Auditor General retires on August 31 at 31 years on the job

Auditor General Larry Dennis is to retire at the end of August.

Mr. Dennis, who has been in the job for 31 years, has been a controversial figure in recent times and was arrested and spent time in a cell as Police investigated the leaking of files from the Bermuda Housing Corporation.

And Works and Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess questioned Mr. Dennis' motivation and agenda in carrying out an audit into the Hamilton Police/court building affair.

However Mr. Dennis also attracted flak from the United Bermuda Party Government notably for criticising the extra $2 million paid to Sealand Construction for building Westgate.

The Auditor General's job is now being advertised at nearly $179,000 with a start date of September 1.

Flat screen, Wii, PlayStation stolen

Electronic equipment was stolen from a Pembroke resident on Friday night.

The Stovell Bay Road resident told Police that sometime between 12 p.m. and 11 p.m. someone broke into the home while it was unoccupied and stole a PlayStation 3 video game system, a Nintendo Wii video game system, a 23 in Samsung flat screen television and personal items.

Around 12.40 p.m. on Saturday, Police attended a reported burglary at a Collectors Hill residence.

The Smith's parish complainant said that sometime between 8.30 a.m. and 12 p.m., an unknown culprit broke into her home while it was unoccupied and stole a black and grey laptop, an iPod and a quantity of jewellery.

Inquiries into both incidents are underway.

Woman cyclist injured in collision with car

A road accident on Saturday night left a 17-year-old Pembroke woman with a broken ankle.

Police attended the scene around 11.05 p.m. on Middle Road near Stadium Lane in Warwick involving an auxiliary cycle and a car.

It appears that the auxiliary cycle was travelling west and the car was travelling in the opposite direction when the vehicles collided.

The 17-year-old woman, riding the cycle, sustained a broken right ankle as well as cuts to her hands and legs. She was taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment and later released.

The driver of the car, a 20-year-old Sandy's parish man, was not injured.

The car received front-end damage while the auxiliary cycle was extensively damaged. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Celebrity Cruises details 2010 itinerary

Celebrity Cruises has unveiled details of its itinerary when it resumes sailing to Bermuda next year.

The line says the 2,038-passenger Celebrity Summit will sail traditional seven-night all-Bermuda voyages that include three days at Dockyard, according to a report on USA Today.

It will also have shorter visits to Bermuda as part of combination visits with Newport, Rhode Island and Boston at the end of the season.

The sailings will depart from Bayonne, New Jersey, on Sundays from April to mid-June of 2010. The line opened bookings for the trips last week.

Celebrity Cruises, formerly a main player in the Island's cruise market, ended regular Bermuda cruising in 2006 as it removed smaller ships from its fleet.

Last November, it announced it would be coming back as Government pressed on with its plans for the new cruise ship port in Dockyard.

Addict stole cash, laptops

A drug addict admitted to three charges of theft amounting to more than $30,000 to support his habit when he appeared in Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The court heard from deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Michael McColm that on December 28, 39-year-old, Andrew Arorash broke into the Anglican Cathedral and stole some cash.

Mr. McColm said the Cathedral was left open during the day to the public, however the church Chaplin noticed the security gate to the off-limit office open with the lock hanging loose.

When he entered the office he noticed paper strewn around the floor, the computer flipped over and $20 missing.

Arorash was later interviewed at Somerset Police Station where he admitted to stealing the money.

On January 9, the Director of Court Services Gina Hurst-Maybury returned to the Court Service building on Victoria Street, which was left locked and saw a light on.

According to Mr. McColm, Mrs. Hurst-Maybury entered the building and noticed a desk was disturbed and suspected the culprit may be still in the building. She locked herself in and called Police.

When the Police, arrived it was discovered that 10 laptops and computer tools valued at more than $30,400 had been stolen. When questioned, Arorash admitted stealing and selling the laptops for $100.

Arorash also admitted the theft of a $3,000 laptop from the Court Services building, where he had tripped an alarm.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo adjourned the matter to drug treatment court next Wednesday and remanded Arorash into custody until then.

Burglars snatch jewellery

Jewellery was stolen from two homes in Paget and Pembroke.

Around 3.35 p.m. on Thursday, Police attended a Paget home the Fritholme Gardens complainant said someone broke into her apartment while it was empty and stole jewellery.

Later that day, around 5.10 p.m., Police attended a Rosemont Avenue home where the resident said between 7.30 a.m. and 5 p.m., someone broke into her home while it was empty and also stole jewellery.