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Police have renewed a call for witnesses to a fatal stabbing four years ago.
Jahkobi Smith was stabbed on the evening of July 29, 2017, after an altercation at the wake for Jahcari Francis at the West End Sailboat Club.
Police and EMTs rendered assis...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have said the daylight shooting of two men on Monday – including a senior – was believed to be linked to a rift within one of the island’s gangs.
Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Nicholas Pedro said yesterday morning that the community sho...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The daylight shooting on Court Street that resulted in two men being wounded bore all the hallmarks of a gang crime, the acting police commissioner said last night.
Darrin Simons said police were unsure whether yesterday’s shooting was linked to a s...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are on the look out for a man who repeatedly stabbed a 56-year-old motorist in a fight following two collisions on Thursday.
A police spokesman said officers went to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at 8pm on Thursday after they received repo...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A crackdown on bad drivers by the Bermuda Police Service has resulted in 219 traffic tickets in a week.
Martin Weekes, the Assistant Commissioner of Police said: “With the advent of ‘Operation Vega’ the new Roads Policing Initiative launched one week...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 56-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a daylight attack at a ferry dock remained in intensive care last night.
Inspector Peter Stableford said the shooting, which happened at 7.30pm on Wednesday, had caused life threatening injuri...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 56-year-old man suffered serious injuries yesterday after he was shot several times in a daylight attack.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell said the victim was in a car at the dock at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick and got out to stretch his legs just af...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A raft-up highlighted on social media was broken up by the Bermuda Coastguard with participants potentially to appear before the courts.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said BPS were aware of video clips circulating showing a raft-up with “several...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two young women who led police on a chase were arrested last night in connection with a stolen motorcycle.
A police spokesman said the two – an 18-year-old Smith’s woman and a 19-year-old Devonshire woman, were arrested after police saw them ride thr...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men were arrested yesterday after a brawl in Pembroke that involved a knife and a baseball bat.
A police spokesman said officers responded to a report of a fight involving four males on Berkeley Hill in Pembroke about 3.30pm.
The spokesman added:...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes