US woman’s body dumped in bushes
AN ELDERLY American woman was found dead in bushes in north Cat Island Sunday, leading police to launch a homicide investigation into this death, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean said.
Woman held after attempting to smuggle drugs into Department of Corrections
A woman is being held by police after she allegedly tried to smuggle drugs into the Bahamas Department of Corrections on Friday.
'Communities are turning into cemeteries'
TWO white teddy bears now hang from the tree that Dennis Moss used for his car wash business.
Ramsey back in court over payments on bribery fine
FREDDIE Solomon Ramsey is due to re-appear before a Supreme Court judge in a week’s time in connection with the judge’s orders last year for him to repay more than $200,000 to the Bahamas Electricity Corporation stemming from the Alstom SA/BEC briber
Handgun and AK-47 seized
POLICE made two gun seizures on Wednesday. In the first incident, around 5pm, officers from the Firearm Tracing and Gang Investigations Unit were conducting an operation at Dorsett Street in Fox Hill, when they saw a man who aroused their suspicion.
Three accused of teacher's murder
TWO men and a teenager accused of the controversial 2015 murder of former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh will return before a Supreme Court judge in about three weeks for a trial date fixture. Armando Sargeant, Johnny Mackey and
Police beg: Give up Eugene's killer
POLICE believe they have found the getaway vehicle used by the person responsible for the senseless daylight shooting that left two persons dead, including eight-year-old Eugene Woodside, according to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean.
Armed robber raids deli
POLICE are asking for the public’s help in locating the person responsible for an armed robbery at a local eatery Wednesday afternoon.
'Fired because I am Muslim'
A FORMER police officer has applied for leave to apply for judicial review of the commissioner of police’s decision to discharge him from the Royal Bahamas Police Force allegedly because of his unwillingness to compromise a key component of his Musli
Jury find Blair raid gunman guilty
TIANO D’Haiti was convicted by a Supreme Court jury yesterday after finding him unanimously guilty for the role he played in the October 2014 shooting death of Blair Estates resident Andre Cartwright.
Two accused of killings in separate murder cases
TWO men in their early to mid-twenties were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two separate murders, one of which occurred in 2015. Kyle Farrington, 25, of Doris Johnson Estates, and Lethario Davis, 23, of East Wood Apple C
Eight-year-old killed doing homework as man shot dead
AN eight-year-old boy, believed to be doing his homework, died in hospital after a stray bullet ripped through his wooden home in Chippingham, Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Stephen Dean said.
Jury hears final arguments in Blair home raid case
SUPREME Court jurors yesterday heard submissions from both Crown prosecutors and defense counsel as to why Tiano D'Haiti should or should not be convicted and sentenced for the October 2014 murder of Blair Estates resident Andre Cartwright.
Court case clarification
THE Tribune would like to clarify the particulars of a news story published on Friday, September 22 under the headline “Man Cleared In Blair Raid Case.”
$300,000 marijuana find
THERE was a significant drug seizure in North Bimini on Wednesday, resulting in the discovery of more than $300,000 worth of suspected marijuana, police reported. According to Assistant Superintendent Terecita Pinder, officers were on routine patrol
