157 people on bail killed within past six years
STATE Minister for National Security Keith Bell offered harrowing statistics in the Senate yesterday about the fate that sometimes await people who are released on bail.
Four charged with housebreaking
FOUR men were arraigned on a number of housebreaking and stealing charges in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Haitian man shot in immigration swoop faces court charges
THE Haitian man “accidentally” shot in Eleuthera by a police officer during an immigration exercise earlier this month has been charged with illegal entry.
Bostwick lawyer grills police witness over second report
THE continuation of former Senator John Bostwick Jr’s ammunition possession trial saw tense moments during his lawyer’s cross-examination of prosecution witnesses yesterday.
Man accused of murdering waitress
A STEWARD of Baha Mar appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being the man who drove a car into a waitress and a bar owner in western New Providence, fatally wounding the woman.
Change in grounds of appeal over death in police custody
LAWYERS for two policemen challenging the Coroner’s Court ruling on Aaron Rolle’s death in police custody as unlawful have amended their grounds of appeal.
Four face court on firearms charges
THREE men and a woman, two of whom are customs officers, were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday in connection with a major weapons bust near the Arawak Cay Port last week.
One man dead, one injured in shooting
ONE MAN is dead and another in serious condition in hospital after they were shot multiple times while walking through Montell Heights on Tuesday night.
New date for sentencing over schoolboy’s stabbing
A NEW sentencing date has been set for three men involved in an after school scuffle that led to the fatal stabbing of a CV Bethel student.
Lawyers claim abuse of process in firearms case
A CANCELLED arraignment for three men and a woman accused of being firearms traffickers drew the ire of their lawyers yesterday who called the move by Crown prosecutors an abuse of process.
Abaco man held over ammunition find
A 25-year-old Abaco man was arrested at the Grand Bahama International Airport on Sunday after a large quantity of ammunition was allegedly discovered in his luggage, police reported.
Man with monitoring bracelet shot dead
A 34-year-old man, on bail for a double murder, died after he was shot in the head and upper body late Sunday night off East Street South.
Man found shot dead in bushes on Cox Way
A MAN has been found shot dead in bushes on Cox Way off East Street South, police are reporting.
Two men arrested after woman abducted
Two men have been arrested after a woman was abducted early on Sunday morning.
Police seek wanted man and missing girl, 17
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating two people - a man wanted for firearms trafficking and a 17-year-old girl who has been reported missing by her family for 17 days.
