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A teenager accused of carrying $1,500 in counterfeit United States currency has denied the charge in Magistrates’ Court.
Lamont Mason, 19, of Portland Lane, Sandys was charged with possessing 15 $100 bills on April 15 in Warwick.
Magistrate Khamisi T...
DATE: Apr 20, 2015
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Bermuda should offer better tourism experiences for ordinary travellers looking to experience the Island — and use its own people and neighbourhood haunts to market itself as welcoming and unique.
That is the firm belief of businessman and veteran ho...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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A trio accused of housebreaking are in custody after being caught by Police over the theft of a cellphone.
Stevon Swan-Richardson, 22, of Loyalty Estate in Sandys, appeared in Magistrates’ Court alongside Joel Smith, of Tribe Road No 6 in Sandys, and...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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A man has gone to jail for ten days over unpaid fines and an old cannabis charge.
Keedai Astwood, 22, of the Railway Trail in Southampton, denied assaulting Cleve Wilson on April 8 in Pembroke with the intention of robbing him.
Appearing in Magistrat...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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Bermuda’s own Elroy Smith, a former ZBM broadcaster who helped found the HOTT 107.5 radio, has been given recognition in the latest pages of Jet magazine in the United States.
The Philadelphia-based Mr Smith is credited by the magazine as one of the ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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A Sandys man has been jailed pending trial for uttering graphic threats to a police officer and spitting in a bus driver’s face.
Steveon Swan-Richardson, 22, of Loyalty Estate, denied making the threat on March 17 in Sandys.
He was accused of telling...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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A domestic dispute turned into a theft charge in Magistrates’ Court for a St George’s man who threw away his former girlfriend’s phone.
Michael Weares, 26, admitted to grabbing the Blu cellphone off Stevonte Somersall-Ahknaton as the two argued outsi...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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It opened with ambitious pledges, plus vows to give out millions annually, and now — just over a year later — the Bermuda Community Foundation has reportedly distributing nearly $1.5 million in grants.
The annual report for BCF yesterday announced $1...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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A St George’s man caught with a small amount of cannabis while intoxicated has asked Magistrates’ Court not to leave him with a drug conviction.
Alfred Docouto, 26, of Cut Road apologised for the offence, telling Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo: “I’m a ha...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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A “promising” apprentice dockworker was told that he was fortunate to avoid a drug conviction in Magistrates’ Court after being caught with cannabis and a scale.
“You were celebrating the securing of your job at Stevedoring Services,” magistrate Kham...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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