Three Arrests: Robbery With Imitation Gun
Three men who were in possession of what is believed to be an imitation firearm have been arrested in connection with a robbery last night [Mar.15]
This follows after the arrest of two men in connection with what Police term “reports of robberies and attempted robberies” in three parishes on Monday night [Mar.14] during which one of the suspects was wielding what was as believed a gun.
Around 11pm last night Police responded to a report of robbery, saw men fitting the description of the suspects and pursued them, leading to a high speed chase in which “the offending cycle was lost in the Devonshire area.”
Police said “Check points were put in place leading to the recovery of what is believed to be an imitation firearm and the arrest of three persons who are assisting police with their inquiries.”
Police said it is too early to “confirm any links between the robberies” over the past two days but say they are “considering this possibility” and “working closely with the victims to build a comprehensive picture of events.”
The full Police statement is below:
Between 10:30pm and 11:45pm on Monday, March 14th 2011 Police received several reports of robberies and attempted robberies having taken place in the Devonshire, Pembroke and Warwick areas. The victims of these offences were motorcycle riders and the suspects were also on a motorcycle. During the incidents one of the suspects brandished what appeared to be a firearm.
The suspects are described as two young black men believed to be in their 20s; one brown skinned the other of darker complexion, both wearing dark coloured clothing and helmets with visors traveling on a white motorcycle. Two men were arrested shortly afterwards in connection with these occurrences and have been assisting investigators with their inquiries.
Around 11pm on Tuesday March 15th 2011 police received a report of a further robbery in similar circumstances which occurred in Paget. Shortly afterwards police officers observed persons fitting the description of the suspects and pursued them. After a high speed chase the offending cycle was lost in the Devonshire area. Check points were put in place leading to the recovery of what is believed to be an imitation firearm and the arrest of three persons who are assisting police with their inquiries.
It is too early to confirm any links between the robberies on Monday the 14th and the robbery on Tuesday the 15th but we are considering this possibility. Police are working closely with the victims to build a comprehensive picture of events.
Officers investigating these crimes are continuing to appeal for anyone with any information about these incidents to contact the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295-0011 or the independent, confidential Crime Stoppers Bermuda hotline on 800-8477.
They should ALL be put to work and embarrassed in front of the rest of the country!! They need somthing that will DETER them from commiting crimes…right now they have no fear of going to Westgate, in fact thats a place they can hang out with their friends while we the taxpayers pay for it!! They dont want to work out in the real world so they rob and steal, well put them behind bars and MAKE them work…being released should also require a prisoner having put in x amount of hours work….these fools are making this island unattractive so they should be put in charge of Keep Bermuda Beautiful….they want to be a part of a gang? show them the chain gang way and have them out on the beaches, parks, and railway trails in the heat picking up the trash!! We ALL know that the system we have right now is NOT working so why does it seem like NO ONE is redesigning the system???? There are soooo many creative ideas which could be used to revamp the prison system but no one is changing a thing and the island continues to go down the toilet!!
Names please. I would like to look these little chumps up on Facebook and show their pictures to everybody. Cowardly pieces of $*!%!!! Props to the po-po though! They’re getting better and better at finding out who these punks are.
Yep, hard labour, in public, in orange mankinis should be a fair deterrent!
These scumbags and all the other juvenile delinquents and siphons of society should be NAMED in the newspapers, dressed in orange jumpsuits, and work on the roadside chained together like the animals that they are. This goes for the drug dealers, gangbangers, and all of the other pieces of garbage that are making Bermuda unsafe. It should be noted – these scumbags are NOT guest workers. They’re “sons of the soil”. This is one societal ill that can’t be blamed on expats!