'Murder rate due to drugs and guns'
NATIONAL Security Minister Tommy Turnquest said yesterday the Bahamas' high murder rates stem primarily from drugs and firearms.
Two men quizzed by police after murder
POLICE are questioning two men in connection with the country's latest murder.
Man killed during armed robbery
FREEPORT - Grand Bahama police are investigating the murder of a 38-year-old man who was shot during an armed robbery in the Garden Villas area over the Easter holiday weekend.
Four in hospital after shootings
FOUR PEOPLE are in hospital after shooting incidents on Friday and Saturday.
Pair charged with two murders
POLICE arraigned two men in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two murders.
Executed for killing gang pal
NOEL Roker may have been executed by members of his own gang after he accidentally shot and killed a friend and fellow gang member the night before.
Attorney threatens action over alleged assault at court
AN ATTORNEY who refused to submit to new measures at the Magistrates' Court complex requiring body searches for contraband is considering legal action after claiming a senior police officer assaulted him.
22-year-old guilty of murder
A 22-YEAR-OLD murdered a man whose body was found riddled with bullets on a track road.
Killer's family in tears after manslaughter conviction
A SUPREME Court jury convicted 36-year-old Prince McPhee of manslaughter yesterday after unanimously deciding he did not murder the country's 47th homicide victim in 2010.
Police hunting suspects after shooting victim rushed to hospital
FREEPORT - Grand Bahama Police are investigating a shooting in the Freeport area that left a 24-year-old man in hospital.
Classmates allegedly assault boy, 11
A school is reeling from shock after an 11-year-old boy was allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted by two adolescent boys. According to information obtained by The Tribune, the boy was assaulted by two students aroun
DNA leader at injured girl’s bedside
AFTER the violence hit close to home, DNA leader Branville McCartney criticised the government for its failure to crack down on the country’s escalating crime problem.
Off-duty policeman shot in leg
AN off duty police officer was shot in his leg yesterday afternoon in Nassau, prompting police to take into custody a "significant number" of men. Police are also investigating two other Grand Bahama incidents which left tw
Prosecution abandon incest trial
FREEPORT - A 36-year-old father accused of incest will no longer stand trial in the Supreme Court after the matter was withdrawn on Monday.
Father and sons charged in connection with drugs find
FIVE men were charged in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with two drug seizures in which a total of nearly a $900,000 worth of drugs were confiscated.
