Cleaners hit in robbery

A thief grabbed a cash register, tucked it under his arm and rode off one-handed after raiding Quality Dry Cleaners in Reid Street, Pembroke, on Tuesday morning.

According to Police, the man entered the store at around 11.30 a.m., snatched the register and tugged on it several times, breaking the cord.

He then hopped on his bike, which had its licence plate covered by brown paper, and rode off.

The suspect is brown-skinned, about six feet tall, of large build with a small moustache.

He wore a blue, zippered jacket, black helmet, small brown rimmed sunglasses and dark coloured pants.

The register contained an undisclosed amount of cash and cheques.

Witnesses should call Hamilton CID on 295-0011.

Rider caught twice in one day

A Pembroke man was jailed for three months in Magistrates' Court yesterday after he was caught riding an uninsured and unlicensed motorcycle in Hamilton twice within four minutes .

Michael Francis Antonition, 43, of North Court Avenue, pleaded guilty to six traffic related offences committed between August and October.

Crown counsel Cindy Clarke said that on October 13, he was caught driving without third party insurance.

On September 6, he was caught twice on the same day for the same offence on Cedar Avenue in Pembroke.The cycle he was riding at the time was also unlicensed.

Antonition told the court that he was “stopped four minutes apart” on the same day, on the same bike.

He also had an unpaid fine of $250 for riding a bike without a licence on August 13.

Before sentencing Antonition, Mr. Warner asked him if he was already incarcerated.

When he replied that he was, Mr. Warner asked him on what offence.

“Well, I'm about to be,” Antonition said.

Mr. Warner asked him if he wanted to spend three months concurrent for all of the fines and he said he “might as well”.

Guides to bury time capsule

The Governor's wife and honorary president of the Bermuda Girl Guides Association, Lady Vereker, will host a tree planting and time-capsule burial ceremony on Saturday at Government House.

This is the 85th anniversary of the Guiding movement in Bermuda and to mark the occasion, a time-capsule will be buried at Guide Grove, on the Langton Hill side of the property.

The capsule will contain the Association's current constitution, badges, photographs and other information from all the active guide units on the Island.

Once buried, the capsule will be sealed until 2044 when it will be opened to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Guide movement in Bermuda.

After the capsule is buried, Lady Vereker and selected Guides will move to the northern portion of the Government House property where five native and endemic trees will be planted.

At the completion of the tree planting event, the Island Commissioner Ethel Liverpool will hand over 200 potted plants to Lady Vereker. These plants will be placed in the Rose Garden at Government House.

The Bermuda Girl Guides Association donated the plants to help to repopulate the garden which sustained severe losses after Hurricane Fabian last year.

Man charged with drug offences

A man charged with drug offences and violently resisting arrest was bailed for $5,000 in Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Michael William Adams, 20, of Footbridge Lane, Pembroke, chose to have his case heard in Supreme Court and did not have to enter a plea to the charges.

Adams was charged with the possession of cocaine with intent to supply in Pembroke on February 8, 2004.

He was also charged with intentionally obstructing a Police officer, assaulting a Police officer doing him bodily harm, possession an offensive weapon - namely a crash helmet - without lawful authority and in a public place, violently resisting arrest, using threatening words and escaping lawful custody.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner adjourned the case until November 2 and bailed the defendant for a sum of $5,000 with one surety.

Burglar steals $200 from home

A burglar stole $200 worth of coins from a Winton Hill Lane, Hamilton Parish home some time on Tuesday.

Police are investigating the incident.