Couple face court over firearms charges
A husband and wife were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon facing almost three dozen firearms related charges stemming from the recent seizure of a large cache of handguns and assorted ammunition in Freeport.
Jamaican man must wait on bail decision
A JAMAICAN must wait another week before he learns whether he will be granted bail ahead of trial concerning the alleged sexual assault of an underaged girl.
UPDATED: Man found dead in home, second victim shot
POLICE discovered the dead body of a man who was being electronically monitored with bruises about the neck in a house in the Shirley Street area yesterday.
14 police discharged from force in 2015
FOURTEEN police officers were discharged from the Royal Bahamas Police Force in 2015, a number of whom “went before the courts charged for criminal offences”, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
Police look at devices to secure prisoners in transport
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force is “looking into new devices to use” for transporting prisoners to and from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
Child pornography accounts for 9% of all cyber crimes
THERE were 118 reported cases of cyber crime in the country in 2015, nearly 25 per cent of which were comprised of child pornography matters and online threats combined, according to data contained in the latest police crime statistics.
UPDATED: Dead man's 'badly burned' body found in Abaco
A MAN’s burnt body was found in bushes in Abaco late Tuesday night, marking that island’s first homicide for the year.
CRIME STATISTICS: Murders, rapes and armed robberies up
LAST year was a “terrible and disgraceful” one with the country experiencing record numbers of murders, rapes and armed robberies, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
Man shot dead on West Bay Street
A MAN was shot dead on West Bay Street late Wednesday night, police said.
‘Drunk’ man jailed for showing off with gun
A MAN who was caught with a loaded pistol was fined $2,000 and sentenced to ten months in prison.
Man who was ‘shot eight times’ jailed for illegal gun possession
A MAN who allegedly acquired a handgun to protect himself from people making a third attempt on his life was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Double murder trial delayed
THE expected start of a trial into the disappearance and murders of a Department of Immigration officer and his girlfriend in Andros has been delayed by six days.
Bimini man charged with murder
A 24-year-old Bimini man was charged with murder and illegal firearm possession in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Bahamian jailed for 60 months over human smuggling
A 32-year-old Bahamian man has been sentenced to 60 months in a Florida prison following his second conviction for human smuggling.
UPDATED: Police find further $2m of cocaine on seized boat
POLICE seized nearly $2m worth of cocaine from a boat in Inagua Sunday afternoon two weeks after they first discovered $20,000 worth of cocaine in the same vessel.
