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"MP wants gang members to face extra jail time"

Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month. Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
Jan 28, 2011
Crime

"Burglaries in two parishes"

Homes in Southampton and Hamilton Parish fell victim to burglars on Wednesday. Around 3.30pm police received a report of a break-in at an Evans Bay Road, Southampton residence. The culprit got in between noon and 3pm while the home was unoccupied, a...
Jan 28, 2011
Court

"Motorcyclist had drugs in his shoe"

A 22-year-old pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to drug possession. Gary Blackwell admitted trying to evade police while riding his motorcycle on February 9, 2008. The Pembroke resident was carrying 1.47 grams of cannabis and 0.64 grams ...
Jan 28, 2011
Court

"Tourist stashed $95,430 of cannabis inside coat hangers"

An American tourist who imported nearly $100,000 of cannabis resin into Bermuda has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Renard Corley, 54, of Chicago, admitted smuggling 954.3 grams of the drug on a January 24 flight to Bermuda. He denied a further...
Jan 28, 2011
Crime

"Car and bin damaged by fire on Court Street"

Police were called to a fire at the junction of Court Street and Angle Street in Pembroke 1.30 am on Thursday. According to a police spokesman: “On arrival at the scene the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service had extinguished the fire. It appears that a ...
Jan 28, 2011
Crime

"Police seize record $29.5m of drugs in one year"

Police seized a record $29.5 million worth of narcotics last year and saw drug-related offences increase by more than 90 percent. The number of confirmed firearms incidents rose by almost 90 percent and there were more murders, serious assaults, sexu...
Jan 26, 2011
Other

"Police report a doubling of recruit applications"

Police received double the usual number of job applications during their latest recruitment drive. More than 100 people, aged between 18 to 48, put themselves forward for positions within the service in the campaign earlier this month. Police say rec...
Jan 26, 2011
Other

"Crime figures show increase in number of gun deaths and injuries"

Last year saw a “significant increase” in the number of people killed or injured by guns, according to crime statistics released today. The end-of-year figures from Bermuda Police Service - www.bps.bm - show that in all other areas, crime is at its l...
Jan 24, 2011

"‘This is where my heart was at’"

What initially made you want to be a police officer? My best friend’s dad was a police officer, and I was inspired by him. I grew up in Newfoundland, Canada. How does the police department there compare to what’s here? Is it bigger? No, I come from ...
Jan 24, 2011
Other

"Five men arrested as suspicious cargo is seized"

Five persons were arrested and a "significant quantity" of suspected drugs seized by police today. Bermudian sailors Carlos Rogers, 41, and Kwesi Hollis, 36, were arrested after they arrived at St David's - 52 days after they left the Dominican Repub...
Jan 21, 2011
Court

"Young father cleared of assaulting Policeman"

A young father who claimed he was kicked in the face by a policeman has been found not guilty of assaulting the same officer. But Troy Smith, 29, did behave in an “angry, aggressive and profane” manner on July 4 last year, according to Magistrate Kha...
Jan 19, 2011
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