One of nine charged over drug seizure gets five-year sentence
ONE of nine men faced with multiple drug charges stemming from a recent major drug seizure in Inagua was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement.
Bulgarian man's sentencing for money laundering adjourned
A SUPREME Court judge has adjourned the sentencing of a Bulgarian man recently convicted by a jury of money laundering.
Hunt for suspect after shooting death
Police are searching for Devon King of Churchill Subdivision in connection with a shooting death on Thursday night.
Murder victims named
POLICE have released the identities of two of the country’s latest murder victims.
Witness ‘knew voice of killer’, trial hears
A MAN told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that he knew the identity of his friend’s shooter because he was familiar with his voice.
Five years on, man cleared of firearm offence
A MAN was acquitted of a firearm offence yesterday more than five years after his initial arraignment concerning the crime.
Bahamian, seven illegal immigrants charged in connection with illegal embarcation
A BAHAMIAN and seven illegal immigrants were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in connection with illegal embarcation contrary to the Immigration Act after they were allegedly found in waters 18 miles off Freeport last week.
Man jailed for raping Jamaican visitor to Bahamas
A CONTRACTOR convicted of raping a Jamaican woman during her vacation to The Bahamas was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.
Man dies in police parking lot on day of two killings
A MAN was pronounced dead in the parking lot of the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Traffic Division shortly after he and another victim were injured during a drive-by shooting on Robinson Road.
Employee docked pay for serving as juror
THE head of a major security firm faces a $2,000 fine if he does not pay $196 deducted from the pay cheque of an employee who sat as a juror on the Donna Vasyli murder trial last year.
Jurors call for death penalty for beauty queen’s killer
JURORS yesterday recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of brutally murdering a former Bahamian beauty contestant by burying her alive in concrete a decade ago while she was visiting friends in central Florida.
Two charged over murders in Grand Bahama
TWO Freeport men were arraigned yesterday in Magistrate’s Court in Grand Bahama on multiple murder charges and a number of serious offences.
Delay to find lawyer
A MAN was told by a judge yesterday that he has three weeks to find legal representation before the court proceeds with setting a date for trial in his murder case.
Psychiatric evaluations delay sentencing of McCartney killers
THE expected sentencing of a former couple convicted of having a role in killing businessman Kurt McCartney did not proceed yesterday, as psychiatric evaluations were not available.
Murder victims identified
POLICE have released the identities of two of the country’s latest homicide victims.
