Commissioner: Murder rate 'down 38% over last few years'
THE murder rate has come down 38 per cent over the last few years Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
Back to jail in retrial mistake
A MAN awaiting retrial in the Supreme Court in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 12-year-old boy was taken to court by accident yesterday.
Man shot dead while on bail
A MURDER suspect was gunned down and three other men are in hospital after three separate shooting incidents in the capital Monday night.
Mother: I still have no answers
THE MOTHER of Tyronne “TJ” Saunders, the young man who mysteriously died while in police custody last June, said she is both hurt and angry that she still has no date for a Coroner’s inquest, while other cases are getting top priority.
Taxi driver's killer jailed for 21 years
A MAN who faced up to 35 years in prison for the manslaughter of his 66-year-old Long Island lover was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday.
One shot, one assaulted by gang of men
TWO police officers are in hospital today – one with a gunshot wound – after being attacked in two separate incidents over the weekend.
Drugs raids land massive $1M haul
OFFICERS of the Drug Enforcement Unit confiscated more than $1 million dollars worth of suspected marijuana in two separate drug raids on Friday, the biggest marijuana find for the year.
20-year-old shot dead
A 20-year-old man yesterday became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot multiple times to the head.
Pre-school is robbed
A PRE-SCHOOL in western New Providence was robbed hours after police arrested a man for breaking into a church.
Five charged over $2m cocaine raid
FOUR Haitians and a Bahamian found themselves in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged in connection with the recent $2 million cocaine raid in Inagua, days after six Haitians were charged in connection with a $780,000 cocaine raid that occurred on the same island a week earlier.
Four charged over $3m marijuana discovery
FOUR men from Bimini appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, accused of conspiring to possess and import nearly $3 million worth of marijuana found at sea two weeks ago.
Canada issues warrant for Porter's arrest
BAHAMAS cancer chief Dr Arthur Porter says he is “surprised and angered” on hearing that Canadian authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest.
Former Scotiabank staff guilty of $1.3M theft
TWO former Scotia Bank employees, accused of stealing $1.3 million from the bank’s Nicholl’s Town branch in 2008, were convicted by a unanimous jury verdict yesterday.
Family: Still no answers over death in custody
NEARLY three weeks after her son died in police custody, Earla Dorch says she still has no answers from the police or the Coroner about what happened to her “perfectly healthy” son.
Huge haul of cocaine confiscated
POLICE confiscated $2 million worth of suspected cocaine in Inagua on Monday, the biggest drug find for the year and the largest in recent years, according to Samuel Butler, Officer in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Unit.
