Number of arrests in police operation
POLICE announced a number of arrests yesterday of individuals wanted for serious crimes - including two people wanted in connection with a murder.
UPDATED: F.N.M. chairman's home raided by police
THE home of FNM Chairman Darron Cash was raided earlier today by Central Detective Unit officers who said they were in possession of an ex-parte search warrant issued by a Magistrate, as part of the ongoing investigation of the finances of the Bank of the Bahamas.
Contract killer's sentence to be decided
DEATH, life imprisonment or a fixed jail term for a man convicted of the paid execution of a banker will be decided by Justice Roy Jones next week. The judge received reports from a probation officer and a psychiatrist yesterday morning while also hearing submissions from defence and Crown counsel concerning sentencing of 24-year-old Janaldo Farrington for the murder of Stephen Sherman in February 2012.
Killer's death penalty set aside
THE COURT of Appeal yesterday ordered a murder convict to be resentenced by the Supreme Court after they set aside the death penalty imposed on him for the murder of a policeman who was killed in the line of duty outside The Tribune.
Man found dead with wound in his back
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 62-year-old man in Eleuthera on Tuesday.
$25,000 reward to find killers of British man
FREEPORT - A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the murder of British citizen Edgar George Dart. Dart, 56, was shot and killed three weeks ago while visiting his mother in Grand Bahama.
Burned body found
POLICE discovered the burned body of man behind a church off Cowpen Road yesterday. According to reports, a worker alerted police to the discovery at Refuse Court around 10am.
Objections to chain of custody in drugs trial
THE lawyer of two men and a former policewoman, accused of conspiring to possess $64,000 worth of cocaine, objected to a forensic examiner giving evidence yesterday about items she received from the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
Three men cleared of fatal stabbing of Canadian tourist
A JURY acquitted three men yesterday of the near-fatal stabbing of a Canadian tourist near a nightclub on Christmas Day 2010.
Teenage murder victim named
POLICE sources have identified the teenage boy who was killed in a shooting incident at Chippingham on Monday night as Braven Hanna.
Man held after alleged rape at hotel
POLICE have a 28-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at a hotel over the weekend.
Manhunt for escaped prisoner
AUTHORITIES have launched an intensive manhunt for a man they described as “armed and dangerous” who escaped from the Grove Police Station on Baillou Hill Road over the weekend.
Murder victim shot in the face
A TEENAGER was shot in the face and killed last night - becoming the latest murder victim in the country.
Suspects say not guilty to $64,000 question
A POLICEWOMAN was taking $64,000 worth of cocaine to a “boy” whose name she wished not to reveal, a magistrate heard in a trial yesterday.
