Stealing sirloin steaks, rockfish earns one year sentence

A man was jailed yesterday for stealing four sirloin steaks from a supermarket.

Che Pennyman, 36, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court to stealing the steaks and a quantity of rockfish from Arnold's supermarket in Sandys on May 8.

He also pleaded guilty to destroying a $60 light fixture at Somerset Police station on May 9.

The court heard Pennyman, of no fixed abode, was seen acting suspiciously in the supermarket and was chased and apprehended by an employee. Following his arrest, he pulled a fluorescent light fixture off the wall at Somerset Police station.

Pennyman admitted stealing the items in a Police interview on Friday. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo jailed him for one year.

Pennyman will also face trial on July 12 for three counts of burglary and a charge of trespass with intent to steal.

He pleaded not guilty to stealing a 42-inch Samsung television worth $2,800 from a cottage at Elbow Beach Hotel on April 26. He denied a charge of trespass with intent to steal on the same date.

Pennyman also denied stealing two Plasma screen televisions worth $7,690 from a house on April 27, and of stealing a $400 gold ring from a property in Warwick on May 1.

Reckless jet skier fined

A jet ski rider who reached speeds of up to 45 knots was also penalised for dangerous riding yesterday.

Granville Fleming, 22, of My Lord's Bay Lane, Hamilton, was fined $500 for dangerous driving on April 24. He also pleaded guilty to speeding on a jet ski on June 12.

Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told Magistrates' Court that Fleming was spotted by the Police near the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences at Ferry Reach.

He performed a U-turn in front of the path of a slow moving boat and then sped under a swing bridge in excess of 30 knots, the court heard.

Mr. Mahoney said: "He then did another high-speed U-turn and was seen rapidly accelerating away from the Police boat.

"He approached the swing bridge with a total disregard for boats in the area."

The court heard Fleming was seen reaching speeds of up to 45 knots.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told him: "They got you as a daredevil on the water and on the land. You've just pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and now you're going under bridges with a jet ski causing people to dunk."

Fleming was fined a further $420.

Man denies stealing DVDs from neighbour

A neighbour has been accused of stealing a DVD player and DVDs from a resident's shed.

Curtis Hill, 19, of Spice Hill Road, Warwick, pleaded not guilty at Magistrates' Court yesterday to stealing 50 DVDs and a Toshiba DVD player on May 9.

He pleaded guilty to dishonestly receiving 28 DVDs and a Toshiba DVD player on May 11.

Hill was bailed and will face trial on May 31.

Trial date set for Mace thief

A man has appeared in Magistrates' Court charged with stealing Mace from the Police.

Stephen Smith, 37, of Somerset Road, Sandys, pleaded not guilty yesterday to stealing the $17 canister from Bermuda Police Service on Thursday.

He denied obstructing a Police officer on the same date and denied possession of a firearm, in the form of the Mace spray.

The alleged incidents took place on May 10 at Sandys. Smith was granted bail. A trial date has been fixed for September 25.

Nine arrested on suspicion of impaired driving

Police were busy over the weekend, arresting two women and seven men on suspicion of impaired driving.

Six people failed the alcohol breath test, two refused to take it and one passed it.

There were also 27 reported damage-only road accidents, three reported burglaries and eight road collisions that resulted in injury.

Car, taxi collide in Hamilton Parish

A car and a taxi collided at the junction of North Shore Road and Harlem Heights Road in Hamilton Parish.

Police say the accident happened as the taxi travelled west on North Shore Road, while the car was heading north on Harlem Heights Road.

The car caught on fire and was extinguished by Southside Fire personnel. The driver of the taxi, a 54-year-old Hamilton Parish man, was not injured.

However, the driver of the car, a 26-year-old Hamilton Parish woman, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving.

She was taken to Hamilton Police Station where she was later detained for refusing to give a breath analysis sample.

The woman was not injured in the collision.