Senior police officer and RBDF officer arrested in US
A SENIOR police officer and a senior Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer have been arrested in Florida and charged with conspiracy to import cocaine, possession and use of firearms and firearms conspiracy.
Laroda: More could have been done for schoolgirl
SOCIAL Services, Broadcasting and Information Minister Myles LaRoda said the family of Adriel Moxey, the 12-year-old murdered last week, had been the subject of at least two prior reports to the Ministry of Social Services, one of which prompted unsuccessful intervention efforts.
Grandmother’s attacker ‘barefoot and on drugs’
POLICE believe the man suspected of raping and killing 72-year-old Vernencha Butler was under the influence of drugs and have retrieved surveillance footage showing him roaming the area“barefoot” before allegedly entering the home.
Police: Adriel’s killer a patient at Sandilands
A KNOWN patient of Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre is the suspect in the brutal sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old Adriel Moxey, with Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander suggesting the man’s mental state could complicate efforts to interview him.
Woman fined for attack on two police officers
A WOMAN was fined $1,400 yesterday after admitting to attacking two police officers while in custody last week.
‘I’m afraid for my life’ says man who broke bail 23 times
A MAN awaiting trial for attempted murder claimed his life was in danger yesterday after admitting to breaching his bail 23 times in the last three months.
Four years in jail for serial burglar
A MAN was sentenced to four and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to stealing thousands of dollars worth of property during a spree of housebreakings in the last four months.
$3,000 fine for man after marijuana found
A MAN was fined $3,000 yesterday after admitting to having $1,150 worth of marijuana in his car last weekend.
DNA samples sent in murders of grandmother and schoolgirl
POLICE are awaiting results from DNA samples taken in two high-profile homicide cases that have gripped the nation in recent days.
Teacher loses $30k bond for ex-cop’s bail
A HIGH school teacher must forfeit a $30,000 bail bond after she failed to ensure that her nephew, former Police Constable Shando King, followed his bail conditions.
Missing boys arrested as suspects in break-ins
TWO 13-year-old boys who were reported missing in Andros have been found in good health - but have been arrested as suspects in a number of house-breaking incidents.
Grandmother is raped and killed
VERNENCHA Butler, a 72-year-old breast cancer survivor, had just returned home from celebrating her sister’s birthday when she was reportedly raped and killed on Saturday, an incident that sent shockwaves throughout the country.
Two years’ jail for cutlass attack
A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday after he attacked and seriously injured another man with a cutlass on Malcolm Road in March.
Bail breach in robbery case
A MAN accused in the kidnapping and attempted armed robbery of a immigration officer in 2013 was fined $500 on Friday for a bail breach.
Woman jailed over $22k theft
A WOMAN was sentenced to ten months in prison on Friday after she admitted to stealing $22,000 from a man last year.
