Category: Crime
“If You Know Something, Say Something”
[Updated with video] “Starting this weekend, local media will feature a graphic campaign designed to challenge those in the community who have information about firearms to come forward. If you know something, say something,” said Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley. “This campaign recognizes the reality of the gang lifestyle and... Read more of this article
Man Denies Prostitution Procurement Charge
A 40-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 9] where he denied a charge of attempting to procure a woman to become a common prostitute. MacDonald DeSilva pleaded not guilty to both charges. The first charge was that by means of a cellphone, he sent messages that were grossly offensive. The second was that in early 2013, he attempted... Read more of this article
Prison Inmate Admits Assaulting Psychiatrist
Prison inmate Tracyston Mallory, 26, pleaded guilty to assaulting a Psychiatrist at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute on 18 January 2013. Mallory admitted punching the doctor three times and saying: “You’re not listening to me. I don’t want to go to MAWI. I want to do time.” Mallory had to be restrained and put into a secure room at MAWI. Mallory,... Read more of this article
Crime & Punishment In Early Bermuda
The stocks, pillory and ducking stool in King’s Square in St. George are baroque tourist attractions now but few people realise what a gamble it was to live in the days of the Puritan ascendency in Bermuda in the mid-17th century. As historian Elaine Forman Crane has said, if Bermuda was a “moderate Puritan colony in its youth, by the 1640s... Read more of this article
Man Fined $1000 For Using Offensive Words
Vincent Outerbridge, 39, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] to using offensive words to police officers in April 2013. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner heard that the Police had been alerted to an incident on Harbour Road in Warwick. On arrival, at around 2:15pm, they came upon Mr Outerbridge who appeared to have been drinking and... Read more of this article
Man Denies Assault, Escaping From Custody
Prinston Burrows, 22, appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] where he was charged with assaulting a policeman, violently resisting arrest, and escaping lawful custody. This allegedly happened in Sandys parish on 5th May 2013, and Burrows pleaded not guilty. He was remanded in custody by Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, and will reappear... Read more of this article
18-Year-Old Denies Counterfeit Money Charges
St George’s resident Ms Shannon Ingram, 18, appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 7] where she pleaded not guilty to one charge of passing a $50 counterfeit US note at a store on Happy Valley Road in Devonshire on 3rd April 2013. She also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of possessing $950 worth of counterfeit notes in St George’s... Read more of this article
Art Exhibition To Look At Rise Of Gang Culture
B.A.R.U Arts Collective will present ”I for an I”, a collaboration with the Bermuda College Arts Department, on Tuesday, May 21, at Bermuda College Art Gallery. The art exhibition will look at the up rise of gang culture in Bermuda and how our society and its artists coexist with it. There is no entry fee for this exhibition, and for... Read more of this article
Two Men Deny Assaulting Pregnant Women
Two men appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 6], where they both denied assaulting pregnant women in two completely separate cases. One man was alleged to have kicked a woman who was 7-weeks pregnant in her stomach, while the other was alleged to have punched a woman who was 3 months pregnant. Mikhail Butterfield, 22, pleaded not guilty... Read more of this article
Man Denies Holding Knife To Girlfriend’s Throat
A 27-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 6] where he denied assaulting his girlfriend and holding a knife to her neck. Jahroy Simons pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting the female, and of using threatening words to her while holding a knife to her neck. Both incidents were alleged to have occurred in Devonshire earlier... Read more of this article
Weekend Arrests: 22 People For Warrants & DUI
Over this past weekend, police officers arrested five people on suspicion of impaired driving as the Selective Traffic Enforcement Programme [STEP] continues. Officers also arrested 17 people for outstanding warrants and conducted liquor license checks at various liquor licensed premises throughout the island. Related Stories Arrests For DUI, Machete,... Read more of this article
Driver Crashes Into Railing, Arrested For DUI
A 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after crashing into a roadside railing on Harrington Sound Road early Saturday morning. A police spokesperson said, “Around 12:30am on Saturday, May 4th police officers attended a reported single vehicle collision along Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton parish near the junction... Read more of this article
