‘Pastor plied me with drink and fondled me,’ youth tells court
A 16-year-old boy told a magistrate yesterday how being called into a meeting with a pastor spiralled into a night of drinking and being fondled by the minister.
‘Gender should not be part of the debate on leadership’
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Loretta Butler Turner yesterday said gender should not be considered in the debate regarding who will emerge as leader of the country following the next general election.
Row outside court as murder suspects charged
A MAN arrested after a high-speed chase with police was arraigned with a juvenile male in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the killing of 21-year-old Dakeil Curry.
Residents concerned after spate of Montagu robberies
FEMALE residents of the Montagu constituency yesterday expressed concern that their complaints to the Royal Bahamas Police Force about a recent spate of robberies affecting women in the area have been overlooked due to the force’s concentration on “more serious crime”.
Immigration department raided by thieves
THIEVES pried open security bars and broke into the Department of Immigration yesterday morning, stealing electronics and employees’ personal items, Immigration Director William Pratt said.
'It's either them or us' warns security chief
STATE Minister of National Security Keith Bell yesterday said a “lock down” of crime hot spots in New Providence is necessary to “turn the tables” on serious criminals.
Man accused of hitting policeman with car
A MAN appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of injuring a police officer with a car on Sunday.
Police officer hit by car and suspect shot by colleagues
A POLICE officer is injured in hospital after an incident involving a 34-year-old motorist who was shot by police after he refused to stop at the weekend.
One brother stabbed, the other arrested
A FIGHT between two brothers left one in hospital with stab wounds in his head and the other, who was also injured, in police custody.
Commissioner: Efforts being made to minimise visa fraud
POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade has said that efforts are being made to minimise possible visa fraud in local and foreign jurisdictions in view of a suspected scandal involving the Bahamian embassy in Haiti.
US tourist accused of sex attack
POLICE will determine today if charges will be brought against an American man accused of attempted sexual assault against a woman on Paradise Island.
Marijuana seized in Exuma - man and woman arrested
POLICE arrested a man and a woman after seizing 14 pounds of marijuana in Exuma.
Police probe ongoing over stolen vehicles
OFFICIALS are still investigating the discovery of more than $200,000 worth of stolen vehicles, ammunition and electronics from two shipping containers.
Woman faces 27 counts of fraud
A WOMAN was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison yesterday after being arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on more than two dozen fraud related charges.
Woman stabbed in head and neck after argument
A WOMAN is in critical condition in hospital after she was stabbed in her neck and head during an argument with another woman in Kemp Road late on Thursday night.
