Two in hospital after shootings
TWO men are in serious condition in hospital after they were shot in two separate incidents on Sunday.
1 in 20 murders end in conviction
DESPITE police stating that they solve the majority of killings that take place in the Bahamas, a new Inter-American Development Bank study reveals that over a recent four-year period, only one in every 20 murder suspects was convicted.
Screams as man convicted of attempted rape
FREEPORT – Screams erupted outside the Supreme Court after a guilty verdict was handed down in the attempted rape trial of Kenyatta Lewis yesterday.
Three arrested in connection with alleged human smuggling operation
FREEPORT - Two Bahamians and a Jamaican were arrested on Sunday in connection with an alleged human smuggling operation on Grand Bahama.
Jury selected for murder retrial
A JURY was selected yesterday to hear evidence in the murder retrial of a man accused of killing a woman and dumping her body on a track road.
Drugs sentence reduced on appeal
A MAN who pleaded guilty to possessing $750,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana told Court of Appeal judges yesterday he should have received a lesser sentence than the mandatory minimum of four years.
Current contract holders will be allowed to bid again to run ankle bracelet monitoring
ICS SECURITY Concepts will not be excluded from submitting a new proposal for management of the ankle bracelet monitoring system, despite official criticism of the job they have done so far, National Security Minister Dr Bernard said yesterday.
Man killed by multiple gunshots to the head
THE body of an unidentified man, who was shot multiple times in the head, was discovered on a dirt road off Cowpen Road late Saturday night.
Police officer and murder suspect among five shot at weekend
A POLICE Corporal and a murder suspect were among five people shot in two separate incidents this weekend.
Police still looking for suspects
TWO people, a man and woman, are being questioned in connection with the death of Kurt McCartney, the brother of DNA leader Branville McCartney, a police source confirmed yesterday.
Man found shot dead
THE BODY of an unidentified man, who was shot multiple times, was discovered late Saturday night.
Stabbing victim's husband admitted to Sandilands
ALFREDA Stubbs, 39, who with her 13-year-old son, was stabbed multiple times at her home late Wednesday, died about 1pm yesterday.
Police officer held
The woman who was stabbed along with her teenage son on Wednesday night has died of her injuries.
Crackdown on gangs to bring longer sentences
AUTHORITIES have discovered that organised criminal groups in the Bahamas are not only nationwide, but are connected to other gangs in international countries.
Man convicted of rape and burglary
A MAN is now awaiting sentencing at Her Majesty’s Prison after he was convicted of burglary and rape by a Supreme Court jury yesterday.
