Tourist's guest room burgled

Police attended to tourists who told them someone had entered their cottage at a Devonshire guest house, taking a silver LG cell phone, Cannon digital camera and other personal items.

They told officers the incident happened between 10 p.m. on Wednesday and 6 a.m. on Thursday. Police are investigating.

St. David's, Warwick homes targeted

Police have released details of two burglaries over the weekend.

At 7.30 p.m. on Friday, officers attended a reported break-in at a home in St. Luke's Lane, St. George's. The victims said it occurred some time between 8.25 a.m and 6. 40 p.m. that day while the residence was unoccupied.

The culprit stole a PlayStation video game system, one PlayStation game, a Motorola cellular phone and an HP laptop computer. Around 2.15 p.m. on Saturday, Police received a report of a burglary at a South Road, Warwick residence.

The victim stated that some time between 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday, the culprit struck while the house was unoccupied. A silver Motorola cellular phone and a quantity of jewellery were stolen.

Tourism apologises for website error

The Bermuda Department of Tourism has clarified the website address where people can buy tickets for the Bermuda Music Festival. Staff fielded a number of queries from the public after a Tourism Now newsletter published a wrong website address due to an editing error.

Yesterday, the Department issued a statement apologising for the mistake and pointing out the correct address to purchase tickets is www.bermudamusicfestival.com.

The festival takes place from October 3 to 6 at the Fairmont Southampton Beach Club and the National Sports Centre, featuring performances from Lionel Richie, Earth Wind and Fire, Smokey Robinson, the O'Jays and Natasha Bedingfield.

St. George's home burgled

A Battery Close, St. George's residence was burgled, with the thief escaping with cash as well as food. Around 1.25 p.m. on Thursday, Police spoke with the complainant, who stated that sometime between 9 p.m. on Wednesday and 7 a.m. on Thursday, someone gained entry to her home. Inquiries are ongoing.

Handbag snatched

A thief snatched a woman's handbag as she walked along South Road in Warwick on Friday evening.

Police received the report around 10.15 p.m, with the 32-year-old victim stating that she had been walking west near the junction with Tribe Road 5 when the culprit approached her on foot and snatched the bag. He ran away before making off on the back of a motorcycle ridden by another man.

Inquiries were underway yesterday, with Police appealing for witnesses to contact the Somerset Criminal Investigation Unit on 234-1010.

Man fined $5,500 for violent arrest, drug charges

A man who admitted assaulting several Police officers, resisting arrest and drug possession has been fined instead of a prison sentence.

Troy Bremar, of Beacon Hill, Sandys, pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting Police officers, violently resisting arrest, possession of cannabis and ecstasy. Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told the defendant he seemed remorseful but said assaulting police was an extremely serious matter.

Bremar was fined $1,000 and given a three-month suspended sentence for each of the assaults. For violently resisting arrest, he was fined $500. And for the drug charges, the defendant was fined $1,000 for each charge.

Magistrates' Court heard from Crown counsel Larissa Burgess that, on May 10, officers were on duty at Arnold's Supermarket.

Bremar was talking to another man and when he saw the officers, he tried to run away. When the 38-year-old was caught, he pushed one cop, and was pepper sprayed. Bremar punched and kicked several officers before he was subdued and searched.

During the search, officers found in his right front pants pocket two small plastic twists with one containing plant like material, later identified as cannabis, and two small packets inside the other twist containing an off white substance later identified as ecstasy.

Bremar apologised to the court and denied he had punched or kicked the officers. "It was for personal use. I was just trying something new. I was in the party mood. I was tapped. It was my birthday two days before," he said.