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Suspected gang members charged before new law was in place

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday blasted the Christie administration for its “failed governance” after he said several people were charged in court with being a member of an unlawful gang while the necessary 2014 amendment to the Penal Code had not yet come into force.

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American woman faces court on murder charge

A MAN and a woman were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two separate murders that occurred as last year ended.

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Man charged in connection with funeral brawl

A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being arraigned in connection with a recent brawl at the funeral of a police officer that was filmed and spread on social media.

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Man held after rape attack on US tourist

POLICE have a 26-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged rape of an American tourist over the weekend.

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Two dead, nine fight for lives

TWO men are dead and nine other people are fighting for their lives in hospital after a spree of shooting incidents in the capital over the New Year’s holiday weekend.

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Man shot in Grand Bahama

A MAN who was shot in Grand Bahama on New Year’s Day was treated and discharged by doctors at the Rand Memorial Hospital, according to police.

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Police in Exuma make major drug seizure

Twenty pounds of marijuana were seized by police in Exuma on Saturday afternoon.

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One dead, three in hospital after East Bay Street shooting

One man is dead and three others are in hospital after a shooting early on Sunday morning.

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Man dies from stabbing injury

A 38-year-old man died in hospital on Friday from a stabbing injury he received last month.

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One dead, four injured after shootings

THE Bahamas recorded its first murder of the new year just 26 hours into 2016 when a man was shot dead outside a bar in Nassau. Police report that four others are in hospital after three separate shooting incidents over Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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Four in hospital after New Year shootings

THREE MEN and a woman are in hospital after several shooting incidents in New Providence on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day. Police are hunting suspects in all three incidents.

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UPDATED: Man dies in New Year's Eve shooting

POLICE have identified the country's latest murder victim as 38-year-old Jermaine Ferguson, of  Golden Palms Estates.

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Bahamian guilty of gambling at Atlantis

A BAHAMIAN, caught playing Blackjack in the Atlantis Casino, was given probation by a magistrate yesterday after he pleaded guilty to illegal gambling.

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Police investigate robbery by men with a machete in Abaco

POLICE in Abaco are searching for two men who they want to question in connection with a violent robbery early on New Year's Eve.

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Freeport man, 22, in hospital after shooting

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating a shooting incident that resulted in the hospitalisation of a 22-year-old Freeport man on Wednesday night. A 43-year-old man is assisting police with their investigations.