Woman accused of unlawful entry
A VISIBLY distressed and dishevelled woman was granted $2,000 bail on Friday after being charged with unlawfully entering a Lincoln Boulevard residence earlier in the week.
Police reserve officer killed along with attacker in gunfight
A POLICE reserve officer was shot dead along with one of his attackers as he tried to make a bank deposit at the RBC branch in Palmdale on Sunday.
Rolle distances himself from comments after officer’s death
FORMER Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, who was the head of the Royal Bahamas Police Force when Constable Robert Wright Jr’s death was ruled a suicide, is now distancing himself from the case after a Coroner’s Court jury ruled this week that the 23-year-old officer was murdered.
Officer guilty of soliciting sex to dismiss traffic tickets
A POLICE constable remained silent yesterday as he was convicted of attempting to solicit sex from a woman in exchange for dismissing traffic tickets while in uniform near Yamacraw Beach in 2023.
Family ‘can’t forgive’ as they call for justice for murder victim
A FAMILY is shattered following the murder of 30-year-old Philip Ferguson, shot on Sunday on Sugar Apple Street in Pinewood Gardens, just a few corners away from his home.
Man convicted of raping 9-year-old girl
A MAN was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old girl while she was home alone in 2020.
Officer’s death ruled homicide, not suicide
A JURY has ruled the 2021 shooting death of Police Constable 4276 Robert Wright Jr a homicide, rejecting earlier claims that the officer took his own life.
Munroe defends police over crime reporting
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has defended the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) approach to disclosing information of public interest amid scrutiny over the force’s recent reporting practices.
Son: I killed and cut up my father
A MAN from Acklins admitted in court yesterday to killing and dismembering his father last week on the Family Island.
One dead and one in hospital in Pinewood shooting
One man is dead and another injured after a double shooting in the Pinewood area yesterday.
Police investigate suspected suicide in South Andros
POLICE launched an investigation into what they suspect to be the suicide of a 21-year-old man whose body was found early Saturday morning in The Bluff, South Andros.
Privy Council rules lender’s $2.4m sale of luxury yacht ‘reasonable’
THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has upheld a lower court ruling requiring the owners of a luxury yacht, Maratani X, to repay more than $2.7m, rejecting claims that the vessel was sold recklessly and below value.
Man charged with 22 counts of incest with underage niece
A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he allegedly molested his underage niece 22 times over the past two years.
Man fined $2,500 for slapping woman’s hip and assaulting her
A 35-year-old man was ordered to pay $2,500 in compensation to a 36-year-old woman after admitting to slapping her hip and assaulting her at a bar on First Street earlier this month.
Woman fined in fake car sale scheme
A WOMAN was fined yesterday after admitting to dishonestly receiving $1,300 in a fake car sale scheme last September.
