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UPDATED: Man found dead in Doubloon Drive home on New Year's Day

THE first homicide of 2017 was recorded in the capital mere hours into the new year when a man, whose body was riddled with gunshots, was discovered by a group of friends in an efficiency apartment on Dabloon Drive, off Faith Avenue on Sunday.

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Young man shot dead and three wounded in Fox Hill on New Year's Eve

A YOUNG man was reported killed and three people wounded in a shooting incident in Sandilands Village Road, Fox Hill, on New Year's Eve according to police.

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Shot driver dies as car crashes into water at Saunders Beach

THE murderous end to the year in the Bahamas continued on Saturday morning with the shooting of a man as he left a club on West Bay Street, his lifeless body being pulled from his vehicle in the water at Saunders Beach.

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Two held after illegal firearms found

POLICE in New Providence took two men into custody following the seizure of two illegal firearms in separate incidents on Thursday.

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Man gets court date over alleged attack, phone theft from minor

A MAN will stand trial in Magistrates Court next month in connection with an midday attack and cellular phone theft from a minor.

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Cruise passenger ‘thought marijuana was legal’

PAY the fine or do the time was a magistrate’s order yesterday to an American man who pleaded guilty when charged with possession of dangerous drugs.

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Man accused of receiving stolen car is denied bail

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court concerning a stolen $28,000 car that was allegedly found in his possession.

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Beaten man's dead body wrapped and dumped in Yellow Elder Gardens

POLICE discovered the lifeless body of a man who was beaten and wrapped in a blanket on a service road near Tom “The Bird” Grant Park in Yellow Elder Gardens around 1pm on Thursday.

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Husband killed after gunmen forced couple to stop car

CHIEF Superintendent Clayton Fernander, officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit, warned drivers yesterday to be “extra cautious” after armed men forced a couple to stop their vehicle in the middle of the road before shooting and killing the driver.

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US man bailed after fight on PI

AN AMERICAN tourist was granted $1,000 cash bail yesterday after he was charged in connection with a physical altercation with another tourist that occurred on Paradise Island during the Boxing Day holiday.

Teenager accused of break-in and indecent assault

A TEEN was remanded to prison without bail yesterday after he was charged in Magistrate’s Court in connection with a home invasion and indecent assault that occurred a week ago on a Family Island.

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UPDATED: Man dies, four injured in Boxing Day vehicle shooting

ONE MAN is dead and four others - including three women - are in serious condition in hospital after they were shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting on Boxing Day.

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Man dies in his jeep after Millennium Gardens shooting

A MAN was found shot dead in Millennium Gardens on Tuesday night, police have reported. It was the second murder in two days over the holiday and takes the country's murder toll to 109 for 2016, according to The Tribune's records.

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Housebreaking thief’s Christmas plea to see his daughter rejected

A FATHER’S plea to be spared jail so that he could see his six-year-old daughter for Christmas was rejected on Friday by a magistrate who sentenced him to 24 months in prison for a home invasion and theft.

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Housebreaking thief's Christmas plea to see his daughter rejected

A FATHER'S plea to be spared jail so that he could see his six-year-old daughter for Christmas was rejected on Friday by a magistrate who sentenced him to 24 months in prison for a home invasion and theft.