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Fake $100 notes are being passed at stores around the Island, along with counterfeit US cash, prompting a warning from police.
The forgeries are based on the older Bermuda $100 notes, rather than the new version.
A fish-shaped watermark just to the l...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 24-year-old Southampton man had to be treated in hospital after his car overturned on Middle Road, Southampton.
The car flipped after colliding with a wall near the junction with Lighthouse Road, at around 2.40am yesterday.
The driver’s injuries ar...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three parishes were struck during a spate of burglaries, with electronics and jewellery taken from five different homes.
Police reported break-ins in Devonshire, Hamilton Parish and St George’s on Thursday.
Residents are reminded to lock up before le...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thieves stole a handbag from a woman as she walked along a Devonshire road yesterday afternoon.
The 43-year-old Devonshire resident was on Watlington Road East around 12.30pm, when two men rode alongside her and grabbed her black handbag.
It containe...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Thieves snatched a handbag containing cash and personal items from tourists riding a motorcycle in Smith’s.
The robbery occurred around 3.20pm near the junction with Morer Estate Road, a Police spokesman said.
“It appears that two visitors were ridin...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Police yesterday reminded residents to secure their properties in light of recent burglaries.
Electronics, jewellery and cash have been stolen from homes, a Police spokesman said.
He advised all residents to make sure windows and doors are locked bef...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Bermuda Police Service are asking the public to beware of fake Bermuda $100 bills after several businesses reported receiving forgeries.
A police spokeswoman said: “This denomination of fake currency was tendered at a couple of businesses over th...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Efforts to keep drugs and guns out of Bermuda have been given a fighting chance by the formation of the Department of Border Control, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told Rotarians last night.
Mr Perinchief said the Department, officially...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Police recovered a gun in the Club Road area of Smith’s this weekend.
A Police spokesman said yesterday: “Acting on intelligence, police officers attended the Club Road, Smith’s parish area at around 4.15pm on Sunday, September 11 and recovered a fir...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Pembroke MP Ashfield DeVent yesterday repeated his call for a rethink on tackling Bermuda’s drugs problem after thieves stole cash from his own home.
Intruders made off with a sizeable amount of money from the Friswells Road property, owned by Mr DeV...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
