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American tourists fined for drug possession

TWO American tourists were fined on Friday after they admitted to have a quantity of drugs in New Providence in two separate incidents last week.

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Man charged with rape

A 36-year-old man was put behind bars on Friday accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old girl in New Providence last week.

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Witness faints in court after Adrian Gibson trial testimony

A WITNESS in Adrian Gibson’s criminal trial fainted in court after testifying yesterday, prompting court employees to call the ambulance.

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BLAIR DEATH PROBE ‘WAS NOT DEFICIENT’: Police officer defends two-paragraph report into fatal shooting

THE officer who led the investigation into the 2019 Blair Estates police-involved killing of three men denied yesterday that his investigation was deficient after lawyers noted that his report was only two paragraphs long.

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Man on trial for murders has bail revoked by judge after breaching conditions ten times

A SUPREME Court judge revoked the bail of a man who allegedly breached his bail more than 10 times ahead of his murder and attempted murder trial, which is set for next month.

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Man charged with molesting 13-year-old bail set at $7,500

A 58-year-old man was granted $7,500 bail yesterday after he was accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl two years ago.

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Man fined $150 for exposing himself while drunk at webshop

A MAN was fined yesterday after admitting to getting drunk and exposing himself outside a gaming house in Nassau Village earlier this week.

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Man accused of having loaded gun in car gets bail for $7,500

A MAN was granted bail after he was allegedly found with a loaded gun in his car near Kemp Road earlier this month.

Teen pump attendant shot in face at gas station has fractured skull

THE teenager shot in the face at a gas station on Tuesday night was disoriented but talkative after the attack, which has left him with a fractured skull and caused sales at the station to plummet.

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Man admits to four bail breaches, fined $2,000

A 20-year-old man was fined $2,000 after admitting to breaching his curfew while on release for a pending murder charge.

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Man charged with housebreaking while on bail for murder charge

ASSISTANT Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt Evans charged Samuel McCoy, 34, with housebreaking, stealing and receiving.

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American man fined $500 for having methamphetamines

AN American tourist was fined yesterday after admitting to having drugs in New Providence earlier this week.

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Did ‘common sense go out the window’, asks lawyer

ROMONA Farquharson-Seymour, a lawyer representing the estate of three men police killed at a mansion in Blair in 2019, asked an investigator during a Coroner’s Court inquest yesterday if “common sense goes out the window if officers are involved in a shooting investigation”.

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Three taken to hospital after shootings in Grand Bahama and New Providence

A 64-year-old Freeport man is in hospital and two men are in custody following a shooting incident in Freeport on Tuesday evening - while two males were shot in New Providence.

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‘I WAS FIRED FOR FOLLOWING RULES’: Adrian Gibson trial hears claim of WSC manager termination

AS Adrian Gibson’s criminal trial resumed yesterday, a Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) manager claimed she was “terminated” after refusing to pay companies awarded landscaping contracts because she lacked necessary documentation.