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Police are to be armed with the latest video technology as part of the war on crime.
The Government has put out a tender up to 300 body camera systems for frontline officers.
Superintendent Sean Field-Lament said: “Modern policing is increasingly re...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A drug trafficker jailed for 18 years has had an appeal for a lighter sentence rejected.
Omar Davy, 40, was found guilty of smuggling $765,700 worth of heroin on a flight from Toronto in 2018.
Last month he launched an appeal for a lesser senten...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A neighbourhood rocked by a series of suspected arson attacks has staged a fight back – by rebuilding a playground destroyed in a fire.
The Pig’s Field play area, on Pembroke’s Bandroom Lane, was razed to the ground in a fire on Saturday, April 10.
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DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Firefighters were called out to yet another blaze in Pembroke in the early hours of yesterday.
A crew of four firefighters from the Hamilton Fire Station responded to reports of a fire at King’s Court, on King Street, just after 5.30am.
A spokesman f...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police are this morning investigating the cause of yet another fire in Pembroke.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a blaze at Kings Court, off King Street, at around 5.30am, and found a van on fire.
A police spokesman said: “The vehic...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have made an arrest after a Pembroke playground was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
Detectives yesterday confirmed that one person had been arrested in connection to the blaze at Pig’s Field last Saturday evening.
Investigators have also con...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Armed robbers got away with cash in raid on a popular Hamilton bakery late this afternoon.
Two men carrying guns entered The Cake Shop on Curving Avenue at 4.38pm.
According to police, the robbers emptied the cash register before fleeing the scene on...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A derelict property in Pembroke has been extensively damaged in a fire in the early hours of this morning.
Police said the fire is being treated as “suspicious” and have not ruled out that it may be connected to a recent spate of fires in Pembroke a...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A charity that lost thousands of dollars of equipment to thieves has recovered the stolen items thanks to the help of a Good Samaritan.
Raiders stole $10,000 worth of equipment – including ceiling fans, washing machines, and a dryer – from the T...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People convicted of minor drug offences can now have their convictions expunged, the Attorney-General said yesterday.
But Kathy Lynn Simmons warned that offenders who had their convictions erased may still be blocked from entering the US.
Ms Simmons ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan