Police said yesterday.

This time, the thief entered during the day and stole a $400 compact disc player, Police said.

WOMAN STOLE FRIEND'S MONEY FOR DRUGS CTS Woman stole friend's money for drugs A Southampton woman cashed a cheque for a friend, then spent the money on drugs, Magistrates' Court was told this week.

Gina DeCosta, 25, of Scenic Heights Pass, pleaded guilty to stealing $347 from Kelvin Bean.

Bean gave DeCosta a cheque to cash for him at the Southampton Princess bank, and told her to return the money at once, Police prosecutor Sgt. Earl Kirby said.

But DeCosta kept the money and later told Police she spent it on drugs, he said.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined DeCosta $400. Part of the money is to be returned to Bean for his loss.

ST. GEORGE'S MAN HAD TOO MANY BEERS CTS St. George's man had too many beers Two or three beers was too many for a St. George's man, Magistrates' Court was told.

Jose A. Gonzalves, 28, of Cove Valley Lane, admitted yesterday he drove while impaired on Kindley Field Road on January 24.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Gonzalves $350 and disqualified him from driving for 12 months.

Police noticed Gonzalves' eastbound truck swerving across the centre line several times. When stopped and questioned, he smelled of alcohol, Police prosecutor Sgt. Earl Kirby told court.

The man admitted he drank two or three beers, he said. The lowest breathalyser reading he gave was 100 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.

FIRE, FLOODING PROVE TO BE COSTLY FIR Fire, flooding prove to be costly Fire and flooding caused more than $100,000 worth of damage throughout the Island last month.

According to Bermuda Fire Service statistics released this week, emergency calls in January totalled 85 -- up from 74 during the same month last year.

Of the 85 calls received 64 were for fires and 21 for special services.

Special services consist of floodings, rescues, road traffic accidents, roof coverings, boat sinkings, and other non fire humanitarian assistance calls.

Last month, the fire service was called to 11 floodings, three gas cylinder leaks, one boat sinking and one report of a roof leaking.

It also responded to four "significant'' structural fires and one car fire which caused a combined estimated loss of $101,000.

The estimated financial loss for the entire month was $116,778.

Pembroke remained the parish with the most emergencies -- 21, followed by the City of Hamilton with 20.

FIREFIGHTERS CALLED OUT TO HOSPITAL FIR Firefighters called out to hospital Firefighters were called to the children's ward at King Edward Memorial Hospital this week when nurses caught a whiff of smoke.

The smell had filtered up through the air conditioning from the boiler room where workmen had been burning waste material.

Two fire appliances and nine personnel turned up at the hospital. A spokesman said that the smell was no longer obvious when the air conditioning was switched off.

FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PAY MORE EDC Full-time college student to pay more Bermuda College will raise its full-time student fees in September, it was learned this week.

Full-time students attending the college will be required to pay $975 for two semesters, college spokeswoman Mrs. Jan Doidge said.

The college has about 650 full-time students who now pay $900 for two semesters.

Mrs. Doidge said the modest increase was a result of the college's increasing operating costs.

She said the increase will provide the college, which has an overall operating budget of about $10 million this year, with just under $50,000.

Government was expected to provide about $8 million to the college this year.

From September, students will also be able to pay for individual courses rather than a lump sum per semester.

RICHARDSON MAKES BERKLEE DEAN'S LIST EDC Richardson makes Berklee Dean's list Bermudian Mr. James Richardson has made the Dean's list for the Fall semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston, it was announced this week.

Mr. Richardson, the son of Ms Barbara Tucker of Paget, is studying a variety of music courses, including recording studio techniques, arranging, songwriting, and film scoring.

To be eligible for the Dean's list, a full-time student must maintain an academic average of 3.4 out of 4.0.

Upon graduation from Berklee, Mr. Richardson will qualify as a multi-skilled professional able to respond to a variety of musical challenges.