Bahamas - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Thu, 06 May 2021 04:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Bahamian dealer pleads guilty in $200k cocaine case https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamian-dealer-pleads-guilty-200k-cocaine-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamian-dealer-pleads-guilty-200k-cocaine-case Wed, 05 May 2021 08:31:54 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3766 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA – A Bahamian drug dealer arrested after he picked up four bricks of cocaine worth US$200,000 from a Florida airport pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Darron William Smith, 28, faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison for attempting to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Smith’s sentencing is scheduled […]

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]]> Bahamas hanged 13 since independence https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamas-hanged-13-since-independence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamas-hanged-13-since-independence Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:01:17 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3706 Facts Although capital punishment remains on the books, just 13 people have been executed in The Bahamas since the country attained independence on July 10, 1976. In 2000, David Mitchell was the last person sentenced to death. Convicted of the 1994 stabbing deaths of Horst and Traude Jennings as they slept in their home in […]

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]]> Hell on earth: a convict tells of daily life https://bahamascourtnews.com/hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hell-on-earth-a-convict-tells-of-daily-life Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:09:12 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3673 A convicted inmate speaks of the abuses endured at the prison. NASSAU-Each day, I arise to find myself in a state of utter turmoil. A cramped 6-foot by 10-foot cell that I share with three other men is my home. There’s no bedding, no toilet, nothing. You probably don’t care. You’re saying prison isn’t the […]

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]]> Man, woman deny trafficking missing teens for sex https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-woman-deny-trafficking-missing-teens-for-sex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-woman-deny-trafficking-missing-teens-for-sex https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-woman-deny-trafficking-missing-teens-for-sex/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:42:39 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3528 NASSAU-A man and woman have been arrested and charged after they allegedly forced two missing teens into prostitution. Bahamians Jamalaya Roberts, 40, and his alleged accomplice, Shamika Rolle, 28, are accused of committing the crimes against the 16-year-olds between February 1, 2021 through March 4, 2021 in New Providence. Roberts and Rolle are accused of […]

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]]> https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-woman-deny-trafficking-missing-teens-for-sex/feed/ 1 Police investigate fifth murder or 2021 https://bahamascourtnews.com/3163-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3163-2 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:00:29 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3163 NASSAU-Police are investigating the country’s fifth murder of the year after a man was shot dead in Kennedy Subdivision Monday morning. Police were called to Gilbert Street around 3:30am after receiving reports of gunshots in the area. Officers met the unidentified man dead on the ground. Investigators are trying to piece together what lead up […]

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]]> Smuggler caught after boat ran out of gas https://bahamascourtnews.com/smuggler-caught-after-boat-ran-out-of-gas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smuggler-caught-after-boat-ran-out-of-gas Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:22:58 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2817 FLORIDA- A Bahamian boat captain whose boat ran out of fuel during a human smuggling voyage has pleaded not guilty. The U.S. Coast Guard arrested Vonne Rolle, of Abaco, on August 3 after they rescued his stranded vessel with 13 undocumented migrants on board, off Port St. Lucie, Florida. After encountering rough seas caused by […]

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]]> Accused FedEx cocaine smuggler under house arrest https://bahamascourtnews.com/accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:37:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2053 Accused cocaine smuggler Pereze Perissa Ferguson is under house arrest as a condition of her $100,000 bail. Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, can only leave home to seek medical care for herself and son, court hearings, lawyer visits and religious services. Ferguson’s brother Kenneth Whymms posted bail and she’ll be staying with him in Fort […]

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]]> Mislabeled package results in cocaine seizure https://bahamascourtnews.com/mislabeled-package-results-in-cocaine-seizure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mislabeled-package-results-in-cocaine-seizure Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:56:40 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1974 Florida police say the wrong address on a FedEx package resulted in the arrest of a Bahamian woman on drug charges. Perez Perissa Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, faces cocaine importation charges after law enforcement intercepted 2.9 kilos of cocaine shipped from The Bahamas. According to a probable cause affidavit, FedEx received the package on […]

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]]> Jamaican who overstayed spousal permit ordered deported https://bahamascourtnews.com/jamaican-who-overstayed-spousal-permit-ordered-deported/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamaican-who-overstayed-spousal-permit-ordered-deported Sat, 14 Mar 2020 03:48:17 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=782 Nassau, BAHAMAS-A magistrate ordered the deportation of Jamaican security guard Omar Walford after he admitted overstaying his spousal permit by two years. Though married to a Bahamian, Omar Walford was in the country illegally because he didn’t renew his spousal permit when it expired in January 2018. Walford, 42, pleaded guilty to overstaying at his […]

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]]> Jamaican jailed after marijuana seized at Bahamas airport https://bahamascourtnews.com/jamaican-jailed-for-bahamas-airport-marijuana-seizure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamaican-jailed-for-bahamas-airport-marijuana-seizure Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:51:53 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=705 Nassau, BAHAMAS-A Jamaican’s intended week-long vacation to The Bahamas became a 15-month stay after he was jailed for smuggling marijuana. Kevar Lindsay, 33, was arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on March 3 after a sniffer dog alerted its handler to his suitcase. Police waited for Lindsay to collect the bag before they arrested […]

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