A 35-year-old man was remanded to prison after being accused of raping and robbing a woman last month. Prosecutors allege that Nikita Jean, of Butler’s Way, robbed a 44-year-old woman at gunpoint before he raped her in her New Providence home on May 28. Jean was not required to enter pleas to charges of armed
The corruption case of Michelle Reckley, the former director of the Urban Renewal Programme, was delayed on Monday at the request of the defense. Reckley is accused of defrauding the government of $1,255,637.83 through the Urban Renewal Small Homes Repair Programme on Grand Bahama, and laundering the money with the assistance of Kylon Vincent, Stefanie
A 41-year-old woman facing criminal charges over the drowning death of her 11-year-old son was sent back to prison on Friday after her sister withdrew as a suretor. Stephanie Hanna, of Exuma Street, appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain for the start of her cruelty to children trial. Prosecutors allege that Hanna’s neglect of
Three men accused of separate murders were yesterday remanded to prison. Deontalay Bethel, 18, of Ford Avenue, in Kennedy Subdivision, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with the January 17 murder of Robert Delancy. According to police, the 32-year-old was in front of a home on Shahs Street, off Sumner Street, in Redland Acres,
A teacher at Thelma Gibson Primary School has denied assaulting the daughter of the school’s principal last month. Lakeisha Gray-Davis, 43, of Churchill Drive, is accused of slapping Timisha Daxon at the school on October 7. The incident allegedly took place during a meeting with parents, teachers and administrators to discuss an ongoing dispute between some