

Police shoot man dead as he 'brandishes machete'

A MAN was shot dead by police in the Pinder’s Point area of Grand Bahama on Tuesday evening, police reported on Wednesday. Assistant Superintendent of Police Terecita Pinder said that shortly before 8pm on Tuesday, officers were called to Pinder’s P