Psychiatric evaluation ordered
A MAN accused of breaking into Flamingos Bar on East Bay Street last week was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation for erratic behaviour in court yesterday.
Man accused of gun assault
A MAN was granted bail after being accused of assaulting a couple with a gun in the Mall at Marathon parking lot earlier this month.
Teen admits to having loaded gun
A TEENAGE boy was remanded to prison yesterday after admitting to possessing a loaded firearm last weekend.
Closing arguments made in robbery trial
PROSECUTORS maintain that a man charged in connection with a 2021 armed robbery at Burger King on Prince Charles Drive was the getaway driver, while the defence claims he became an unwitting participant after giving someone a ride.
Officer ‘feared for life’ before shooting man wielding cutlass
AN officer testified yesterday that he feared for his life before his colleague shot and killed a man wielding a cutlass in Fox Hill in 2018.
TikTok star Fritz awaits date for bail
POPULAR TikTok personality Elias Fritz will have to wait until mid-November to learn whether he will be granted bail on attempted murder and armed robbery charges.
Rich businessman faced similar charges in Chicago
A WEALTHY American businessman who avoided a prison sentence in The Bahamas for firearm offences this week had faced similar charges in Chicago more than a decade ago after allegedly lying to authorities about owning a number of guns.
Pair admit to ‘intoxicated’ attack on woman
TWO women admitted in court to attacking another woman at a bar last month while she was collecting her pay cheque.
$8,000 bail for theft suspect
A WOMAN was granted $8,000 bail yesterday after being accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from the Bahama Islands Cooperative Credit Union over three years.
US woman cleared in gun case
AN American woman accused of possessing a gun and ammunition in The Bahamas was cleared yesterday after prosecutors admitted the case stemmed from a Customs matter.
‘Man wielded cutlass before he was shot by police officers’
AN officer testified yesterday that a man shot and killed by police in Fox Hill in 2018 had wielded a cutlass at two officers before being shot.
Man jailed for threat
A 43-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months in prison for threatening a police officer with a gun on Toote Shop Corner last December.
Bail granted in scam case
TWO men were granted bail yesterday after they were accused of failing to reimburse a man in a financial scheme earlier this year.
Mother charged with child cruelty after viral video
A 30-year-old mother was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of child cruelty after a video showing her violently beating her daughter went viral on social media last weekend.
Rich businessman evades jail for guns on yacht
A WEALTHY businessman escaped a mandatory prison term for firearm offences and was instead fined $1.4m yesterday after admitting to bringing 14 guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition into The Bahamas aboard his yacht in Bimini last week.
