3085 results returned for search: "" category "Crime"
An outreach survey has been launched by the Bermuda Police Service to help to “shape and focus” how it deals with domestic abuse.
People are being urged to tell of their experiences to enable officers to better handle the situation in a more “empathe...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A mother says her teenaged son was lucky not to lose an eye after his face was slashed by a masked man wielding a box cutter knife.
Carol Yazoglu, a single mother of two boys, said the attacker “lunged” at her eldest at about 1.30pm on Sunday when he...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Gruesome” cases of animal cruelty, abandonment and injuries have risen since Government relaxed restrictions on the breeding of illegal pitbull dogs, a Government minister admitted yesterday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said abuse an...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are making a fresh appeal for witnesses to help them solve a murder that took place five years ago.
Jahkobi Smith was fatally stabbed at the West End Sailboat Club in Sandys on July 29, 2017.
The stabbing took place at about 7.15pm when there...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man arrested following a brawl on Front Street in which a pitbull terrier died has appeared in court.
In Magistrates’ Court yesterday Kyle Smith, 36, pleaded not guilty to three charges of injuring a police officer, one count of threatening behavi...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police reported 31 people arrested for 33 offences over Cup Match, including four for possession of bladed articles.
Most arrests during “robust policing” over a largely incident-free holiday weekend were for outstanding warrants, with 16 people deta...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police officer injured in an attack by a pitbull terrier has been released from hospital.
Officers responded to a report of threatening behaviour outside a restaurant on Front Street, Hamilton around 12.44pm on Wednesday.
A suspect became aggressiv...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police recorded a sharp increase in antisocial crimes in 2020 as a result of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, according to the latest statistics.
But the public safety regulations introduced as a result of the virus also resulted in a decrease in o...
DATE: Jul 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have arrested a 36-year-old man in the ongoing investigation of the double murder at the Robin Hood Pub.
The suspect was detained on Friday on suspicion of two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police hope that a large presence of officers and partners from other organisations will deter antisocial behaviour and crime during the Cup Match weekend.
At a press conference yesterday, acting Assistant Commissioner of Police James Howard said tha...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter