Fernander: 'I fully understand the disappointment of the Bahamian people'
Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander today pledged accountability and action to restore public confidence amid calls for his resignation in the wake of revelations detailed in a U.S. federal indictment, which accuses high-ranking officers of facilitating drug trafficking operations to the United States.
PM promises swift action, legislation in response to corruption claims
PRIME Minister Philip Davis today said the corruption allegations detailed in a U.S. federal indictment "strikes at the core of who we are as a nation" and vowed swift and decisive action during his address to Parliament this morning.
LIVE UPDATES: PM address Parliament on US drug conspiracy claims
PRIME Minister Philip Davis is set to address Parliament today following explosive allegations of corruption involving high-ranking Bahamian law enforcement officials, as detailed in a U.S. federal indictment released earlier this week.
NAMED: The 13 people identified in cocaine conspiracy indictment
IN AN indictment filed by the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York, 13 people are named as being involved in a conspiracy to smuggle tons of cocaine through The Bahamas into the United States.
'Politician paid $2m in cocaine scheme'
A SENIOR police officer has alleged that an unnamed high-ranking Bahamian politician authorised the help and involvement of Bahamian law enforcement officials in a scheme to facilitate cocaine shipments from The Bahamas to the United States for $2m, according to a stunning United States federal indictment released yesterday that includes some of the most severe allegations of official corruption since the drug era of the 80s.
Police confirm 72-year-old raped and murdered died from strangulation
VERNENCHA Butler, a 72-year-old woman who was brutally raped in a home invasion over the weekend, died from asphyxia due to strangulation, police have confirmed.
30 months prison for having loaded gun
A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in his home near Balfour Avenue earlier this month.
Teen accused of stealing scooter at gunpoint
A man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of stealing a man’s vehicle at gunpoint on Baillou Hill Road earlier this month.
Teen girls charged with selling marijuana-infused brownies
THREE 15-year-old girls were granted bail after they allegedly engaged in a plot to sell marijuana-infused brownies last week.
Man pleads ‘not guilty’ to hitting female relative with stick
A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of injuring a female relative with a stick on Finlayson Street last week.
Senior police officer and RBDF officer arrested in US
A SENIOR police officer and a senior Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer have been arrested in Florida and charged with conspiracy to import cocaine, possession and use of firearms and firearms conspiracy.
Laroda: More could have been done for schoolgirl
SOCIAL Services, Broadcasting and Information Minister Myles LaRoda said the family of Adriel Moxey, the 12-year-old murdered last week, had been the subject of at least two prior reports to the Ministry of Social Services, one of which prompted unsuccessful intervention efforts.
Grandmother’s attacker ‘barefoot and on drugs’
POLICE believe the man suspected of raping and killing 72-year-old Vernencha Butler was under the influence of drugs and have retrieved surveillance footage showing him roaming the area“barefoot” before allegedly entering the home.
Police: Adriel’s killer a patient at Sandilands
A KNOWN patient of Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre is the suspect in the brutal sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old Adriel Moxey, with Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander suggesting the man’s mental state could complicate efforts to interview him.
Woman fined for attack on two police officers
A WOMAN was fined $1,400 yesterday after admitting to attacking two police officers while in custody last week.
