Women accused of $44,000 theft

A parent who was charged with stealing over $44,000 from her employer appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Lee Brown, 49, of Fritholme, Paget, is facing 37 charges of forgery and theft.

At the time of the alleged offences, Brown was acting in the capacity of the director of the Gilbert Institute After School Programme and was a former employee of the Elbow Beach Hotel.

She did not have to enter a plea as the charges are indictable and must be heard in Supreme Court.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner adjourned the case until March 10 and bail was granted at $10,000 plus one surety.

Driver fined $4,500

A 49-year-old man, of Sugar Apple Lane, Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to five traffic offences — all were incurred in one day.

Neville Sinclair Tucker was issued with tickets for not having a driver's licence and driving an unlicensed car twice on October 20, 2007.

He was also arrested on the same day for impaired driving. He was fined a total of $4,500 for the offences.

The court heard from Crown counsel Cindy Clarke that on that day, Police saw Tucker driving recklessly at a high speed on Tribe Road No. 5 in Paget.

Officers stated that Tucker's speeding forced residents to run for safety. One Police officer had to grab a small child and run away as the child was in danger of being struck by the car.

When Tucker was finally stopped, Police noticed he had a strong smell coming from his body, slurred speech and a bottle of alcohol in his lap.

When questioned he said: "My girlfriend is the cause of this."

Tucker was disqualified from driving all vehicles for 12 months.

Impaired driver fined

A 22-year-old man appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday for impaired driving.

Tyshun Rawlins, of Mullet Bay Road, St. George's, pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence on May 9, 2007.

The court heard from Crown counsel Cindy Clarke that on that date Rawlins was out drinking with his brother at Docksiders Pub and Restaurant and Bootsie's Comedy Club.

As Rawlins was leaving the club, the Bootsie's security guards noticed that he was intoxicated and called for a taxi.

Rawlins ignored the security guards and he and his brother got on his motorcycle and rode off. As they were travelling on Front Street, they both fell off the motorcycle and Rawlins fled the scene leaving his injured brother behind.

His brother was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment and Rawlins was later arrested.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Rawlins $1,000 and disqualified him from driving all vehicles for 12 months.

Govt. truck in collision

A Government truck ploughed into a wall following a crash with a car on Sunday evening.

The Works and Engineering truck collided with the Chevy Aveo at the junction of Tee Street and Middle Road, Devonshire, at about 6.20 p.m.

Police described the accident as minor, and said it appeared nobody was injured.

Boat towed to safety

Marine Police towed a vessel to safety after it became disabled off Bailey's Bay.

Karma, a 22-foot open boat with two people on board, ran into trouble when its engine overheated at about 3.45 p.m. on Sunday.

It was towed to Dockyard.

Man denies theft

Ryan Norris Furbert, 41, of Happy Valley Lane, Pembroke, appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with stealing from SAL Ltd.

Furbert pleaded not guilty to stealing a Skil circular saw, a pair of 24-inch boat cutters and a screwdriver.

Furbert was remanded in custody until his hearing, which is set for March 10.

Swing Bridge repairs

The Swing Bridge at the Eastern end of Kindley Field Road will be closed to marine traffic today as Belco does work to upgrade equipment and maintenance work on the overhead lines.

In case of inclement weather, the work will resume tomorrow.

The Ministry of Works and Engineering will advise when the Swing Bridge will re-open to marine traffic.