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Police investigating a Baillou Hill Road shooting that left a man hospitalised

POLICE are investigating a shooting on Baillou Hill Road that left an adult male hospitalised on Saturday.

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Carlos Reid calls for collective responsibility in crime fight

ANTI-crime activist Carlos Reid has warned that the nation’s crime problem is likely to worsen before improving, calling for a united community effort following the country’s first two homicides of the year.

Mentally ill man charged with assault and injury of police officer

A MENTALLY ill man was charged in court yesterday with allegedly assaulting and injuring a police officer on Faith Avenue earlier this week.

Four-year sentence for having illegal firearms

A MAN was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after being found with a banned pistol and rifle in his home on Baillou Hill Road earlier this week.

Charge of theft of $80k worth of property

A 60-year-old man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of breaking into a home in Bimini and stealing over $80,000 worth of property.

Man pleads guilty to stealing and vagrancy

A MAN was ordered to perform community service after admitting to stealing money and vagrancy last week.

Man ordered to compensate two officers he assaulted during escape attempt

A MAN was ordered yesterday to pay $1,000 in compensation to two police officers after admitting to aggressively assaulting them while attempting to escape from the Magistrate’s Court cellblock on Nassau Street last month.

20-year-old woman reportedly seen performing sex act on child in viral video was arrested

POLICE have arrested a 20-year-old woman in connection with child abuse after a video went viral.

Man acquitted of assault charges said he was defending his wife

A MAN was acquitted of stabbing his cousin with a knife after claiming he acted in defence of his wife during a dispute over shared land in New Providence last year.

Defence force marine and wife accused of nightclub assault of woman

A DEFENCE force marine and his wife were accused yesterday of assaulting a woman outside a nightclub on Recovery Way in November.

Court denies bail to man facing murder charges

THE Supreme Court has denied bail to 23-year-old Dana Guillaume, who faces charges of murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Two-and-a-half years jail over loaded gun

A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in his home last week.

Teen involved in stabbing incident sent to Simpson Penn

A 14-year-old boy was remanded to Simpson Penn yesterday after admitting to stabbing an 11th-grade student at Government High School in November.

Mother gets conditional discharge after leaving six-year-old home alone

A 23-year-old woman was ordered to be on good behaviour for one year after leaving her six-year-old daughter home alone in December, resulting in the child wandering Market Street unaccompanied.

Man charged with stealing over $50k in fake car import scheme

A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from seven people over five years through a fake car import scheme.