A heated debate over police corruption in the Bahamas Parliament erupted into chaos when an opposition lawmaker threw the ceremonial mace out the window, echoing a similar incident from 1965. The event led to the suspension of the session and sparked widespread online reaction.
Steven Lopez, a former Santa Ana police officer, has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for accepting $128,000 in bribes from a crime figure. Lopez pleaded guilty to bribery in 2021, admitting to keeping law enforcement away from the man’s illegal gambling operations in exchange for the bribes. He accepted payments while on duty and in uniform, including one meeting late at night in a parking structure across from the police department headquarters. Lopez, who joined the force in 2016, was placed on administrative leave when charged in 2020.
