UPDATED: John Bostwick abandons appeal against ammunition conviction
FORMER Free National Movement Senator John Bostwick II abandoned his bid to appeal a conviction for possession of ammunition yesterday.
Men wanted in murder probe
POLICE in Grand Bahama have issued all points bulletins for three Bimini men that they believe can help with an open murder investigation.
7th grade student had gun on campus
A SEVENTH grade male student of AF Adderley Junior High School brought a gun on the school’s campus Monday and was arrested by police, officials confirmed yesterday.
Two men shot dead in Freeport
TWO MEN have died and police have a suspect in custody after a shooting incident in the early hours of Wednesday in Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Housebreaking suspects arrested after chase
TWO suspected housebreakers were arrested after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase that ended in South Beach.
Man in hospital after drive-by shooting
A MAN is in hospital after he was wounded during a drive by shooting after 4pm on Tuesday.
Drug suspect remanded
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Court hearing in armed raid case
A MAN awaiting trial for armed robbery appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a case management hearing.
Father found guilty of abetment of murder
COGEN Newbold Sr, of Freeport, was found guilty of abetment to murder in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Police hunt for arsonist after firebomb thrown at court
POLICE are on the hunt for a man they suspect threw an explosive device into the South Street Magistrate’s Court complex early yesterday morning “in an attempt to burn it down”.
Case of $31,000 theft from Carnival to be heard before new magistrate
THE trial into the alleged theft of $31,000 by former employees of the Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) will now be re-heard before another magistrate in March.
Two in hospital after weekend shooting incidents
POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance in solving two separate shooting incidents over the weekend that left two men in hospital, in addition to two separate armed robberies, including one at a church.
Pastors get 12-month sentence for giving teen liquor
TWO MINISTERS were handed a 12-month prison sentence by a Magistrate on Friday for giving a 15-year-old boy liquor to get him drunk.
Tight security as man charged with murder
AMID tight security, cordoned off streets and in the presence of armed police, a man appeared in Magistrates Court on Friday to be arraigned in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in an inner-city community two weeks ago.
Man guilty of beating mother, 81, to death
A MAN was unanimously convicted by a Supreme Court jury of murder yesterday in the beating and choking death of his 81-year-old mother.
