‘He just wanted to marry his girlfriend’ - but killers shot him as he held his baby
CARLOS Joseph’s dream of marrying his girlfriend and adopting her six-year-old daughter ended when he was shot dead while holding their eight-month-old child on Tuesday.
‘We were robbed’ - but pair admit they took stolen money
TWO men were fined after admitting in court to lying about being victims of an armed robbery when they had actually stolen more than $6,000 from their employers last week.
15 years in jail for incest with daughter
A 44-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday after he accepted a plea deal for molesting his 15-year-old daughter twice in 2021.
Dad shot dead with baby in his arms
A young father was killed as he held his eight-month-old daughter in his arms yesterday, mere steps away from his home on Boswaina Court.
Third man charged in Valentino Bowe killing
A MAN was remanded to custody yesterday after he was connected to the fatal shooting Valentino Bowe, 34, outside a bar on Windsor Place Road and Soldier Road earlier this month.
Suspect accused of Starbucks robbery
A MAN was remanded to custody after allegedly robbing a Starbucks at gunpoint last month.
Commissioner ‘barred’ from prison by Murphy
PRISON Commissioner Doan Cleare claimed his predecessor, Charles Murphy, barred him from the compound shortly after the 2021 general election, days before Mr Murphy was placed on administrative leave and Mr Cleare was appointed acting commissioner.
Four accused of drugs charges
FOUR people appeared in Grand Bahama’s Magistrate’s Court on drug-related charges yesterday following the discovery of an illegal drug lab and marijuana plants at a residence in Freeport last week.
Series of arrests by police
POLICE made a series of arrests on Friday in connection with human smuggling, illegal firearm possession, and the discovery of undocumented immigrants in a busy day of law enforcement activity.
Blue Lagoon worker fired over Whatsapp conversation
A FORMER Blue Lagoon employee of 21 years was fired for a conversation she had on WhatsApp with a subordinate after the dialogue was displayed on the company’s computer system and discovered by a manager.
Man found shot dead on roof of unfinished home
A MAN became the country’s 89th murder victim on Saturday after police found him unresponsive with a gunshot wound on the roof of an unfinished home around 7am.
Defense seeks reduced sentence for man convicted of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl
THE attorney of a 27-year-old man convicted of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl argued for his client to receive a two-year imprisonment sentence.
Two teens charged with setting fire to man’s property last month
THREE young men were remanded to Simpson Penn yesterday after they allegedly set fire to a man’s property in New Providence last month.
14-year-old charged with housebreaking
A 14-year-old boy was granted bail yesterday after he was accused of breaking into a man’s house and stealing $3,000.
17-year-old accused of assault with a cutlass
A 17-year-old was granted bail after he was accused of seriously injuring someone with a cutlass at a Rubis Service Station in New Providence earlier this month.
