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Abaco man on murder charge

AN Abaco man was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

MARINE FACES FIREARM CHARGE

A 30-year-old Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer from New Providence was arraigned in Grand Bahama on a firearm and ammunition possession charges yesterday.

UPDATED: Dead body found in rubbish bin

GRAND Bahama police made a gruesome discovery on Friday when the body of a missing man was discovered stuffed inside a bin at a home in the Lewis Yard area. The discovery was made shortly after 6pm on Friday.

Man accused of assaulting police officers

A FREEPORT man accused of assaulting two police officers was arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Eight mile rock man denies series of offences

A Grand Bahama man was charged in the Freeport Magistrate Court in connection with offences including unlawfully discharging a firearm.Samiko Rigby, 32, of Hepburn Town, Eight Mile Rock, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Debbye Ferguson.He was

Man jailed for three years for housebreaking

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court to a number of housebreaking incidents over a period of three months.

Father found guilty of abetment of murder

COGEN Newbold Sr, of Freeport, was found guilty of abetment to murder in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.

Illegal Dominican immigrants apprehended at Freeport resort

IMMIGRATION officers on Grand Bahama apprehended seven illegal Dominican immigrants on Wednesday at a local resort in Freeport.

Seven migrants held

BAHAMAS Immigration officers apprehended seven illegal Dominicans discovered at a resort in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on Tuesday.

Grand Celebration 'not damaged' in dock incident

MINISTER of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson has confirmed that while the Grand Celebration cruise ship broke away from the dock at Freeport Harbour on Wednesday due to bad weather, there was no damage to the vessel or injuries to passengers dur

Man found hanged was Filipino shipyard worker

THE man who was found hanged in a tree in the Lucaya area was George Hernandez, a 39-year-old Filipino expatriate worker at the Grand Bahama Shipyard.

Man dies in accident at Grand Bahama business

A 23-year-old man is dead following an industrial accident at a facility in the industrial commercial area of Grand Bahama. The identity of the victim, who is a resident of Frobisher Drive, Freeport, has not been released. ASP Terecita Pinder said

Serial housebreaker is jailed for five years

A NEW Providence man was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison on multiple counts of housebreaking and stealing offences in Grand Bahama.Dave Stanford Coakley, 51, of Golden Gates No 1, was arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on ab

Shopbreaking suspects in court

SEVERAL persons were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday with a number of shop-breaking and stealing incidents. In the first matter, Justin Zonicle, 25, and Kizzy Thompson, 38, of Emerald Drive were charged before Magistrate Rengin

Freeport man, 28, on murder charge

A 28-year-old Freeport man was charged with murder in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Claude Valsaint, of No 6 Maxim Court, appeared before Magistrate’s Gwendolyn Claude. It is alleged that on March 12, at Eight Mile Rock, the accu

12 charged with curfew violations

TWELVE people were charged yesterday with violating the national curfew imposed by Prime Minister Hubert Minnis - two on Grand Bahama and ten on Abaco.

Drivers told to slow down

POLICE in Grand Bahama are warning motorists not to speed after a woman was killed in a traffic accident this week.

Couple robbed at gunpoint

A GRAND Bahama couple was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men in Freeport on Tuesday, police reported. A police report said the incident happened shortly after 4pm when a woman and man were reportedly accosted by two masked men armed with a gun at

Three accused of forgery, attempted fraud

Three Grand Bahama men were charged with forgery and attempted fraud in connection in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Austin Augustine, 27, of Hanna Hill, EMR; Loran Turnquest, 29, of No 15 Waterfall Drive, Freeport; and Darren Davis,

Freeport Lions on the streets to held the blind

MEMBERS of The Freeport Lion’s Club will be hitting the streets this month selling candy to raise money to assist people with sight problems. Through its annual candy fundraising drive, the club has assisted many people over years with purchasing ey

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