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Bermuda’s crime rate has fallen to its lowest since 2000, according to Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva revealed that police recorded a total of 834 offences in the second quarter of this year, making it the fourth consecutive quarter ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are investigating the attempted theft of a Jet Ski near the Boaz Island Rubis Service Station.
Officers were called to the scene around 3.30pm on Saturday, a police spokesman said.
“It appears that four males in a small motorboat attempted to...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke painter was banned from the road yesterday after admitting drinking and driving.
Aaron Moniz, 24, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court of driving while impaired in an incident on Saturday.
The court heard that at around 12.30am, officers o...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Pembroke men were arrested in Devonshire yesterday after a handbag was stolen from a woman near Montpelier Road.
Officers spotted the men running through the area and into the Arboretum around 5.15am, a police spokesman said.
“It was then ascert...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a double murder which took place in January.
A Police spokesman said yesterday: “The Bermuda Police Service is continuing its investigations into a shooting which occurred at Belvin’s Variety store...
DATE: Jun 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke teenager was shot in broad daylight yesterday in the St Augustine Hill area of Pembroke.
The injured 19-year-old was treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for what were described as superficial injuries to his leg, and released.
One...
DATE: Apr 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man who took a motorcycle without consent insisted he’d only done so because it was sitting derelict in his grandmother’s yard.
Jerry Williams said the bike was put on the property sometime last year.
“The bike has been there since 2012....
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man yesterday denied sexually touching a young girl.
The man cannot be identified for legal reasons.
He pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of touching a girl under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose and one count of intru...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are seeking the public’s help in investigating a hit-and-run collision that caused minor injuries.
A Police spokesman said yesterday that at around 2pm on Friday, officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the junction of Court Street an...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man caught with a loaded firearm was yesterday jailed for ten years.
Darrion Simons, 20, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to handling a Smith & Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre rounds of ammunition on November 5, 2011.
Prosecutor Carringt...
DATE: Mar 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
