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Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month.
Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Homes in Southampton and Hamilton Parish fell victim to burglars on Wednesday.
Around 3.30pm police received a report of a break-in at an Evans Bay Road, Southampton residence.
The culprit got in between noon and 3pm while the home was unoccupied, a...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Police were called to a fire at the junction of Court Street and Angle Street in Pembroke 1.30 am on Thursday.
According to a police spokesman: “On arrival at the scene the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service had extinguished the fire. It appears that a ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Public meetings resume this morning for a Government inquiry into rising gun violence.
The parliamentary joint select committee on gun violence and violent crime convenes at 9.30am in the Senate Chamber of the Cabinet Building.
The open meetings wi...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police seized a record $29.5 million worth of narcotics last year and saw drug-related offences increase by more than 90 percent.
The number of confirmed firearms incidents rose by almost 90 percent and there were more murders, serious assaults, sexu...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Electronics and cash have been stolen from a house in Warwick.
The Fairway Drive residence was broken into while unoccupied during the daytime on Monday.
Along with money, a 42in flat screen TV, laptop computer and PlayStation 3 game system with five...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
CCTV cameras and robust policing are not enough to fight Bermuda's spiralling gang violence, according to a once high-ranking police officer.
Jeff Baron was responsible for firearms, public order and safety while a sergeant in the Bermuda Police Serv...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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Crime
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Two boats and a “significant quantity” of narcotics were seized in a pair of police raids yesterday morning.
A total of five people were arrested, including the crew of the Carefree IV.
Carlos Rogers, 41, and Kwesi Hollis, 36, sailed the 31-foot sl...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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Crime
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A Southampton couple yesterday said they were outraged to discover an intruder stole documents, jewellery and electronics from their home and then set fire to a handful of unwanted items including both their passports.
Claire and Tim Simons have live...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shooting victim’s decision to pull out of addressing a Parliamentary committee on gun violence prompted disappointment from a Senator.
Richard Gaglio spoke out in this newspaper last month, claiming his offers to address the committee were being ig...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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