Category: Crime
Bean/Burrows Found Guilty Of 34 Counts
Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows were found guilty last night [May 14] of stealing over $500,000 of the taxpayers money. During the almost three month long trial, the Supreme Court jury heard the couple used extensive amounts of taxpayer dollars for various personal expenses, including building on their St George’s property. Mr Burrows —... Read more of this article
DUI: Five People Arrested On Weekend
Over the weekend, police officers arrested 19 people for outstanding warrants and five people on suspicion of impaired driving. A police spokesperson said, “Around 2:30am on Monday May 14th, police were on mobile patrol on Cavendish Road in Pembroke when they noticed a motorcycle that was travelling erratically. Officers stopped the vehicle and... Read more of this article
Court: Man Removed EMD With Screwdriver
36- year-old Kawesi Wilson was back before Senior Magistrate Archie Warner this morning [May 14] to face and plead guilty to a charge of damaging an Electronic Monitoring Device [EMD]. The EMD had been part of the two year Probation Order that Wilson had received in February 2012 after being convicted in Magistrates Court. The Magistrate was told that... Read more of this article
22-Yr-Old Man Charged: Handling Ammunition
22-year-old Julian Washington of Pembroke was remanded into custody this morning [May 14] to re-appear on Monday 28th May 2012. Mr Washington faced the charge of unlawfully handling a .45 calibre cartridge on 8th January 2012 in Pembroke Parish. The case must be tried in the Supreme Court so he was not required to enter a plea, and he was remanded... Read more of this article
Police Discourage Circulation Of Child Abuse Video
Noting that there is no way to control the distribution of information, police have “discouraged the dissemination” of an overseas video which shows a child being abused by an adult. A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service is aware of a video being circulated locally via BlackBerry and social media. The footage is believed... Read more of this article
Man Fined For Stealing $19 Worth Of Socks
In Plea Court this morning [May 11] a 43-year-old man with a series of prior convictions pleaded guilty to stealing a $19 packet of socks and was fined $500. The facts read out to the Senior Magistrate were that on 28th April, a manager at Price-Rite’s Mills Creek shop had seen Rudy Smith place something in the inside of the blue windbreaker that... Read more of this article
Man Pleads Guilty: Passing Counterfeit Currency
25-year-old Ronico Richardson pled guilty to four counts of passing counterfeit currency in Magistrates’ Court yesterday [May 10]. The offences took place at two Front Street establishments on November 18th 2011, with the defendant admitting to passing two counterfeit U.S. $50 notes at each location. As a result, Richardson was fined $3,000 by Magistrate... Read more of this article
Cannabis: Westgate Prisoner Pleads Not Guilty
Attired in a Westgate orange sweatsuit ensemble, 33-year-old Quincy Brangman sat in the prisoner’s enclosure in this morning’s [May 10] Plea Court facing a charge of possessing cannabis in an Increased Penalty Zone – namely inside Westgate Correctional Facility. The drugs were allegedly found on 28th September 2011. Brangman pleaded not guilty.... Read more of this article
Grandmother To Court: “He’s Not Cooperating”
Teenager Taaj Muhammad, who had previously been convicted of mugging another teenager and who had been placed on Probation for that offence, was this morning [May 10] sent to the COED facility for nine months after his Probation Order was revoked. The Probation Office had brought Muhammad back to Court because his great-grandmother, who had offered... Read more of this article
21-Yr-Old Man Pleads Guilty To Weapon Charge
In this morning’s [May 10] Plea Court, 21-year-old Devon Hairston pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon and of doing so in an Increased Penalty Zone. Hairston was one of the teenagers who was originally charged with the 2008 murder of 18 year old Kellon Hill, however the charges against him in that matter were dismissed. The charge arose... Read more of this article
21-Year-Old Arrested For DUI
“Around 3am on Wednesday May 9th, police conducting traffic checks along North Shore Road in Hamilton parish noticed an auxiliary cycle driving erratically, “said a police spokesperson. “Officers pursued the vehicle and stopped it near the junction with East Point Lane. Officers approached the rider, a 21 year old St. George’s man... Read more of this article
Guilty Plea: Refusing To Give Breath Sample
In Plea Court yesterday [May 9] Warwick resident 22-year-old Marieko Paul pleaded guilty to a charge of refusing to give a breath sample to Police. The charge stemmed from his being stopped on the evening of 6th May on Front Street. The normal penalty for this offence carries a heavy fine and an automatic disqualification from driving all vehicles.... Read more of this article
