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Residents were warned by police to be wary of a growing number of scams designed to look like investment opportunities.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said the public should be "alert to individuals who may attempt to fraudulently obtain money fr...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman was arrested and questioned last week in connection with an event at a restaurant that cost two former Cabinet ministers their posts in July.
The Bermuda Police Service confirmed this morning that inquiries continued into the dinner at Blu Ba...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police warned the public today about a mystery shopper scam circulating on social media.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that offers to act as a secret shopper were often made on Facebook as well as through e-mails, WhatsApp and text messages...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The family of a woman believed to have been murdered are suffering a “very traumatic experience” as questions over her disappearance remain unanswered, a detective has said.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith added that police still hoped to find Chavell...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police launched an investigation yesterday after three men broke into a petrol station.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that officers on patrol on St John’s Road in Pembroke saw three men near the Rubis service station in the early hours of y...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was stabbed in the chest in the Dockyard in the early hours of yesterday.
A police spokesman said: “Upon arrival, officers observed a male lying on his back at the entrance to Snorkel Park and bleeding from a stab wound to his chest.”
He added ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have launched an investigation after a substance believed to be drugs was found at a venue in Hamilton over the weekend, it was revealed tonight.
A police spokesman said that officers went to an establishment on Front Street to carry out a liq...
DATE: Sep 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman suffered a “very serious sexual assault” at knifepoint as she walked to work at the weekend.
The attack was understood to have been foiled by a passing jogger who called police.
Superintendent Nicholas Pedro said yesterday: “The 31-year-old ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A public notice was issued yesterday on the release of a sex offender from Westgate prison on Monday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Minister of Legal Affairs, said John O’Donald Fox would live in Devonshire.
Fox, 49, was convicted of sexual assault, assaul...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was arrested after a passing police patrol saw suspected cannabis plants in flowerpots outside a house.
The officers were on mobile patrol when they saw the plants at a home on Pearman’s Hill West, Warwick, at about 9.20am on Wednesday.
A Bermu...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter