Father of murdered man calls for 'drastic measures' to reduce crime
THE father of a murdered man is calling for “drastic measures” to be taken to reduce the crime rate and turn young men away from a life of crime and an early grave.
Mother Pratt: We must stop politicising crime
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and co-chair of Urban Renewal 2.0, Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, is calling for Bahamians to “stop politicising crime”.
Police probe New Year's Day stabbing attack
FREEPORT – Police are investigating a robbery and stabbing that occurred in Freeport on New Year’s Day.
Man gunned down in street
POLICE called on the public to come forward with any information that might assist murder investigations after the third murder for the year in two days - and the fifth in just three days.
2013 IN REVIEW: At the courts
ON November 2, 2013, family and friends gathered at Christ Church Cathedral to say farewell to a man they described as kind, supportive and generous.
Two men accused of robbing service station
FREEPORT – Two men have been charged with armed robbery in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court.
Three accused of murder remanded to prison
THREE men started the New Year in prison after being arraigned in connection with two separate murders in 2013, one that occurred at a “Bring the Peace Back in Bain Town” party when seven persons were hospitalised in the shooting.
FOUR DEAD IN 36 HOURS OF VIOLENCE
FOUR MEN are dead and three others are fighting for their lives in hospital following six separate shootings in the capital between New Year’s eve and last night.
Three dead, two injured in shootings
Five shootings in less than 24 hours have left three men dead and two in hospital.
Government's anti-crime initiatives
• Improvement and expansion of the capabilities of the Situation Room to collect and analyse data and to positively influence co-ordination of policing operations.
Final suspect in Deputy PM robbery charged
THE FINAL suspect believed to have had a role in the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was arraigned in the magistrates’ court yesterday.
Murder toll rises as body found in bushes
Police have just confirmed that another murder has taken place in the capital near Yellow Elder Primary School on Blue Hill Road.
PM reveals plan to tackle crime
A POLICE unit specifically aimed at organised gangs will be formed in an effort to combat escalating crime, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
Dominicans fined $96,000 for poaching offences
SEVENTEEN Dominicans were fined a collective $96,000 yesterday in Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to six poaching related charges.
Five charged with murder of Andros pair
FIVE Androsian men were in the magistrates’ court yesterday charged in connection with the disappearance and murder of an Immigration officer and his girlfriend in Andros.
