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UPDATED: Man shot after stabbing police officers

A man was shot by police after stabbing and injuring two officers this afternoon as they attempted to foil an armed robbery at a house on East Street north. 

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Couple to be sentenced over posting of nude photos

A FILIPINO couple will return to Magistrate’s Court today to face sentencing for criminal defamation concerning the husband’s posting of several nude images of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

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Father stabbed and left to die

A 58-year-old father of two became the country’s latest murder victim when he was stabbed multiple times and left to die in a public park early yesterday morning.

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Monitoring tag removed from man cleared of trafficking charges

A JUDGE yesterday ordered the removal of the electronic monitoring device and return of the passport to an American man acquitted of human trafficking charges.

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U.S. judge tells Bacon to pursue case in the Bahamas

A NEW York judge ruled yesterday that billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon ought to pursue his $100m defamation case against his Lyford Cay neighbour in The Bahamas rather than in US court.

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Lifeless body found in Christie Park, police on scene

POLICE are reporting they are on the scene of a murder in Christie Park, Nassau Street, on Tuesday morning.

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Ten out of 12 murders solved in Grand Bahama, say police

OF the 12 murders in Grand Bahama, ten have been solved and police are assiduously searching for two wanted men – one for last Saturday’s stabbing incident and the other in relation to a fatal shooting on May 29.

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Murder trial discontinued

MORE than five years after a man was charged with murder, prosecutors yesterday produced a written directive at trial from the attorney general requesting that proceedings against him be discontinued.

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Man accused of receiving car stolen at gunpoint

A MAN appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a status hearing into his case concerning receiving a car that had been stolen during a gunpoint carjacking.

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Woman accused of biting female police officer

A WOMAN was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of attacking a police officer at the scene of a house fire.

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$2,000 reward in hunt for Bahamian’s killer in US

AUTHORITIES in Atlanta, Georgia, offered a $2,000 reward yesterday for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for fatally shooting a 24-year-old Bahamian mother in the head last Thursday.

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Man wanted in connection with murder

Police are looking for Jaret Kieran Pinder aka “Japanese”, of Freeport in connection with murder.

Boat thieves strike again in Abaco

BOAT thieves have struck again in Abaco, stealing two vessels in one night from boat lifts at a marina and a private home in Marsh Harbour. The culprits had also attempted to steal a third.

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Man stabbed to death in Grand Bahama

A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death early Saturday morning, police in Grand Bahama have reported.

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Freeport man charged with stabbing death

A Freeport man was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a man in the Drake Avenue area of Freeport.