{"id":342,"date":"2010-08-03T13:09:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=342"},"modified":"2010-08-03T13:09:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T17:09:27","slug":"crime-filled-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/08\/crime-filled-holiday-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Horrific Crime Filled Holiday Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>STABBING<\/p>\n

Around 11:20 pm on Friday 30th July, 2010 police received information of a stabbing at Kings Way Court off Hanna Road, Fox Hill Road.\u00a0 Police responded and information received that a 29 year old female of Hanna Road got into an altercation with a male known to her and was subsequently stabbed multiple times to the body.\u00a0 The female was taken to hospital via EMS personnel where was detained and later discharged.\u00a0\u00a0 Police are questioning a 31 year old male of Coral Harbour in connection with this incident, police investigations continue.<\/p>\n

HOMICIDE<\/p>\n

Shortly after 9:00pm on Saturday 31st July, 2010 police received information of a stabbing at the eastern parking lot of Green Parrots, East Bay Street.\u00a0 Police responded and discovered the lifeless body of a dark male clad in khaki pants and a black stripe shirt with stab wounds to the body.\u00a0 It is reported that the decease got into an altercation with a female who is believed to be a relative of his and was subsequently stabbed.\u00a0 EMS responded and pronounced the victim dead.\u00a0 Police are questioning a 43 year old female of Nassau Village in connection with this incident.\u00a0 Police investigations continue.<\/p>\n

HOMICIDE<\/p>\n

Around 7:30 am on Sunday 01 August, 2010 police at Exuma received information of a shooting at Stuart Manor, Exuma.\u00a0 Police responded and information received that the victim a 45 year old male of Stuart Manor,\u00a0 was at his residence at Stuart Manor, Exuma when was approached by four (4) males with dread locks all allegedly armed with weapons.\u00a0 It is reported the culprits fired gunshots in the direction of the victim which resulted in the victim receiving gunshot injury to the body.\u00a0 The victim was transported to the local Clinic via private vehicle, where he succumbed to his injuries.\u00a0\u00a0 A team of officers from the Central Detective Unit have been flown into Exuma to assist their colleagues with the investigation.\u00a0 Police investigations continue.<\/p>\n

SHOOTING<\/p>\n

Around 1:20 am on Sunday 01 August, 2010 police received information of a shooting at Davis Street, Fox Hill.\u00a0 Police responded and information received that a male while in the area of the Fox Hill roundabout was approached by a male allegedly armed with a handgun.\u00a0 It is reported the culprit fired gunshots in the direction of the victim which resulted in the victim receiving gunshot injury to both legs. The victim was taken to hospital via EMS personnel where he is listed in stable condition.\u00a0 Police are questioning three (3) males, two ages 25 and a 22 year old, all of Fox Hill in connection with this incident.\u00a0 Police investigations continue.<\/p>\n

FIREARM AMMUNITION ARREST<\/p>\n

Around 1:15 am on Monday 02nd August 2010 officers of the mobile division while\u00a0 on routine patrol in the Thatch Palm Ave and Guinep Tree Street Pinewood Gardens were involved in a traffic accident involving a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire L\/P 230706 occupied by two males.\u00a0 It is reported that the passenger in the Pontiac Sunfire exited the vehicle attempting to evade police. Officers observed the male with an object believed to be a firearm and gave chase.\u00a0 Officers caught up with the culprit and recovered a handgun with\u00a0 ammunition.\u00a0\u00a0 The driver of the vehicle also attempted to flee the area however he was arrested a short time later. Both people were taken into custody.\u00a0 Police investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Criminals had a field day in The Bahamas over the Emancipation Holiday weekend, marred by murders, robberies, stabbings and shootings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}