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Grand Bahama businessman charged after $4.5M drug seizure

A GRAND Bahama businessman was arraigned in court on Friday in connection with a $4.5 million drug seizure at the Freeport Container Port.

Probation given for threatening to ‘punch a woman’s teeth out’

A 26-year-old woman who threatened to “punch a woman’s teeth out” was placed on probation Friday.

18 months jail for stealing money to buy drugs

A woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday after admitting to stealing more than $500 worth of items from a woman’s car and selling them to buy drugs.

Rose Island boat tragedy inquest halted due to insufficient evidence

AN inquest into the fatal 2024 boating accident off Rose Island was abruptly halted yesterday after Coroner Kara Turnquest-Deveaux found that numerous police officers had failed to appear in court and that there was insufficient evidence to proceed.

Gov’ts ‘undisguised coercion’ of locked-out social worker

The government subjected a 30-year veteran social worker to “undisguised economic coercion” by unlawfully withholding his salary and forcing him to work for free for a year prior to locking him out.

Police testify in inquest that one of two guns found belonged to one of the victims in fatal boating crash

A POLICE officer testified yesterday that one of two guns recovered from the scene of a fatal boating accident off Rose Island belonged to one of the deceased.

Possession of loaded gun gets man two years jail sentence

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to having a loaded gun inside a business on East Bay Street early Sunday morning.

15-year-old boy accused of murder in fatal shooting of Dennis Lightbourne in Fox Hill

A 15-year-old boy has been remanded to custody after being accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Dennis Lightbourne in Fox Hill last month.

Man charged with having images and videos of child pornography on his phone

A 27-year-old man accused of possessing child pornography was granted $8,000 bail after appearing before a magistrate yesterday.

Two officers lose bid to have charges dropped

TWO police officers accused of killing 20-year-old Deangelo Evans in Mason’s Addition in 2018 have lost their bid to avoid trial, clearing the way for their manslaughter case to proceed in the Supreme Court.

Two Haitian men accused of being involved in $7.8m Cat Island drug bust

TWO Haitian men were remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of involvement in a $7.8 million cocaine bust on Cat Island last week.

‘Teen assaults youth with knife who later retaliates using a tree branch’

A YOUTH used a tree branch to attack a fellow 15-year-old who had earlier assaulted him with a knife, a court heard yesterday.

Woman pays $9k guarantee for attempted murder accused who failed to show up for court

A WOMAN who guaranteed bail for an accused attempted murderer was ordered to pay $9,000 after a Supreme Court judge ruled that the man “habitually” failed to appear for court and was no longer a fit and proper person to remain on bail.

Jamaican accused of phone phishing scam

A JAMAICAN man accused of taking part in a phone phishing scam that drained a local bank account was remanded to prison yesterday.

Woman accused of embezzling nearly $380,000 for company

A 54-year-old woman accused of embezzling nearly $380,000 from a local construction company was granted $70,000 bail yesterday after denying dozens of theft and money laundering charges frothier employer.