Police investigate after man dies from wound to his body
POLICE in New Providence are looking into the circumstances that led to a man dying in hospital after being found on Wulff Road, near East Street with a wound in his body.
Six arrested in swoops on nightclubs
A special operation, led by officers from the Selective Enforcement Team, intensified on the weekend with the arrest of six persons for various criminal offences and the closure of several clubs for business and liquor licence violations.
Man dies in midnight Freeport shooting
ONE MAN has died and two others are in serious condition in the Rand Memorial Hospital after two overnight shooting incidents in Grand Bahama, police have reported.
Jamaican Matthew Sewell granted bail in sex attack case
JAMAICAN Matthew Sewell was granted $6,500 bail by a magistrate yesterday ahead of his trial concerning the latest allegation of sexual assault brought against him in the past decade.
FIREARM OFFENCES: Nearly 20 arrested in 24 hours
NEARLY 20 people have been arrested over a number of firearm related offences in the Bahamas in the last 24 hours, police said on Friday.
Police arrest man wanted for questioning in connection with rape
A MAN wanted for questioning over a rape matter was arrested by police in Grand Bahama on Friday afternoon.
Abaco woman, 86, seriously burned in house fire
AN elderly Abaco woman sustained serious burns to the body in a house fire on Thursday night and was airlifted to hospital in New Providence for medical treatment.
Strike team found escaped murderer
A POLICE search that lasted two weeks ended Wednesday night when a special team of officers arrested escaped convicted murderer Ormand Leon at a home in bushes on Fire Trail Road.
Cubans held for three years illegally
A LAWYER who yesterday argued for the immediate release of two Cubans who were unlawfully detained in prison for nearly three years criticised the authorities for the apparent hypocrisy concerning respect for the rule of law and due process.
UPDATED: Recaptured killer jailed for 41 years
MURDER convict Ormand Leon, who escaped from a police bus two weeks ago, was yesterday sentenced to more than 40 years in prison after a Supreme Court judge found that he was apparently “unwilling” to remain in police custody for the court’s sentencing.
VIDEO: Two Cuban detainees released after Supreme Court hearing
TWO Cubans, who have been held in detention in the Bahamas for almost three years, have been released after a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday morning.
Trial over murders of immigration officer and girlfriend begins
THE disappearance and murders of a Department of Immigration officer and his girlfriend in Andros allegedly stemmed from a plot to take $8,000 the officer had recently obtained, a jury heard yesterday.
Judges refuses to sentence man without psychiatric report
A JUDGE yesterday said she would not sentence a schizophrenic man concerning the stabbing death of his five-year-old brother until hearing the expert opinion of a psychiatrist who can speak to the convict’s mental state.
Legal discussions held with jury absent
LEGAL discussions were held yesterday in the absence of a jury hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of a triple murder.
Woman jailed for two years over cocaine in knapsack
A 21-year-old New Providence woman caught with cocaine in a knapsack earlier this week at the Grand Bahama International Airport was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.
