Spate of drugs finds continues
POLICE confiscated $105,000 worth of marijuana from a teenage boy in Eleuthera a day after they discovered $3.2 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a plot in Grand Bahama.
Family plan for funeral rather than graduation
TERECITA MAJOR said she had looked forward to seeing her grandson graduate from high school in a few days. However, instead of graduation plans, the family is making funeral arrangements.
Woman charged with killing boy she said was robbing her
A WOMAN is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison after being arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with the country’s 56th murder for 2014.
Sentencing delayed for shooting of senior cop
YESTERDAY’s expected sentencing of Excel Josey and Maurice Armbrister, who were convicted of the attempted armed robbery and attempted murder of Police Superintendent Clayton Fernander, did not take place because of a letter from prison authorities to a judge describing the prison conditions the two men had to endure while on remand.
Four accused over $200,000 drugs find
FOUR men were arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with the recent seizure of more than $200,000 worth of marijuana in Eastern New Providence.
Hanging thought to be suicide
POLICE do not suspect that foul play was involved in what they believe might be a suicide based on the discovery of a “badly decomposed body” found hanging from a tree over the weekend.
Stabbed teenager is 60th murder of year
A TEENAGE boy was killed last night after he was accosted by a group of male attackers who stabbed him in the head and back, police said. It was the second murder of the weekend, the eighth in 11 days and took this year’s total to 60.
GREEN LIGHT FOR DREDGING
A SUPREME Court Justice discharged the Privy Council’s injunction on dredging activities in Bimini yesterday, but important documents related to the Resorts World Bimini project have still not been disclosed to The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) and the public.
Talk show host faces fraud charges
A TALK-show host appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of conning a woman out of $100,000, and obtaining goods and cash from a number of business under false pretences.
Talk show host accused of conning woman out of $100,000
By LAMECH JOHNSON
Six held after $230,000 of drugs seized
POLICE arrested six persons, including an elderly woman, Wednesday afternoon after they found more than $230,000 worth of marijuana in a truck.
‘Armed robbery’ now classified as murder
THE STABBING death of a teenage boy on Wednesday has now been classified as a murder, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson.
U.S. warns again over crime in the Bahamas
The US Department of State’s annual Crime and Safety Report on the Bahamas has again warned Americans of the level of criminal activity against locals and tourists in this country.
Two out on bail are shot dead
TWO MEN out on bail, one for murder and the other for armed robbery, were shot in the head and killed in two separate incidents in the capital, less than two hours apart.
Appeal of double killer delayed until September
A MAN must wait 13 weeks before his appeal will be heard to contest his conviction of double attempted murder for a shooting that occurred at a bar on Christmas Day in 2010.
