ADOPTIVE FATHER OF TEN JAILED FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING
A MAN who has adopted 10 children was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after he admitted to trafficking $36,000 worth of cocaine out of the country.Sergio Demeritte, 33, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes with Shermaine
Freeport business targeted by armed robbers
A LOCAL business in Freeport was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash during an armed robbery last Friday.According to police reports, shortly after 5 pm an armed man robbed a business in the Millennium Mall, located on West Atlantic Drive, and
Mother and son on probation for role in schoolyard fight
A MOTHER and her son were put on probation yesterday for their involvement in a schoolyard incident that was captured on cellphone video and shared on social media. Rhonda Sands, 51, and Javano Sands, 24, appeared before Acting Assistant Chief Magis
Pair accused over QVS robbery
TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of committing a recent gunpoint robbery of a pharmacy in the Seagrapes Shopping Plaza.
$30,000 payout for incorrect wanted poster
THE Supreme Court awarded $30,000 in damages to a woman after police erroneously reported that she was an armed robbery suspect and circulated wanted posters of her in 2010.
UPDATED: Shooting at Boatswain Hill leaves man dead
A MAN was shot dead in the Carmichael Road area yesterday, bringing the country’s murder count for the first five months of 2017 to 58, according to The Tribune’s records.
Drugs seized in Eleuthera
POLICE in Eleuthera took two men into custody following the seizure of a number of marijuana plants on Saturday.
Police search for suspects after two separate armed robberies
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in finding two male suspects responsible for two separate armed robberies that occurred on Sunday.
Three Bahamians arrested for drug possession at airport
Three Bahamians were taken into custody after they were found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) on Friday.
Mother and son arrested for Yellow Elder stabbing
POLICE have arrested a 51-year-old mother and her 25-year-old son in relation to the stabbing incident at the Yellow Elder Primary School campus on Thursday afternoon.
Jurors hear closing arguments in Goodman retrial
CROWN prosecutors on Friday urged Supreme Court jurors to not allow anyone to "offend" their "intelligence" as the prosecution and the defence launched their final submissions on why Kofhe Goodman is guilty or not guilty of the September, 2011, murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer.
UPDATED: Young Freeport barber found shot dead in car
GRAND Bahama Police are actively investigating the murder of a young barber known as 'Ace’ who was gunned down in Freeport late on Thursday night.
Three injured in stabbing at school
POLICE reported that three adults, two men and a woman, were injured and taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital as a result of a stabbing incident and fight at Yellow Elder Primary School which was captured on video and disseminated on social media yesterday.
Arrest following Seagrape robbery
POLICE arrested one man and are looking for another suspect in connection with the armed robbery of CVS Pharmacy in the Seagrape Shopping Plaza on Tuesday.
23-year-old killed and man critical in hospital
A 23-year-old mother of two who was to be married in July died in hospital shortly after she was shot multiple times early yesterday morning in front of her home in an incident that also left a man in critical condition.
