‘Just a bit of weed’ earns $1,000 fineA man found carrying cannabis by Police was fined $1,000 — and told he faced three months in prison if he did not pay up.

Henry Lincoln Santucci, 23, of Middle Road, Sandys, was searched after the car he was travelling in was stopped by officers on February 12 last year.

Prosecutor Nicole Smith told Magistrates’ Court that they found a clear plastic twist in his pocket which was later revealed to contain 3.29 grams of cannabis. She said he told Police: “It’s just a bit of weed.”

Santucci pleaded guilty to drug possession and to speeding on a separate occasion.

He told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that he broke the speed limit rushing to reach his girlfriend who was in labour.

Mr. Warner banned him from riding motorcycles for a year.Man denies assault chargesA man denied two charges of unlawful assault when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court.

Roystan Place, 40, of Parsons Road, Pembroke, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting La Juana Place on March 29 and doing her bodily harm and to unlawfully assaulting Niya Graig on the same day. He also denied behaving in a threatening manner.

The case was adjourned until May 4 and he was bailed in the amount of $5,000 with one surety.Woman admits having cannabisA woman was fined after Police found cannabis in her handbag.

Lisa Dobson, 43, of Tranquillity Hill, Sandys, pleaded guilty to possession of the drug at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney said Police arrested Dobson at 2.50 a.m. on October 22 in Church Street after they were “overtaken by a car at speed”.

Officers found two plastic wraps containing 0.41 grams of cannabis in a black purse, but Dobson claimed: “I have never seen that before.”

Yesterday she apologised to the court, saying: “That will never happen again.” She was fined $800.Burglar imprisoned for 12 monthsA burglar who broke into a house by unhooking the latch on a window blind was sent down for 12 months.

Devin Kenneth Smith, 22, of Sea Express Lane, Southampton, admitted entering the home in Serpentine Road, Pembroke, as a trespasser on March 7 and stealing a key.

Prosecutor Nicole Smith told Magistrates’ Court that Smith fashioned an iron rod into a hooking device in order to undo the latch on a set of blinds and then entered the property via a window. She said he took the key before leaving via the front door.

The homeowner later returned to find the blind undone and the iron rod on a work surface.

He contacted Police who identified and arrested Smith, who has previous convictions for similar offences, after taking fingerprints at the scene.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner dismissed Smith’s claim that he could not find work. “You have had all the opportunities,” he said.Conditional discharge for cursing out copsA woman who swore at Police officers was given a conditional discharge last Wednesday.

Shaunelle Crockwell, 23, admitted using offensive words in public but claimed she was “under the influence” of alcohol.

Magistrates’ Court heard that at 1.45 p.m. on February 2, Police officers noticed Crockwell arguing among a group of people on the sidewalk of Front Street, Hamilton.

Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney said: “She was agitated and shouted very loudly during this argument.”

Crockwell then noticed the officers in their vehicle and said: “Look at that, I see the car looking.”

She swore at the driver, saying: “What the f*** are you looking at. I hate the f***ing Police.”

Apologising in court, Crockwell, of Rambling Lane, Pembroke, said: “I said it out of anger. I was having a dispute with someone. I was under the influence and I do apologise. It won’t happen again.”

Crockwell, an employee with the Bank of Bermuda, was also ordered to write a letter of apology to the Commissioner of Police.Two year ban for impaired driverA man who drove home from a nightclub at 87 kph was caught out by a Police speedtrap, a court heard.

David Lambert, 20, of Aubrey Road, Southampton, pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday to impaired driving and to exceeding the speed limit.

The court heard Police stopped Lambert on his motorcycle in the early hours of March 4 as they were carrying out speed checks on North Shore Road.

“The defendant was seen travelling at a very high rate of speed,” said Carrington Mahoney, prosecuting.

Lambert told officers he was travelling back from Splash nightclub but claimed to have “only had three drinks”.

Police noticed “his eyes were glazed” and a test showed he had 121 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the legal limit being 80.

Lambert was fined $1,600 and banned from driving for two years.