Crime & Court

BREAKING NEWS: Man found shot dead in car on Fire Trail Road East

A MAN has been found shot dead in a car on Fire Trail Road East early on Sunday morning, police are reporting.

Court quashes Voluntary Bill of Indictment against man accused of BAMSI fire

A SUPREME Court judge yesterday quashed a Voluntary Bill of Indictment against the man allegedly behind the fire at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) citing inconsistencies contained in the Bill, and remitted the matter to the Magistrates Court to have the errors corrected.

Masked raiders take cash in Treasure Cay armed robbery

TWO masked armed men robbed a business establishment in Treasure Cay, Abaco, of cash on Thursday night.

Grand Bahama stabbings leave three in hospital

THREE people are in hospital following separate stabbings in Grand Bahama on Thursday, police have reported.

UPDATED: Grand Bahama ‘car crash’ death now a murder - man, 18, arrested

GRAND Bahama police have arrested a Caravel Beach teenager in connection with the stabbing death of a man on Thursday which had been reported initially as a traffic accident.

Police probe overnight shootings and stabbing

POLICE in New Providence are investigating two overnight shooting incidents and a stabbing which have left three people in hospital, including a woman in serious condition.

Nolle prosequi filed over sexual assault on minor

PROCEEDINGS have been discontinued against a man on trial for the alleged sexual assault against a minor.

Pair deny stealing $31,000 from festival commission

FORMER employees of the Bahamas National Festival Commission yesterday denied stealing more than $31,000 from those responsible for organising the inaugural Junkanoo Carnival event.

Latest murder victim identified by police

POLICE have identified the country’s latest murder victim as 34-year-old Tarazz Markel Hanna of Wilson Track.

BAMSI fire suspect’s case may be sent back to magistrate

A JUDGE has delayed, by two days, his decision on whether the indictment against a man accused of setting fire to a dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute should be squashed.

Murder brings tally to 74 in six months

A MAN was shot and killed in the Wilson Tract area off Wulff Road yesterday morning, pushing the country’s murder count for the first half of the year to 74.

Police hunt for gunmen after drive-by shooting

POLICE are searching for gunmen who were inside a champagne-coloured Honda Accord reportedly used during a shooting on Monday night that has left a man hospitalised in serious condition.