Bahamas Court News

A man and a child in his care died Tuesday morning as police investigated a disturbance at their home.

It all began when police went to an apartment on Family Street off Soldier Road around 12:30am.

The officers met a naked man, who claimed that his landlord had tried to kill him and his girlfriend in their apartment.

The landlord reportedly knocked on the door to their apartment in the wee hours of the morning.

When they opened it, the landlord reportedly attacked the male tenant and “beat his clothes off.”

When the police officers went to question the landlord, he allegedly locked himself inside and  jumped through a window in an attempt to escape.

The officers caught and arrested the landlord. While questioning the complainants, the police officers learned that the landlord had a young boy in his care.

The officers went inside the apartment to check on the toddler and found him dead on a bed.

When the officers went to the check on landlord, who was handcuffed, he was also dead.

Police are trying to determine the relationship between the landlord and the child.

The officers who responded to the call were wearing body cameras.

Nassau, BAHAMAS- Two men have been accused of sex crimes involving two 15-year-old girls on Harbour Island.

William Lewis, 39, and Alonzo Pinder, 25, both of Harbour Island, face charges of unlawful sexual intercourse.

Lewis allegedly had sex with the minor on August 15th and 29th while Pinder is accused of having sex with an underage girl between June and July of 2023.

The age of consent in heterosexual relationships is 16.

Lewis and Pinder didn’t have to plead to the charges when they appeared before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans.

They were denied bail as the magistrate lacks jurisdiction to consider bail for the offense.

However, their lawyer Ian Cargill, is expected to seek bail in the Supreme Court.

The matter has been adjourned to January 25, 2024, for the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment.

Police officers on Monday made two glaring back-to-back errors when they claimed 20-year-old Lilliana Pierre was wanted for murder.

The wanted bulletin with a photo of a woman who appeared to be in her mid-40s was recalled shortly after its release.

Police then re-issued the same poster with another photo of a woman, who appeared to be in her early 20s.

But once again, the bulletin was recalled because it contained incorrect information.

It’s not the first time that police have been left egg-faced over the issuance of wanted posters.

In the past, police officers have issued wanted posters for people years after they died. On one occasion, police put out a wanted bulletin for a complainant in a case instead of the suspect.