Spike in daylight burglaries prompts warning from Police

An upsurge in daylight burglaries ? particularly in Warwick and Smith?s ? has sparked Police to issue a public warning.

The latest incidence occurred on Wednesday when a thief broke into a South Breeze Road, Warwick residence sometime between 7.50 a.m. and 4 p.m. and stole three ladies gold bracelets.

Police Service said yesterday they had noticed a recent increase in burglaries, with most occurring in the morning.

They are advising residents to lock away their valuables and secure their homes before leaving them unattended for any length of time.

For more information on how to better secure your home, visit the Bermuda Police Service website www.bermudapolice.bm and go to Crime Prevention Info ? Protecting Your Home.

Two men admit impaired driving

Two men appeared before Senior Magistrate Khamasi Tokunbo to admit to driving under the influence.

Donnie Charles, 32, admitted to driving while impaired on 22 April in Front Street, Pembroke.

Charles, of Farmstead Lane, Sandys, was approached by Police and asked to move his car from a double parked zone but refused. Charles told Police ?no way?, before speeding off leading Police on a chase.

Once he was caught, Police observed Charles was unsteady on his feet and asked him to take a breathalyser test, which showed a lower reading of 191 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Ricardo Miguel Piexero, 25, of Laffan Street, Pembroke, also pleaded guilty to drinking and driving after Police used a breathalyser on 16 April and found he had 139 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Both men were given fines of $800 and twelve months disqualified from the road.

Men fined for cannabis possession

A young man, who asserted he was not intending to supply drugs found on him by Police, will appear back in court on 23 August for trial.

Raymond Glenn Curtis, 19, of Soundview Road in Sandys, admitted to having cannabis for his personal use on 19 December, but denied he intended to supply it. For a separate matter, Curtis pleaded guilty to possessing five twists, equalling to 11.46 grams, of cannabis and resin in Sandys on 1 September, 2005.

Curtis was given two fines of $1,000 in addition to two three months jail sentences to be served concurrently. A St. David?s resident, Gareth Cabral, 27, pleaded guilty to possessing a small amount of cannabis in Pembroke on January 7.

Cabral, who was stopped on his motorcycle, was searched and found with 0.52 grams of the drug in a clear plastic twist. He was fined $1,000 ? or spend three months in jail.

Computer monitor stolen

A 15-inch flat screen desktop computer monitor and a black duffel bag was burgled from a Moongate Lane, Paget home between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Police said in a release.

Police said the complainant told Police an unknown culprit gained entry to his home and inquiries into this incident were underway.

American caught with cannabis

An American woman attempted to smuggle 2.90 grams of marijuana into the Island.

New Hampshire resident Andrea Molinari, 31, pleaded guilty to possessing the control drug cannabis after she was stopped at customs on Monday.

Molinari was searched by customs officers in a search room when she admitted to having the pot, she then removed the plastic bag from her body.

Molinari, who plans to leave the Island today, was given a $1,500 fine to be paid immediately, after she apologised to the court.

Man caught ransacking Goslings

A burglary suspect was caught ? albeit empty-handed ? when Police responded to an automatic alarm at the Gosling?s warehouse on Dundonald Street at 2.50 a.m. Monday.

When they arrived officers spotted the man and chased him a short distance before arresting the 26-year-old Southampton man. Checks of the warehouse later revealed several offices had been ransacked.