Crime
Chicago hospital shooting: Doctor, pharmacist and policeman killed
November 20, 2018
A doctor, a newly graduated pharmacist and a police officer were killed after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in Chicago, police say...
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Victim was trying to escape violence
November 14, 2018
THE family of the man fatally shot while walking on Watlins Street is reeling after his death, with one relative saying 19-year-old Stantavio Ramsey had recently moved out of a violent area to make something of his life.
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FBI briefing over visa fraud sting
November 14, 2018
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames told reporters yesterday the Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to fully brief Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson...
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Man shot dead off Andros Avenue
November 13, 2018
A man is dead after a shooting off Andros Avenue on Monday...
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UPDATED: Victim's body found lying in the street
November 12, 2018
A man is dead after a shooting off Kemp Road late on Friday night.
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FBI sting blows open visa scam
November 07, 2018
A two-year FBI sting operation into visa fraud in the Bahamas has uncovered an alleged bribery ring between senior Bahamas immigration officials and a purported justice of the peace for fraudulent long-term work permits...
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Cops probe body found in bushes
October 29, 2018
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's partially decomposed body found in bushes in the Cowpen Road area yesterday...
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Poachers haul - half was undersize
October 19, 2018
ACTING Director of Fisheries Edison Deleveaux yesterday estimated that more than 20,000 to 30,000 pounds each of fishery products were on board two of the three Dominican vessels that were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force over the weekend...
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Three Americans held in credit card fraud
October 18, 2018
THREE American men are in police custody after officers discovered a large amount of fraudulent credit cards, $10,000 in Bitcoins and a unknown amount of suspected cocaine in a home on Yamacraw Hill Road...
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Three Dominican Motherships Captured in Combined Effort
October 15, 2018
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is escorting three "motherships" with 124 fishermen from the Dominican Republic to the capital after they were turned over to the Defence Force by the Cuban Border Patrol earlier today...
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BTC Spam Alert
October 09, 2018
BTC advises its mobile customers to avoid any calls originating from a “375” area code and also not to return these calls. The calls have been identified as a ‘one ring spam hoax’...
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Arrests in Abaco after dangerous drugs, firearms, ammunition found
September 27, 2018
Four people persons were arrested in Abaco after police discovered dangerous drugs, firearms, and ammunition at a residence, police reported on yesterday...
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WE LOVE YOU DADDY: Final farewell to slain officer
September 27, 2018
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said the shooting death of Inspector Carlis Blatch, former aide-de-camp to Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, should renew the countrys fight against violent crime...
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Beach body is missing victim of 'shooting'
September 26, 2018
A DECOMPOSING body was found on a beach in Abaco Monday evening...
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Robber shot in botched bank raid
September 25, 2018
A PRISON officer foiled an attempted robbery when he shot the suspect outside a banking establishment on Prince Charles Drive yesterday afternoon...
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Footage of police assault 'appalling'
September 20, 2018
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames conceded yesterday the Royal Bahamas Police Force must be more transparent with the public about its investigations into use-of-force incidents involving police officers...
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Family's agony over double murders
September 20, 2018
A relative of slain Deadmans Reef couple Barry and Sheena Johnson told the Supreme Court her family continues to struggle with the pain of how they were murdered and left like animals three years ago...
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Crime stats down - and it's 'not by accident'
September 19, 2018
MAJOR crime categories continue to trend downward and it's not by "happenstance", National Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday...
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Three Americans held over gun seizures
September 17, 2018
THREE Americans are in police custody after they were found with weapons over the weekend...
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Minnis declares 'War on Crime'
September 17, 2018
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday reiterated his plea for the country to unite against criminality as he underscored the psychological toll murders wrought on the nation...
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