NASSAU- A man is in hospital after he was shot in the chest Monday morning.
The man was walking along Market Street with two women when they encountered a group of men at Brougham Street.
One of those men pulled a gun and opened fire, hitting the man in the chest. The gunman fled on foot.
NASSAU- A delivery driver grabbed an officer’s butt as she searched his vehicle.
Wilson Dean, a driver at Bahamas Food Services, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting the 24-year-old corrections officer at the prison’s security checkpoint.
Dean had come to deliver groceries to the prison on November 9.
He grabbed the woman’s behind as she leaned into his vehicle to search for contraband.
The shocked woman spun around and slapped Dean. Then, she reported the matter to police.
Dean, 46, denied the act of indecency when quizzed by police. But he admitted the crime in court.
Dean was fined $1,500 or three months in prison and ordered to pay his victim $500 in compensation.
He’s also been placed on probation for two years. He’ll be sent to prison for six months if he violates his probation.
NASSAU- Police are holding a man in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter this morning.
Officers were called to a home at Shabbach Close, off Bellot Road around 10am.
They found the older woman dead in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor, police said. The daughter was also injured and was rushed to hospital.
ASP Audley Peters said the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute.
NASSAU- A Jamaican man is facing multiple charges after prosecutors say he went to a courier company to collect a package of cocaine.
Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Dion Crooks, 39, on December 3.
DEU and Customs Officers found five kilos of cocaine, with a street value of $80,000, in the package on November 24.
Crooks was charged with conspiracy to possession drugs with intent to supply, conspiracy to import drugs, drug possession with intent to supply and drug importation.
Crooks denied all charges. He didn’t have a lawyer during his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney and was denied bail. He returns to court for trial on January 19, 2021.
NASSAU- The brother of the leader of the Crack Nation gang was shot dead Thursday afternoon.
Four men jumped out of car brandishing guns and opened fire at Alfred Bastian Jr, the brother of Renardo “Crack Teeth” Bastian. He died on the scene.
The execution took place around noon at Cooper’s Terrace, off Kemp Road.
Crack Teeth lost another brother to murder three years ago. Kino Kelly-Bastian was killed in a drive-by shooting in Kemp Road on January 14, 2017.
Crack Nation is a break-off faction of the One Order Gang.
NASSAU- The 14-year-old son of Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira died in an apparent suicide at his home.
Police were called to the home in Nassau East after the student at Queen’s College was found dead on his bedroom floor around 2pm today.
Police said they are treating the death as a suicide but did not disclose how he died.
NASSAU -Police say they want to quiz Ricardo Moss regarding an assault with a dangerous weapon complaint.
They shouldn’t have any difficulty finding him since Moss was buried at Coke Memorial Methodist Church cemetery on October 18, 2014.
He was murdered at age 35 during a shooting through Grey’s Terrace, off Bernard Road on September 27. Three others were wounded in the same incident that remains unsolved.
Police had charged Jamal “Eggy” Gibson with the shooting. However, he was never tried because he allegedly committed suicide in prison.
NASSAU- A Nigerian man who spat in a marine’s face at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre has been fined.
Prosecutors say Kelvin Okoro got into a fight with another detainee at the centre on November 26.
And Okoro spat in Chavez McDonald’s face as he parted the fight.
Okoro pleaded guilty to assault at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney Tuesday and he was fined $150 or two months’ imprisonment.
NASSAU- Police say three kids broke into a school and stole supplies.
The children, ages 12 and 14, allegedly broke into Columbus Primary School on November 27.
They’re accused of stealing dictionaries, staplers and other supplies, with a combined value of $627.49.
The youngsters denied charges of shop-breaking and stealing at their arraignment today. They were each granted $1,500 bail and must keep a 5pm curfew. Their trial is scheduled for February 3, 2021.
NASSAU- A man accused of groping a female worker has been granted bail.
Hiram Kelly, 56, denied a charge of indecent assault in connection with the November 26 incident at his restaurant.
Kelly also denied assaulting the woman’s uncle, who confronted him about the alleged incident.
As a condition of his $2,500 bail, Kelly is banned from contacting the complainants. His trial is set for March 9, 2021.
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