NIB manager denies corruption charges
AN employee of the National Insurance Board was remanded to prison yesterday afternoon after her initial Magistrate’s Court appearance on extortion and bribery allegations.
Suspect is charged with Emancipation Day murder
A MAN appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being the culprit behind a homicide that occurred on the recent Emancipation Day holiday.Franklyn Johnson, 30, of Kemp Road stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt facing a murder
Deposit bag of cash stolen
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating several male suspects responsible for two separate armed robberies that occurred on Sunday. In the first incident, shortly after noon a man was about to make a deposit at a local bank in western New P
Two Bahamians held over alleged human smuggling
TWO Bahamian men were taken into custody by the US Coast Guard last week in connection with an alleged illegal human smuggling operation involving a group of Haitians near Bimini, an immigration official reported. Immigration officer Napthali Cooper
Man In Court Over Gunpoint Robberies
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court in connection with two recent gunpoint robberies.Adrian Robinson, 39, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt facing two counts of armed robbery and a sin
Teen held after marijuana find
A TEENAGER from Grand Bahama was arrested on Monday for drug possession. The 18-year-old youth of Gold Rock Creek was arrested after he was found with a quantity of marijuana shortly after 8am. Police were on routine patrol at the McClean’s Town go
Murder toll rises to 84
A SUSPECT is in police custody and assisting officers with their investigation into a stabbing incident over the weekend that has left a man dead.
NIB employee charged with extortion, bribery
AN employee of the National Insurance Board (NIB) appeared in Magistrate’s Court facing a count each of extortion and bribery on Monday.
No extra time for Keod Smith to pay up $263,000 legal costs
THE Court of Appeal has ruled there were no prospects of success for an attorney’s application to appeal an order for extension of time for $263,000 in legal costs to be paid that stemmed from a recusal application where he accused a Supreme Court ju
Murder Accused To Submit Alibi In 21 Days
A MAN awaiting trial on a murder charge said he would submit an alibi to the Office of the Attorney General within 21 days.Kevin Ramsey, 24, appeared in Magistrate’s Court on Friday afternoon for a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI) presentation that
Hunt for armed robbers who stabbed man and stole car
POLICE are searching for several men responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Friday. According to reports, shortly after 8.30pm, a man was on Miami Street in his 2000 champagne coloured Honda Accord, car licence plate AJ5381, when a group
Four held over marijuana seizure
FOUR men are in police custody in connection with the seizure of a quantity of marijuana early Thursday morning.
Trio face court over $3 million holiday drug bust
THREE men were remanded to prison on Friday afternoon following their initial Magistrate’s Court appearance concerning a recent multi-million dollar marijuana seizure on the Emancipation Day holiday.
Trio accused of murder have case transferred to Supreme Court
THREE of four men accused of having a role in a fatal shooting that occurred in an inner-city community four months ago had their case transferred to the Supreme Court yesterday. Christavio Tucker, 22, Kelvin Clarke, 23, Kevin Ramsey, 24, and Wilson
Three years in jail for stealing car
A MAN was sentenced to prison for three years and six months for stealing a car out of a sports bar’s parking lot.Chino Milord, 20, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt yesterday for the opening of his stealing and receiving trial f
