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An American tourist who imported nearly $100,000 of cannabis resin into Bermuda has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Renard Corley, 54, of Chicago, admitted smuggling 954.3 grams of the drug on a January 24 flight to Bermuda.
He denied a further...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two women have been charged with plotting to import millions of dollars worth of drugs.
Mary Johnson, 52, is alleged to have conspired to bring in $2.4 million of cannabis weighing 108 lbs between a date unknown and October 21, 2010. She’s also accus...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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Bail has been denied to three Bermudians awaiting trial for possessing $13 million worth of marijuana off of Puerto Rico.
Earlier this month Shawn Antoine Simmons, Antoine Wenfield Eugene Russel and Raymont Steven Bernard Francis were charged with p...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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A Pembroke man has been charged with possessing a gun and more than $20,000 of drugs.
Jakai Harford, 28, was arrested on January 8 after Police raided a home in the St Monica’s Road area of Pembroke and seized a loaded gun, cocaine, cannabis and cash...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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A Canadian woman is today beginning a three-year jail sentence after smuggling cocaine into Bermuda to earn $5,500.
Kayla Nicol, 22, wanted to pay for her mother to renovate her house, according to her defence lawyer.
Nicol was quizzed by Customs off...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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A 35-year-old Warwick man has denied causing grievous bodily harm.
Richard Brown, 35, of Warwick, pleaded not guilty to the charge in Magistrates’ Court.
Crown counsel Takiyah Burgess said the charge related to an incident on December 5, in Pembroke ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager has been charged over an alleged daylight home invasion in Southampton on December 6.
According to police, four men entered the home in South Road, near the Henry VIII restaurant, with two brandishing what appeared to be firearms.
The inci...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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A man who stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death is facing a life sentence after pleading guilty to murder.
Jermaine Pearman, 37, attacked 23-year-old Shakeya DeRoza at her home on Paynter Lane, Sandys, on the afternoon of July 10, 2009.
He slit h...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Five men have been charged with attempting to bring $3.4 million of cannabis into Bermuda.
One of the accused is a son of Progressive Labour Party Senator Cromwell Shakir.
Senator Shakir could not be reached last night for comment.
The five appeared...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A father-of-four has been jailed for five years for importing $40,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda.
Lincoln Christopher, 40, from St George's, brought the drugs in through LF Wade International Airport.
He pleaded guilty in November and was bailed ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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