Two Arrested, Gun Seized After Armed Burglary
Two men have been arrested and a gun was seized after an armed burglary at Pembroke residence early yesterday morning [July 24].
Reports indicate that a man armed with a bladed article and a gun broke into the dwelling and assaulted one of the occupants, who was subsequently treated at KEMH and later released.
A police spokesperson said: “Around 1am on Tuesday, July 24th police responded to a report of an armed burglary that took place at a Pembroke residence. Reports indicate that a man armed with a bladed article and what was reported as a firearm broke into the dwelling and assaulted one of the occupants, who was subsequently taken to the hospital with a laceration to the shoulder. The victim was treated and later released.
“As a result of this incident two Pembroke men were arrested very soon after near the scene and a firearm was seized. An investigation is being carried out by Inspector Barry Richards of the Central Investigation Unit and anyone with any information regarding this incident should contact him on 295-0011 or the confidential Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477.
Welcome to the ghetto…………
hmmm, guess i can say it…a fine piece of police work
I’ll reserve my comment until after the right charges are laid, a conviction has occurred, and a relevant sentence other than 12 years is handed out…..
What about introducing a 10-20-Life Rule? Automatic 10 years without the possibility of Parole for possessing a gun, Automatic 20 years without the possibility of Parole for firing the gun and an automatic Life without the possibility of Parole if the bullet his someone regardless of if its fatal or not…
And any other charges can run consecutive to this sentence. BTW Someone needs to Remove Consecutive from the Magistrates Dictionary of words!
Correction that should say Someone Needs to Remove CONCURRENT from the Magistrates Dictionary of words!
I am right there with you on this!!
Im with it!
AMEN!!!!
Drastic Measures, welcome to my way of thinking, as things get worse so should the punishment, but I don’t see the measure of guts in the community to deliver deterrent level penalties. Life for Life no questions asked, consider parole after half the term not in the Defence make-up.
I think you mean keep consecutive and dispense with concurrent which means at the same time.
We all need to stop making excuses for perpetrators and hold people responsible for their decision making – eg: Don’t blame the road for your bad driving.
Trackerbda
Bermuda Law enforcement officers need to study Louisiana’s Angola
Prison. Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the USA and at least 90 percent
of its inmates will die there. No chance of parole or ever seeing the outside world again.
We can pray that the recovered firearm could be linked to some of the more horrendous crimes that have recently taken place in Pembroke .
Um it never said the fire arm was found in their possesion it said gun was seized after armed robbery last I checked you are innocent until proven guilty we Bermudians needs to stop jumping to conclusions and it can be possible that the person or ppl that was arrested was actually in their own neighborhood entering their own vehicle that looked similar to the real offenders…
Island too small. Always some idiot gonna be over protective of their criminal loved ones……. Oh he’s so innocent….. GUN WAE SEIZED DURING ARREST E$$ HOLE
Um Um – it should be “guilty until proven innocent” – that is the problem in Bermuda – we are too like North America! Give ‘em lots of chances because they just “might” be innocent.
They’re dangerous criminals. Lock them the hell up.
Bring back the rope!
Innocent till provn guilty. They can say “ya i ran in his house with his gun” Specially if they dont have any finger prints. Lawyers work magic
Well, unfortunately even if there is hi def video of the accused doing the crime Bermudian juries have a tendency to wimp out when it gets to verdict time. Hich is why trial by jury should be done away with in Bermuda.
thanks to plp the criminals who are ten percent are now in Command! and the 90% are too scared to do anything..