NASSAU- A 17-year-old girl was raped on Monday after accepting a ride from a stranger.
The victim was walking along Robinson Road around 3pm when a man driving a small, light blue car stopped and offered her a ride.
After she got in, the man drove her to a home, off Robinson Road, and forced her to get out of the car.
He made her get into the house and raped her.
A witness has disputed the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s account of the police-involved shooting of a nursing mom.
Vernique Russell, 27, was shot in the chest and is in serious but stable condition in the hospital.
According to the official version of the shooting, officers went to a home on Park Court Street in Sunshine Park to execute a search warrant.
The officers allege that they shot a pit bull dog that attempted to attack them as they entered the property—and that the bullet ricocheted and struck Russel in the upper body.
However, an eyewitness alleges that an officer put the muzzle of his gun through a hole in the gate and shot the dog and Russell, who was breastfeeding her son, before the officers forced the gate open.
The police officers also arrested the victim’s boyfriend after he confronted them about shooting Russell in front of their children.
Police did not find anything illegal in the home.
Nassau, Bahamas – Two women were sexually assaulted during a home-invasion robbery, police said.
The incident happened around 2:20am on Monday, May 15 in the Chippingham area.
According to police, the victims, ages 35 and 37, were asleep in their apartment when two men broke in through a window.
One of the men robbed the women of an undisclosed amount of money before both men raped them.
The men left the scene in a red Nissan Note that belongs to one of the rape and robbery victims.
Nassau, Bahamas – Two women were sexually assaulted during a home-invasion robbery, police said.
The incident happened around 2:20am on Monday, May 15 in the Chippingham area.
According to police, the victims, ages 35 and 37, were asleep in their apartment when two men broke in through a window.
One of the men robbed the women of an undisclosed amount of money before both men raped them.
The men left the scene in a red Nissan Note that belongs to one of the rape and robbery victims.
Nassau, Bahamas – A wanted suspect is behind bars after being charged with the murders of two brothers.
Omar Thompson Jr is accused of the April 22 murders of Tyrone Oliver Jr and Shakaur Oliver.
The brothers were shot to death while in a car in the parking lot of a grocery store around 2 am.
Police said they believed that the murders were gang-related.
Thompson was not required to enter pleas to the murders charges.
His next court date is August 22. At that time, it’s expected that prosecutors will fast track the case to the Supreme Court with the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment.
Nassau, Bahamas – A school bus driver is accused of indecently assaulting a student.
Prosecutors say Stephen Darling, 59, who was contracted to transport students at the school the 11-year-old girl attended, had indecent contact with the child on April 28.
Darling pleaded not guilty at his arraignment before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain.
He was granted $6,000 bail on the condition that he wears an electronic monitoring device and has no contact with prosecution witnesses.
Darling’s trial is scheduled for June 30. If convicted, Darling faces a maximum sentence of three years’ imprisonment.
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Nassau, Bahamas -Police are investigating two separate gang-related murders that happened around the same time in different areas of New Providence Tuesday afternoon.
The victims Romero Rolle and Pedreito Mejias belonged to rival gangs.
Around 2:30 p.m, Rolle, 23, was driving on Wulff Road, near Minnie Street, when he was cut off by a white van.
A gunman exited the van and opened fire on Rolle, who was mowed down in the street as he tried to run away.
At the time of his murder, Rolle was on bail for three murders that occurred in 2018, 2021 and 2022.
Almost simultaneously, Mejias was shot dead several miles away in Flamingo Gardens.
He was a passenger in a car when the occupants of another vehicle opened fire on them at Bahamas Boulevard.
The driver lost control of the car at Montgomery Avenue. He exited the car, leaving Mejias behind. When police responded to the shooting, they found Mejias’ bullet-riddled body in the car.
Mejias was released from prison on April 5 after being accused of the attempted murder of a gang rival last year. He was also on bail for a murder that took place in 2018.
NASSAU- A 36-year-old man with two pending child sex crime cases was on Thursday accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl while she played on a park.
Zendel Stubbs is charged with unlawful sexual intercourse and indecent assault in relation to the most recent allegation against him.
Prosecutors allege that Stubbs sexually assaulted the child on a park in Eastern Estates on April 6.
Stubbs didn’t have to enter pleas to the charges when he appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain.
He was denied bail and returns to court on June 15.
At the time of the offense, Stubbs was on bail in relation to the sexual assaults of two girls, ages 12 and 15, in 2021.
NASSAU-A man who started a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl when he was a decade her senior has been jailed for 15 years.
Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson delivered her decision, saying children must be protected from sexual predators.
Walter Gray, now 28, was convicted of two sexual encounters that were initiated by his underage victim when she was 13 and 14.
In the first incident, the then-13-year-old girl performed oral sex on Gray after asking him to. He later had vaginal intercourse with the girl after she asked him to take her virginity.
However, the girl could not give consent to the acts because she was under 16.
According to the evidence, Gray knew the child’s mother and uncle. He often walked her to the shop and was aware of her age.
The child victim testified that Gray had sex with her after she propositioned him.
The girl’s mother reported the incidents to the police.
Gray admitted to having sex with the child when interviewed by the police.
However, he backed away from the admissions at trial, saying that the confession was forced.
Gray claimed that he fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up the girl had his penis in her mouth.
Justice Grant-Thompson said that unlawful sexual intercourse was rape because there was no consent. She said that Gray ought to have let the girl “complete her childhood” by rejecting her advances.
She said, “You are the adult and should have sought to resist sexual temptation.”
A pregnant teen who escaped from the Willie Mae Pratt School For Girls on March 9 is now being held in an adult jail.
The 16-year-old was remanded to the juvenile detention center last September on a vehicle theft charge.
She was taken from the facility to seek medical attention at the Adolescent Health Clinic on School Lane.
The teen reportedly changed her clothing while at the clinic and walked past guards while wearing a bonnet that obscured most of her face.
She remained at large until March 13 when police arrested her in front of a home in Windsor Place.
The teen pleaded guilty to escape from lawful custody when he appeared before Magistrate Kendra Kelly on Thursday, March 16.
She was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Corrections until May 31 for sentencing.
The Court has requested a probation report to assist with sentencing.
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