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POLICE confirm they have a suspect in custody in connection with the Friday afternoon shooting by police of a fleeing driver who hit an officer with his car before speeding off from busy downtown Bay Street.
Drive-by attack on 14-year-old
ALL Bahamians should be shocked and outraged by the drive-by shooting of a 14-year-old boy in the early hours of yesterday morning, the executive director of Bahamas Against Crime said.
Teenagers held over marijuana find
POLICE report that they had a busy weekend, making arrests in connection with customs avoidance, stolen vehicles, drug possession and a number of outstanding warrants.
Shoppers flee after downtown shooting
ONLOOKERS say “pandemonium” broke out in downtown Nassau in broad daylight yesterday when a police officer opened fire on a fleeing vehicle.
Bulgarian man must pay $500 or go to prison for cocaine possession
A BULGARIAN man who was holidaying in the Bahamas must pay the court $500 or go to prison for six months for possessing three grams of cocaine.
Ex-bank loans officer remanded
A FORMER Scotiabank loans officer who admitted guilt about his role in stealing $1.3 million from the bank was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison pending the completion of the ongoing trial.
Tourists and shoppers flee Downtown shooting
Tourists and shoppers reportedly fled and hid in stores after a shooting in Downtown Nassau Friday lunchtime.
Six held in major drugs swoop
POLICE swooped on a sailboat loaded with suspected cocaine in what was reported last night as a major drug bust.
Hepburn trial delayed
THE judge set to preside over the highly-anticipated trial of Prince Hepburn - accused of killing his lover, a well known charity worker - yesterday adjourned the trial because of another matter before her court.
JUST IN: Nellie Brown murder trial delayed again
Accused murderer Prince Hepburn just had his murder trial adjourned again at the request of his attorney Murrio Ducille.
Maycock Sr. and son are sentenced for escape bid
CONVICTED drug dealer Melvin Maycock Sr and his accomplices in the infamous cellblock escape faced a maximum two-year prison term going into yesterday’s sentencing before Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis.
Melvin Maycock Sr and son are sentenced
Melvin Maycock Sr has been given a prison term of eight months for escaping lawful custody five years ago.
$1.3m theft trial told of bank protocols
A COURT in a $1.3m theft case heard yesterday how a verbal request was put in to Scotiabank’s Systems Support Centre by a loans officer at the Nicholl’s Town branch asking for the assistant branch manager’s system profile to be assigned to his password.
Man guilty of house robbery
A LONG Island man accused of breaking into the Cape Santa Maria Villa of an American family and robbing a man of cash and a jeep was unanimously convicted of the crimes in the Supreme Court yesterday.
One dead, one hurt in shootings
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl could only watch as her father was gunned down in the street last night.
