Three Tourists Hospitalized After Two Burglaries
Three tourists are hospitalized after being injured in two separate robbery incidents this morning at the Grotto Bay and Wharf Hotels.
Around 5:10am today [Oct 17] Police responded to a report of a burglary at Grotto Bay Beach Hotel in Hamilton parish. They say that a man “brandishing a bladed article and a blunt object” broke into a room, stole money and escaped. The victims, a 60 and 61-year-old American married couple were injured and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment; thankfully their injuries are not believed to be life threatening. The suspect is described as a 6’ tall man wearing a black hat.
Also around 5am today Police received a report of a burglary at The Wharf Hotel in Paget. Around 4am a man broke into a guest room, stole money, and escaped. The victim, a 28 year old Australian man, was injured and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment. The visitor’s injuries are not life threatening. The suspect is described as a dark skinned man of slim build, approximately 5’8” tall.
The Police have not stated whether they feel the incidents were committed by the same suspect.An active investigation is underway by the Police into both incidents. Any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information is encouraged to contact 295-0011.
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This is just embarrassing and I’m getting personally sick and tired of this happening. The truth is that it’s always a dark-skinned man wearing a white or black t-shirt and approx. 5’7″ – 6″ tall. I understand the broken backgrounds that they may coming from but are they never taught about Bermuda’s hospitable culture? Sense of community?
It irritates me intensely that this island is held back by those who don’t even deserve Bermudian citizenship (even if it’s supposed to be a human right). Revoke it as a short term punishment and reinstate it after a successful rehabilitation. This may not be practical but I see very few solutions being brought forward by the highly-paid police force and politicians.
For social progression…
That description sounds like me and a lot of people. Sometimes it’s light-skinned men too.
The real question is, how easy it is to break into a hotel room? Secondly, robbing tourists is one of the worst things that can be done on this island. Very embarrassing incident.
These things seem to be happening more and more. Are there more incidents or are they being reported more…
I see the police being blamed for a small change….I’d bet my house that those doing these break-ins are recidivists. They will almost always have a litany of previous convictions for like offences and are more than likely carrying out these acquisitive crimes to fund a habit, a habit that will have had them in front a judge before too. To get to a court room the police will have dealt with them and prepared sufficient evidence to justify a prosecution.
Judges have an awful lot of power bit I need only refer you to the ‘mandatory’ 3 year sentence for pointed/bladed article that they now mostly choose to deal with by way of suspended sentence. judges for the most part, the world over, are so far out of touch with the man and woman on the street that it’s ridiculous.
Inconsistent and non sensical sentencing are very much to blame.
The reason a lot of the descriptions sound the same is probably because it’s the same people carrying out these offences. they commit, 2, 5, 10, 40, 80 crimes before they are caught and then admit to everything they can because they know they’re gonna get a concurrent sentence and actually only serve one.
I completely accept the police can do better but in terms of tourists, so can the properties who sell the idea that Bermuda is a crime free panacea (hence the patio doors unlocked, windows left open etc) , so can the judiciary and so can the Government.
I’m sure that many years years ago when Dr. Brown decided to try and ruin Bermuda – that he didn’t realise that a few dozen young uneducated arseholes would complete the project for him so perfectly.
First off , my thoughts go to the victims here , who undoubtedly have had their ‘perception’ of a ‘safe and crime free Bermuda’ forever soiled.
Doubt they’ll ever be back , no matter what they might say to anyone willing to listen here .
Secondly , why don’t we just close down the Dept of Tourism and re-allocate the funds to fighting crime and all it’s causes once and for all.
In our business , tourism , NOTHING is more powerful than ‘word of mouth advertising’ and , believe it or not , we still haven’t recovered from the uncivilized actions witnessed by many unsuspecting visitors during the general strike of ’81 .
These ‘new crimes’ against tourists are a fresh , new nail in the coffin.
I was ZBM News Director for many years includng the time when there were riots in the 70s Those riots hurt tourism and no tourists were injured during those unforgettable years. Now these no-minds are attacking tourists who will go home and tell hundreds of their friends and newspapers and once again tourism will become almost non-existent. Very SCARY times.
The crime rate on this island is now commensurate with a banana republic. Furthermore the crimes being committed are all being down by the same vital statistics.
I have been a resident and now frequent vistor to the island since the 1960′s. Bermuda is a very special place however needs to bring in experts NOW to deal with gang related crimes before it gets really out of hand and the tourism industry declines even farther!