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Remains found in search for missing pair in Andros

POLICE discovered human remains in Central Andros this weekend.

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Armed robberies over weekend

POLICE are investigating five separate incidents after a spate of armed robberies this weekend.

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Woman stabbed to death in her home

A JAMAICAN woman stabbed to death in her own home was one of two persons killed in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the country's murder count to 107 for the year so far.

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Woman found stabbed to death

Police are seeking the public's help after a woman was found stabbed to death.

Police Staff Association: PM silent over concerns

POLICE Staff Association President Dwight Smith said yesterday his members are “concerned” that every other union and organization in the Bahamas can get their needs met by the government, but the PSA “hasn’t even been invited to the table”.

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Accused of beating baby

A 22-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of abusing a year-old boy.

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Cuba abuse trial victims' return not convinced

THE Cuban Embassy remains tight-lipped on whether or not two Cubans claiming to have been beaten at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre will be returned to the Bahamas to testify.

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$100,000 bail is granted for drugs suspect

DISMISSED constable Toni Sweeting was granted $100,000 bail yesterday morning in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that she be released on bond if her drug trial was not completed by December 18.

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Christie: We have the answer to crime

DESPITE a murder count now in the triple digits, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he still thinks his government has the answer to the country’s escalating crime problem.

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Trafficking suspect refused ID parade

A WOMAN accused of human trafficking declined to participate in an identification parade for a witness to pick out a suspect who withheld her passport and forced her into prostitution.

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Bruised baby: Man held

POLICE have a 22-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged abuse of a year old baby boy in Marsh Harbour, Abaco.

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Man jailed for $1m road damage

UNDER no circumstances could causing more than $1 million damage to the new airport road be considered “reasonable”, Thomas Rigby was told moments before being sentenced yesterday to 16 months at Her Majesty’s Prison.

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Jury hears of cry: 'The police got me'

“The police got me! The man them got me!” a policewoman shouted into her cellphone as she resisted arrest, moments after a package of cocaine dropped from under her skirt, a jury was told yesterday.

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Badly bruised baby airlifted

A YEAR–old boy was airlifted to Nassau yesterday afternoon when doctors in Abaco discovered “visible bruises” all over his body.

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Jewellery worth $93,000 stolen in Deputy PM raid

TWO men accused of robbing then acting Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis stole items collectively valued at $100,465, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt said yesterday when they were being charged.