276 results returned for search: "" category "Crime" author Gareth Finighan
        
            
 	
    	
                    
        
                    
                    
            
            
                                    Gang violence has increased dramatically in the past ten years despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies, according to the Commissioner of Police.
Darrin Simons said that the problem will never be resolved by policing alone, and that other...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jul 21, 2022
                 
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                                    Residents are being urged to turn in friends and relatives who have committed crimes in an effort to stop an escalating “crisis” in violent crime on the island. 
Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security, made the call at a public meeting on ...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jul 20, 2022
                 
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                                    The public is invited to attend a meeting on community violence tomorrow.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, will host the meeting with speakers also including Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police, and Bishop Leroy Bean, of the Ga...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jul 18, 2022
                 
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                                    A man was murdered and another was injured in a shooting in Flatts yesterday morning, police said.
Officers attended after several reports of gunshots just after 1.10am in the area of Paradise Lane and Middle Road, Smith’s. 
Patrol cars arrived at th...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jul 02, 2022
                 
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                                    The prison service will be boosted by eight new officers after they successfully complete their training next month.
It is the first injection of new staff since 2018, and the service has been short-staffed for several years. According to the latest ...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jun 29, 2022
                 
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                                    A man was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries after an attack at a holiday weekend carnival event in the early hours of this morning.
According to police, the incident took place at about 4.15am at the Arboretum in Devonshire.
The Arboretu...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jun 18, 2022
                 
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                                    A former MP has paid tribute to her “larger than life” brother who was found dead last weekend.
The body of Keith Gordon, 70, was found at a home on Victoria Street in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon.
Social media commentators had claimed that Mr Gord...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jun 17, 2022
                 
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                                    Two men suffered stab wounds following a suspected traffic collision near John Smith’s Bay last night
                            
            
                
                    DATE: Jun 15, 2022
                 
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                                    A firearm and a quantity of drugs were seized during a routine traffic stop in Southampton, police said yesterday.
Officers were carrying out vehicle checks near Horseshoe Bay on Thursday night when they said they “had cause” to stop a private car be...                            
            
                
                    DATE: May 31, 2022
                 
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                                    Shootings and knife crime have become so commonplace they are now regarded as normal, according to the Minister of National Security.
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, Michael Weeks revealed that there had been 71 murders involving weapons...                            
            
                
                    DATE: May 21, 2022
                 
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                        CATEGORY: 
                        Crime 
                    
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                        AUTHOR: 
                        Gareth Finighan