early yesterday morning.

The 19-year-old Royal Navy sailor was arrested by Police at 3.20 a.m. after he used the doors of a Front Street store as a toilet.

The man let loose at the Rosebank Arcade on Front Street where a number of tourists were waiting for taxis. The tourists were forced to cast off in order to avoid getting their feet wet.

The sailor was taken to the Hamilton Police Station where he was held for the remainder of the night. He was formally cautioned this morning and placed in the care of a security detail from his ship, HMS Marlborough , which is presently berthed in Hamilton.

"We are very disappointed with the sailor,'' a Navy spokesman said yesterday.

"He is in a lot of trouble and will be dealt with when we return to England.'' TEEN TOURIST TARGETED BY THIEVES CRM Teen tourist targeted by thieves A 16-year-old American tourist fell victim to another handbag snatching on Tuesday morning.

The young girl was a pillion passenger on a rental cycle being ridden along North Shore Road in Pembroke.

She had placed her purse in the basket of the cycle when at 11.15 a.m. two unidentified males, riding a cycle pulled alongside, grabbed the purse and accelerated away.

The tourists attempted to follow the thieves, but were unsuccessful. The purse contained an undisclosed amount of US cash, jewellery and other personal items. There is no description of the thieves or their bike.

In a separate incident, a residence on Euclid Avenue in Pembroke was broken into yesterday. The means of entry is unknown, but a total of $400 in cash was stolen.

INJURED RIDER STABLE IN ICU AC Injured rider stable in ICU A 19-year-old Hamilton Parish man remains in critical, but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

The young man was seriously injured in a road traffic accident last week.

He sustained a broken leg among other injuries when his cycle collided with a truck on June 8 on Crawl Hill in Hamilton Parish.

Anyone with information should contact Police on 295-0011.

THIEVES STRIKE TWO HOMES CRM Thieves strike two homes A total of $180 was stolen after two houses were raided by thieves.

The cash -- in a brown leather wallet -- was stolen from a chair in a house at McGall's Bay Road, Smith's Parish.

Another home -- in Garden Grove, Paget -- was also broken into, but nothing was taken. Both incidents happened on Monday.

And a champagne fountain -- understood to be worth a considerable amount of money -- was stolen sometime between last Saturday and Monday from outside Sandys Middle School.

The fountain, which had been used at a school reunion party, was taken from outside the school's library where the owner had made arrangements to collect it on Monday.