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Police have warned desperate women contemplating trafficking drugs for cash that they are running “the greatest risk” in doing so. The comments came after a number of high profile cases involving female drug mules being caught and jailed. A total of ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Crime
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A 38-year-old mother-of-four yesterday admitted using $4,700 worth of forged cheques.
Janika Gardner Talbot denied forging the cheques but pleaded guilty to using them to buy food and get cash. The offences are said to have taken place between Januar...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Crime
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Two Bermudians arrested in Canada on allegations of trafficking cocaine, cannabis and cannabis resin will appear in court in Toronto tomorrow.
Sereana Brangman, 28, from Warwick and Odin Lowe, 30, from St George, were detained after arriving in Toron...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Crime
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Ten days ago Mangrove Bay was the scene of a shocking gun murder in broad daylight.
But last night the mayhem was replaced with sorrow, remembrance and hope as Colford Ferguson’s family, friends and neighbours gathered to honour him.
An emotional can...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Three people are being held by police in connection with the fatal shooting of Colford Ferguson.
Mr Ferguson, a 29-year-old construction worker, was killed in a daylight shooting at a house at the junction of Somerset Road and East Shore Road last Fr...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Sandys residences were broken into on the same day, in both cases while they were unoccupied.
Cash was taken from a Beacon Hill Road home between 6.20am and 1.35pm Monday.
A Cedarcraft Lane residence also reported a break-in at 10.10am. An intrud...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Jamaican cruise ship worker has been jailed for 15 years for his role in a plot to smuggle nearly four kilgrams of cocaine into Bermuda.
Ricardo Stewart, 32, of Ochos Rios, maintained his innocence in an emotional plea before Puisne Judge Charles-E...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 23-year-old was yesterday imprisoned for holding a “drug party” at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess last year.
Temiko Wilson will spend six months in prison for six charges related to the Good Friday drugs bust, including possessing cannabis and coca...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Bermuda’s first murder of 2011 had “elements of a gang shooting” though victim Colford Ferguson is not believed to have been in a gang.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Pedro told a press conference yesterday his investigating team was following variou...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Tributes poured in for Colford Ferguson, the 29-year-old who was tragically gunned down on Friday afternoon.
Friends of Mr Ferguson paid homage to the Warwick man, who was murdered in broad daylight when four gun shots were fired through Mangrove B...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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