Most murders recorded in June, 79 recorded in NP With less than two weeks left in 2018, murders have decreased 28 percent compared to the previous year, and are on par to remain under the triple digits for the first time in the last eight years, according to Eyewitness News Online’s records. Up to this […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police in New Providence are investigating an armed robbery and sexual assault which occurred on Saturday. According to police reports, shortly after 2:00 p.m., an armed man entered a home in the Eastern district of New Providence and held a female at bay. The armed man robbed the woman of cash then […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Three days after they were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), seven Dominican fishermen were charged before the courts on Friday for poaching in Bahamian waters. According to the RBDF, patrol craft P-129, coxswained by Petty Officer Edison Rolle, apprehended the seven Dominicans aboard two small go-fast type boats approximately […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) reported a police-involved shooting over the weekend. According to police reports, shortly before 9:00p.m. on Saturday, police responded to Wulff Road near to Minnie Street, after receiving reports of a male being armed with a firearm. While engaging the suspect, he produced a black firearm and […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police in the capital have recovered a .45 pistol and seven rounds of ammunition on Sunday. According to police reports, the incident happened shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Sunday whenPolice and Defence Force Officers,who comprise “Operation Strong Finish” conducted a search of a home on Kenya Avenue, Flamingo Gardens and recovered the […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Two separate drug discoveries on Grand Bahama carried out by officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) over the weekend uncovered over $20, 000 worth of suspected marijuana, authorities confirmed. The successful drug busts were executed shortly before 6p.m. on Saturday, according to police. Police reports indicate that DEU officers, while in […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Bahamian who was wanted in the state of Atlanta, Georgia on an outstanding criminal court warrant, in connection with an alleged child sexual assault case was arrested Saturday at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). According to police reports, shortly after 5:00p.m. on Saturday, police in New Providence were called to […]
Several multimillion-dollar drug busts made recently NASSAU, BAHAMAS – With just over two weeks remaining in the year, drug interdiction operations across The Bahamas to date have resulted in the seizure of more than 12,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of over $12.42 million, according to Eyewitness News Online’s analysis of reported seizures […]
Man succumbs to injuries in Ridgeland Park shooting NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A deadly shooting incident which left one man dead and two others fighting for their lives in hospital on Saturday evening pushed the country’s murder count to 85. Police reports indicate that the tragic incident unfolded in the residential area of Ridgeland Park West […]
There has reportedly been a growing discontent among members of the judiciary and the public on the length of time it takes for cases to be tried in addition to the backlog that has yet to be dealt with, Eyewitness News understands. In response to the concerns, Attorney General Senator Carl Bethel said, The Bahamas […]
The man shot killed in the Kennedy Subdivision Tuesday night has been identified as 23-year-old Tarino Bevan White of Willow Tree Street . White, according to police, was sitting in a vehicle near a bar in the area, when he was approached by a group of men, one of them armed with a handgun. The […]
William Etienne, 26, appeared before deputy chief magistrate Subusola Swain charged with the August 24 murder of Alvin Strachan According to reports, shortly after 9 a.m., an armed male entered FML webshop on East Street and Balfour Avenue and exchanged words with Strachan before going into the restroom. A few minutes later, the assailant approached Strachan […]
Man shot in car, dies in hospital The murder count climbed again last night after a man was killed in what police said was gun violence in the southeastern district of New Providence. Police said the victim was sitting in his vehicle outside a bar in Kennedy Subdivision off Soldier Road, when he was approached […]
Three men found themselves on the wrong side of the law when police officers in Abaco allegedly discovered drugs and cash in their possession. Reports are that on Monday 27th August 2018, shortly after 5:00 p.m., officers of the Abaco District acting on information, proceeded to the area of Forest Drive, Murphy Town, Abaco, where they searched […]
Major crime in the country remains down, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames, although he gave no exact figures. The national security chief, who spoke with Eyewitness News recently, attributed the curb in crime to increased patrols by the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and its recently relaunched community neighborhood watch program. “All of […]
Murder suspect Valantino Pratt, also known as “T-Boy”, has turned himself in, the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) said. Officers attached to the Central Detective Unit (CDU) in Grand Bahamas said, Pratt, 22, who is wanted wanted for murder turned himself in at Central Police Station on Saturday, shortly after 5pm. There has been no […]
A man is nursing a gun shot wound this morning, after he was shot while in a liquor store this weekend, police said. According to reports by police, the incident happened shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, when the victim had just pulled up to a liquor store on Gladstone Road. Police said as he exited […]
A web shop was the scene of the country’s latest homicide which occurred on Friday morning at about 10 a.m. Police said a man believed to be in his early 30’s got into an exchange of words with another customer in the Flowers web shop off East St. and Balfour Avenue, when one of the […]
