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While Bermuda enjoyed a quiet holiday season, with no shootings, Opposition spokesman for National Security Michael Dunkley said there was still much work to be done.
No one was shot in Bermuda this December, unlike last year when three men were mur...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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Crime
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Each day, when Maxzine Puckerin walks out of her front door in Footbridge Lane, Pembroke, a wall of graffiti confronts her.
The words spray painted by local youths opposite her home commemorate her murdered son Perry Puckerin Jr, along with two of hi...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Kerry Puckerin-Tear has a memory box in her bedroom containing three yellow paper hearts covered in her neat handwriting.
On each heart, the nine-year-old has carefully listed all the things she must do to help her deal with the murder of her father ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome blamed short hours at the old police station for leaving the town vulnerable.
Mr Bascome’s comments followed a break-in yesterday at Vera P Card jewellers on Water Street, close to the St George’s Station.
According ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The US Drug Drug Enforcement Agency alleges Bermudians Shawn Antoine Simmons, Antoine Wenfield Eugene Russel and Raymont Steven Bernard Francis were found with 700lbs of marijuana in international waters.
In an affidavit US Special Agent Roxana Puli...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The author of a new book on the Rebecca Middleton murder said attitudes she encountered during her extensive research suggest people would still like to see the botched case resolved.
The book, ‘Kill Me Once…Kill Me Twice: Murder on the Queen’s Playg...
DATE: Dec 29, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Thieves broke into a Pembroke home in the early hours of Christmas Eve and stole a large sum of cash and jewellery.
Police received a report of a burglary around 2.25am at a Mount Langton Crescent home.
The thieves demanded the items from the homeo...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A single mother spent Christmas behind bars after she admitted importing $250,000 worth of cannabis.
Shanae Vanderpool, 26, of Fenton Drive, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three people arrested in a raid at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess were found guilty of drug offences.
Temiko Wilson, 23, was found guilty of six charges related to the Good Friday drugs bust, including possessing cannabis and cocaine with intent to s...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police responded to one robbery and one attempted robbery during what they called a “relatively uneventful” holiday weekend.
At around 10.17pm on Friday, police were informed that a man carrying a bladed article entered a St John’s Road, Pembroke bus...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes