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A Pembroke man caught with a loaded firearm was yesterday jailed for ten years. Darrion Simons, 20, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to handling a Smith & Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre rounds of ammunition on November 5, 2011. Prosecutor Carringt...

Police swarmed to Coco Reef following an “unconfirmed firearm incident” at the South Shore, Paget hotel yesterday. The response followed what grounds staff described as a man being chased by another man. Inspector Troy Glasgow of the Public Protecti...

Gun shots were last night reported around Jones Village, Warwick. Calls about shots came in around 8.30pm, police said. According to a spokesman, forensics confirmed that “a firearm was discharged”. No one was hurt. Shots were fired at a Bulkhead Dri...

A full-scale search was launched in Southampton last night for an armed man dressed in dark clothing, following an attempted robbery at the Wok Express on Middle Road. Police media manager Dwayne Caines confirmed that a would-be thief demanded cash f...

The proposed abolition of term limits and gun murders will be the impetus behind a protest march on Parliament by a group of concerned residents on March 1. Marilyn Outerbridge, mother of murder victim Haile (Star Child) Outerbridge has called on res...

A Sandys man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on gun possession charges. Christoph Duerr, 25, was also accused of holding two different sets of ammunition, as well as cannabis with intent to supply. Mr Duerr made no plea before Senior Magistrate Ar...

Shots were fired at a home along Bulkhead Drive, Warwick last night, with no one injured. Police said the 7pm incident may be linked to “a pattern of gang activity across the Island”. Police responded to a flurry of calls reporting gunshots, and clos...

Police have released CCTV coverage of last week’s armed robbery in St David’s. A small amount of cash was stolen from the St David’s Variety on Wednesday. The store’s owner and his heavily pregnant daughter weren’t injured by the thief. A Police spok...

A masked man grabbed a store owner in a chokehold, then threatened him with a handgun, during an armed robbery in St David’s. The man was working in the St David’s Variety store with his pregnant daughter at about 9.30pm on Wednesday. The store owner...

Security firms have called for high-level discussions with Government to determine the way forward in the wake of the gun violence on the Island. The need was especially pressing in the wake of the double murder at Belvin’s Variety on January 23, sai...

‘Dear God if I’m dreaming please wake me up, because my Island gone crazy’ say the lyrics to ‘Island Not The Same’ by hip-hop artist Mona Li$a. The songwriter, whose real name is Simona Eversley, was inspired to write about the gun violence plaguing...