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Three Bermudians have been detained by the US Coast Guard after a yacht with cannabis valued at $13 million on board was intercepted in the Caribbean.
The incident happened on December 13, but was only revealed this morning by police in Bermuda.
A Po...
DATE: Dec 22, 2010
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Crime
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A mother admitted abandoning her three-year-old child in an unlocked home so that she could visit with friends on Mother's Day.
Magistrates' Court heard yesterday that hours after she left, neighbours found the child wandering lost in the streets of ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian motivational speaker Dennis Rahiim Watson plans to return to Bermuda next year with an anti-violence message bolstered by experiences such as last Saturday’s “peace summit” in New York City.
As Chairman of the National Youth and Gang Violen...
DATE: Dec 22, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man involved in the importation of more than $850,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed for seven years.
Kenneth Butterfield, 33, told Supreme Court he got embroiled in the scheme amid financial worries over his sick child.
“I did it for the promis...
DATE: Dec 21, 2010
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Crime
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A fifth man to admit his role in a violent home invasion was yesterday jailed for two years.
Collin Hendrickson, 19, broke into the Pembroke residence of Jahdean Gibbons last June, along with four others.
Supreme Court heard during previous proceedin...
DATE: Dec 21, 2010
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Crime
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Andre Curtis has left a string of victims in his wake through his involvement in controversial investment schemes in Bermuda and beyond.
As The Royal Gazette reported last month, he was fined $335,000 and ordered to pay back huge sums of cash for his...
DATE: Dec 21, 2010
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Crime
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A mother pleaded guilty this morning to abandoning her three-year-old child.
Magistrates’ Court heard that hours after the child had been left alone, the child was found walking the streets of Southampton shivering and afraid.
The mother, who The Roy...
DATE: Dec 21, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Businessman Andre Curtis has been jailed for 15 months for running an unlicensed investment company, in which clients lost thousands of dollars.
Supreme Court heard a US businessman committed suicide after failing to recoup funds placed with Curtis’s...
DATE: Dec 21, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A Smith’s man was arrested, and two others slightly injured, after a three-vehicle collision on North Shore Road.
At 4.30pm on Wednesday, two cars and a motorcycle collided near Clarke’s Lane, in Pembroke.
The 33-year-old driver of a car was detained...
DATE: Dec 20, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bullets were fired at a car in Pembroke, however the driver escaped unharmed.
A 32-year-old man reported that at 9pm on Thursday he was driving on Deepdale Road West when his car was fired upon.
The incident took place near the junction with Happy Va...
DATE: Dec 18, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
