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A St George’s man was fined $1,500 in Magistrates’ Court for possession of drugs and drug equipment.
Justin Denbrook, 28, pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and a scale.
Crown counsel Cindy Clarke said police on patrol stopped Denbrook on Sink Roa...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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A cruise ship visitor was fined $10,000 in Magistrates’ Court for importing more than $1,000 of cannabis.
James Michael Butter, of Massachusetts, said he needed the drug to alleviate pain he suffered from arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
The 58-...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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A 64-year-old former bus driver was given a conditional discharge after he was found guilty of giving a police officer ‘the birdie’.
Ewart James, a resident of the Salvation Army Shelter, was convicted of using offensive behaviour in a public place o...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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A family outing on Hen Island turned into an archeological expedition after the Roberts family discovered a human skeleton buried in the sand.
“My wife Krystal pulled up what she though was a branch, and it was a femur,” Andrew Roberts said. “It didn...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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The Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church is calling for the community to come together in an effort to feed needy families.
The church formally launched ‘Operation Five Loaves and Two Fishes' yesterday — they hope it will provide enough food to help...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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A Massachusetts grandfather was fined $10,000 in Magistrates’ Court this morning after he admitted importing more than $1,000 of cannabis.
James Michael Butter, 58, pleaded guilty to importing 23.45g of the controlled drug on the Norwegian Dawn on Oc...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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A child playing on Hen Island in St George’s Harbour made a grim discovery a human skeleton possibly buried for more than 175 years.
Andrew Baylay, chairman of the National Trust’s Archaeological Research Committee, said that the bones were discovere...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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A man accused of hitting a police inspector with a car while trying to evade arrest on Friday has been charged in court.
Aswad Wilson, 27, is alleged to have accelerated the vehicle towards Inspector Troy Glasgow, 46, who suffered an arm injury when ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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A Warwick man was sentenced to 30 days at Westgate after admitting drunkenly breaking a window at a Hamilton restaurant.
Don Kirk Simmons, 48, from Farm Lane, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to one count of wilful damage.
Crown counsel Tawana Ta...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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St Mark’s Church is to hold a fish fry for the family of a five-year-old in hopes of raising money for his surgery overseas.
Doctors determined when Frederick Smith was born that his oesophagus wasn’t connected to his stomach. He has had to undergo t...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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