Pembroke laundromat robbed of cash by knife weilding man

A robber threatened a woman with a knife before escaping with cash, Police said yesterday.

At about 2.10 p.m. on Sunday, a 45-year-old woman was working at Elroy's Laundromat, in Pembroke, when a man came in and asked her to change a $10 note.

The man followed her into an office and brandished a bladed article, demanding money. He took some cash before running off. The woman was not injured.

The suspect is described as a dark skinned male, 5 ft 8 in, with broad shoulders and his hair in braids or plaits.

He was wearing khaki baggy cargo pants, a red t-shirt and a light coloured helmet.

Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with any information about this incident to contact the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295-0011.

Car fire being investigated

A car was found ablaze in the Parson's Road playground parking lot this weekend. Police attended the scene and found the vehicle engulfed by fire.

The Bermuda Fire Service was called out and extinguished the fire.

The car, which was extensively damaged, was impounded by Police for investigation.

Two people arrested for impaired driving

This past weekend, there were two people arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and ten reported burglaries.

There were 13 reported damage-only road traffic collisions, seven reported road traffic collisions resulting in injury and five vehicles reported taken without the owner's consent.

Driver pulled over after crossing yellow line

A Warwick man admitted to drink-driving after he was seen by Police officers swerving all over the road.

Marlon Almonte, 27, of Westering Lane, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired yesterday in Magistrates' Court.

The court heard from Crown counsel Nicole Smith, that on March 22 at 12.25 a.m., officers were in an unmarked car travelling east on Somerset Road.

When they came to the junction of Sound View and Somerset Road, officers observed Almonte also travelling east on a silver cycle with a passenger.

The defendant swerved over the curb then tried to turn a corner but appeared shaky. He crossed over the centre yellow line several times and almost hit a car coming in the opposite direction.

When officers made Almonte stop the cycle, he had difficulty getting off, smelled of alcohol and could not stand up straight. He told officers he had drank four or five alcoholic drinks.

Acting Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe gave him a $1,000 fine, ten demerit points and a one-year driving ban.

Police fake cash appeal

Police have launched a public appeal for information that will lead to the identity of the culprits responsible for circulating counterfeit money recently.

Investigators have noticed a dramatic increase in the seizure of the fake cash in the last couple of weeks, a Police statement revealed.

Apparently the printing process being used to produce these notes is unable to accurately reproduce the three critical security features contained within all Bermuda bank notes: The 'tuna fish' watermark, the security thread or the hologram.

The easiest way to spot a fake note is to examine the security thread or the hologram. They are made using material which resembles tin-foil and which have a polished, reflective surface. It is gold and silver in colour.

Also, on the counterfeit notes, while the detail of these security features is produced fairly realistic, the printers are not able to reproduce the polished reflective surface, officers have observed.

If anyone has any information which would help Police in identifying those responsible, they are asked to call the Fraud Unit on 295-0011 or the confidential Crime Stoppers hotline on 1-800-623-8477.