domestic dispute - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:45:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Man who threatened to kill mom shoots Andros cop https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-who-threatened-to-kill-mom-shots-andros-cop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-who-threatened-to-kill-mom-shots-andros-cop Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:52:48 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3174 ANDROS – A suspect disarmed a police sergeant and shot him during a domestic violence call on Tuesday. Three police officers went to a home in Staniard Creek, Andros around 9am in response to a complaint that a man had threatened to kill his mother. The officers had quelled at a disturbance at the same […]

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]]> Man faces manslaughter charge after he strangled ex https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-faces-manslaughter-charge-after-he-strangled-ex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-faces-manslaughter-charge-after-he-strangled-ex Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:48:10 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/man-faces-manslaughter-charge-after-he-strangled-ex/ NASSAU- A man is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Crown Haven, Abaco on Boxing Day. Barry Swain Jr, of Murphy Town, is charged with manslaughter in the strangling death of Angelita Pritchard, whom he once referred to as “the love of my life.” The 35-year-old mother-of-seven was found dead in her bedroom around noon. […]

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]]> Man questioned over woman’s death https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-questioned-over-womans-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-questioned-over-womans-death Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:21:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/man-questioned-over-womans-death/ Abaco- A man has been arrested for questioning after the death of a 35-year-old woman. The woman was found dead at her home in Crown Haven after an argument with the suspect on Saturday. She had injuries to the face. The woman’s children called police after finding her dead. Police are treating the death as […]

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]]> Suspect to appear in court for Abaco police shooting https://bahamascourtnews.com/suspect-to-appear-in-court-for-abaco-police-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suspect-to-appear-in-court-for-abaco-police-shooting Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:49:34 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/suspect-to-appear-in-court-for-abaco-police-shooting/ NASSAU- A suspect will appear before a magistrate in New Providence today in relation to the shooting of two police officers in Abaco. Chief Superintendent Wendell Smith and Corporal Andre Linden were shot in an ambush while responding to a domestic complaint in Pelican Shores on November 24. The officers returned fire, hitting the suspect […]

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]]> Court refuses to reduce sentence of woman who killed boyfriend https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-refuses-to-reduce-sentence-of-woman-who-killed-boyfriend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-refuses-to-reduce-sentence-of-woman-who-killed-boyfriend Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:36:14 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/court-refuses-to-reduce-sentence-of-woman-who-killed-boyfriend/ The Court of Appeal did not disturb the 15-year sentence of a woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend. Ashley McKenzie, 47, who was originally charged with murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2016 death of Andrew Mackey. She filed an appeal against the sentence, claiming the penalty was too severe. However, the Court of […]

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]]> Man spared jail after slashing girlfriend with knife https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-spared-jail-after-slashing-girlfriend-with-knife/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-spared-jail-after-slashing-girlfriend-with-knife Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:31:48 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/man-spared-jail-after-slashing-girlfriend-with-knife/ NASSAU- An abusive man has been spared jail time for slashing his girlfriend in the thigh. Tyrone Culmer, 43, without warning attacked K. Prosa on September 24. They were sitting on the bed of an apartment in Blue Hill Heights when Culmer complained that he couldn’t see the TV. He placed Prosa in a headlock, […]

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]]> Two officers shot while responding to domestic disturbance https://bahamascourtnews.com/two-officers-shot-while-responding-to-domestic-disturbance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-officers-shot-while-responding-to-domestic-disturbance Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:16:05 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/two-officers-shot-while-responding-to-domestic-disturbance/ NASSAU-Police shot and killed a suspect while responding to a domestic dispute this morning. Two police officers who responded to the incident are in hospital after receiving injuries in the incident. It all began when officers responded to call at a home at Cascarilla Street in Pinewood Gardens after the suspect had a confrontation with […]

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]]> Infant’s dad, grandmother jailed over baby’s injuries https://bahamascourtnews.com/infants-dad-grandmother-jailed-over-babys-injuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infants-dad-grandmother-jailed-over-babys-injuries Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:17:40 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2023 NASSAU-A pair who attacked a mother as she held her baby were on Wednesday jailed for one year. The infant’s father Jeffrey Lubin, 24, and grandmother Rosna Noel, 52, on June 12 pleaded guilty to assaulting Francesca Sanon and exposing her two-month-old son to grievous harm. The two-month-old boy received a gash to his face […]

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]]> Officer assaulted during domestic call https://bahamascourtnews.com/officer-assaulted-during-domestic-call/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officer-assaulted-during-domestic-call Sat, 30 May 2020 06:06:58 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1577 NASSAU-A man assaulted a policeman responding to a domestic call. Delano Saunders, 37, admitted charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest when he made his initial appearance before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on Friday, May 29. Officers responding to a domestic dispute around 5pm on March 21 met Saunders and his girlfriend […]

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]]> Man broke curfew to avoid hitting girlfriend https://bahamascourtnews.com/man-broke-curfew-to-avoid-hitting-girlfriend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-broke-curfew-to-avoid-hitting-girlfriend Tue, 19 May 2020 11:49:56 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1439 Nassau-A man broke the national curfew to cool off after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, a court heard. Police arrested Maxwell Bridgewater, 35, on Moore Avenue at 7pm on May 16 for failing to remain at home. Bridgewater admitted the violation at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney. He told the court that police […]

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