Weekend crime blitz: 120 people arrested by police, 564 drivers cited
Major assault on crime and violence over the weekend.
Sentence delay for man who caused $1.2m road damage
A MAN who admitted for the second time to causing $1.2 million damage to the airport road was told by a magistrate that she would need time to consider the factors in his case before deciding what to do with him. Acting Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt told 53-year-old Thomas Alexander Rigby that he would be medically and psychologically evaluated before she makes a decision on September 27.
Man held after stabbing his mother three times
A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN is in custody after he stabbed his mother three times after a row at their home.
Man accused of beating two-year-old to death
A MAN accused of murdering a two-year-old infant was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge he faced when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Police officers’ attorney says he would have shot man who died in custody
JAMIE Smith should have died from a close range gunshot wound to the heart, Wayne Munroe told the Coroner’s Court yesterday.
Offender found in Canada had magistrate’s permission
THE CEO of ICS Security Concepts is defending his company’s monitoring capabilities as criticisms mount when it was revealed that a man on bail and wearing an ankle bracelet was found in Canada.
American man denied bail in tourist rape case
AN American man vacationing in paradise is now behind bars at Fox Hill prison after being denied bail yesterday in connection with a rape allegation made by another tourist.
Man accused of killing gang leader
A MAN suspected of being the culprit behind the “execution” of an alleged gang leader was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
‘Woman raped in blackout’
POLICE are investigating a woman’s allegation that she was attacked and raped during a power outage by an acquaintance she had been casually talking with just before the lights went out.
Man with ankle monitor found in Canada
A MAN on bail wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet was discovered in Canada.
Jitney driver dies after being shot in robbery
A BUS driver became the country’s latest murder victim when he was shot and robbed Monday evening.
Man and woman arrested after firearm found
FREEPORT – A man and woman were arrested in Abaco on Monday after a firearm was discovered at a home in the Mud.
Spared death penalty but back in court for new sentence
A MAN sentenced to death for murder more than two decades ago appeared in Supreme Court yesterday for re-sentencing.
Woman raped by men who kidnapped her boyfriend
POLICE have launched an island wide hunt for three men responsible for the abduction and rape of a woman and holding her boyfriend hostage early Sunday morning.
Police custody death inquest visits room where Jamie Smith died
THE jury in the Jaime Smith coroner’s inquest were taken to see the room where the 35-year-old died while in police custody at the Central Detective Unit.
