UPDATE: SUSPECTS CAUGHT
UPDATE: Police confirmed this morning that they have caught the two men wanted in connection with a string of armed robberies, burglary and rape.
Acquittal to be challenged
PROSECUTORS will be allowed to challenge a magistrate's acquittal of a police sergeant who was cleared of having sexual intercourse with two underage girls who were wards of the state.
Stabbing victim dies in hospital, man shot in groin
AN ARGUMENT over a woman turned fatal as a man was stabbed off Wulff Road and died of his injuries in hospital shortly afterwards.
Men suspected of raping a dozen women
POLICE have launched an island-wide hunt for two men suspected of raping almost a dozen women in their homes including a former parliamentarian and the niece of a prominent politician.
Minnis attacks urban renewal
URBAN Renewal under the PLP has become nothing more than a scheme for turning trained police officers into delivery boys, opposition leader Dr Hubert Minnis charged yesterday.
Marijuana field found by police
FREEPORT - Bahamian and US drug agents made a huge marijuana discovery in East Grand Bahama over the weekend.
Teen dies in weekend violence
TWO teenagers became victims during a weekend mired in bloodshed and violence - one of them becoming the country’s latest murder victim.
Man fights for life after shooting
POLICE are investigating a shooting which left a man fighting for his life in hospital
Men who were accused of plot to kill commissioner get partial court victory
FOUR men who were accused of plotting to kill a police commissioner when they were police constables have won a partial victory in the courts against the force.
Lawyer seeks to step aside
AN attorney representing a man appealing conviction for a 2005 drug-related murder asked the court to be withdrawn from the case.
Two dead after shootout with police
TWO men are dead and two teenagers are in police custody after a high speed chase and shoot-out with police yesterday morning.
Randy Fraser appeal thrown out
BISHOP Randy Fraser’s unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl was not only “contemptible”, but an act deserving of the severest condemnation.
Man faces court over death of 11 Haitians in boat sinking
AN Abaco man who allegedly owned a boat used in a human-smuggling operation that ended up with 11 of its 28 passengers dead was brought to court yesterday. However, 43-year-old Alphonso "Carpo" Ed
Boy, 11, in hospital with serious burns
FREEPORT - An 11-year-old boy is in hospital with second-degree burns on his body following an incident involving a teen in East End. Accor
Police vexed by copper thefts
FREEPORT - Grand Bahama police chief Emrick Seymour said the spike in copper theft over the past two weeks is a "vexing problem" and urged businesses to take precautions.
