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Officers accused of $32,000 theft

TWO Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers have denied stealing $32,000 worth of machinery from their agency's base.

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Billionaire court case is annulled

ATTORNEY General John Delaney exerted his constitutional powers yesterday when he ordered an annulment of a multi-billionaire's private prosecution of eight persons in Magistrate's Court.

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Police hold man in rape probe

AUTHORITIES in Grand Bahama are investigating the alleged rape and sexual assault of several young boys by a man, police confirmed yesterday.

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Freed from prison to be gunned down

THE COUNTRY'S latest murder victim was recently released from Her Majesty's Prison and has been "in an out of the system" for many years, police confirmed yesterday.

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Drug lord must pay $250,000

ACCUSED drug lord Melvin Maycock Sr had his three year sentence upheld, but was fined an additional $250,000 by the appellate court after it dismissed his appeal to overrule a drug possession conviction for $1.2 million worth of marijuana.

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Man questioned over latest murder

POLICE are questioning a 20-year-old man in connection with the country's latest murder.

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Woman charged over murder of husband

A WOMAN accused of shooting and killing her Defence Force husband nearly two years ago was informed of her trial date yesterday.

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Police officers charged in court

TWO police officers were charged yesterday in connection with the hospitalisation of a man they allegedly pushed out of a moving police car two months ago.

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Gun safety warning after boy's shooting

WHILE police are still investigating the accidental shooting death of a 12-year-old boy, they are appealing to licensed fire arm owners to ensure the security of their weapons.

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Pair in court over robbery and murder

FREEPORT - Two young men were arraigned on murder and armed robbery charges in Freeport Magistrate's Court yesterday.

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Murdered man identified

POLICE have today named a man who was gunned down in Kemp Road on Saturday.

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Murdered woman is identified

POLICE identified the body found badly beaten off West Bay Street early Thursday morning as that of 23-year-old Emanuela Augustin of Coral Harbour.

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Boy, 12, killed in gun accident

AN ACCIDENTAL shooting claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy and wounded his younger brother yesterday. Last night, police were tightlipped over the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting at the children's home in Na

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Second victim dies after nightclub shooting

THE deadly nightclub shooting earlier this month has claimed another life.

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'Smuggle drugs or be executed'

A BAHAMIAN found wandering on a South Florida beach told police he was forced to smuggle drugs into the US by a man who threatened to kill him if he refused. According to a report in