Category: Crime
Witness Appeal After Woman Accosted
“Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen a female being accosted by an unknown male at a bus stop along Palmetto Road, Devonshire, in the area of Frog Lane and Roberts Avenue, between 3:45pm and 4:30pm on Thursday, March 8th,” said a police spokesperson. “The female victim left the area on a bus and later reported the incident.... Read more of this article
Taxi Driver Jailed For Selling Crack
37-year-old taxi driver Hewvonnie Brown of St David’s was sent to jail for two and half years this morning [Mar.13] for drugs offences involving $13,000 worth of crack cocaine and over $52,000 of cash that was the proceeds of illegal drug transactions. After being tipped off, Police had stopped Brown in Hamilton on 21st March 2011. Police found the... Read more of this article
Suspended Sentence For Growing Cannabis
39-year-old David Cunningham of Knapton Close Smith’s Parish escaped an immediate custodial sentence for his offence of cultivating and possessing cannabis. Following submissions by Crown Prosecutor Nicole Smith and defence lawyer Charles Richardson, and after reading B.A.R.C and S.I.R. reports, Magistrate Khomisi Tokunbo sentenced Mr Cunningham to... Read more of this article
41-Yr-Old Man Arrested After Assault
After an altercation last night [Mar.12] which saw two men injured, a 41-year-old man was arrested, while another remains hospitalized. A police spokesperson said, “Around 7:55pm on Monday, March 12th police and first responders attended a reported assault with a bladed article at an Elliot Street, Pembroke residence. “The suspect and... Read more of this article
Man Pleads Guilty: Handling Stolen Goods
In Plea Court yesterday morning [Mar.12], 21-year-old Tristan Daniels of Hamilton Parish pleaded guilty to a charge of handling a Mac laptop computer that had been stolen during the course of an armed robbery involving American tourists last week in Southampton. Despite arguing that he had no knowledge that the laptop had been stolen, Daniels was remanded... Read more of this article
51-Yr-Old Man Arrested For DUI
A 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after he was “unable to negotiate” a round-a-bout, police said. At 3.15am on Sunday morning [Mar.11] the man was traveling along Trimingham Road on his motorcycle when he crashed into the round-a-bout at the junction, resulting in the motorcycle being extensively damaged, him... Read more of this article
Four Plead Guilty: $3.4 Million Drug Case
This morning [Mar.12] in Supreme Court, four of the “Carefree Five” plead guilty to drug charges minutes before their trial was due to start. Carlos Rogers, Shaun Johnson, Kinola Simons and Bilal Shakir all pleaded guilty to possessing or handling a controlled drug, however pleaded not guilty to conspiring to import a controlled drug. The... Read more of this article
Woman Charged After Traffic Collision
In Magistrates Court on Friday [Mar.9], 50-year-old Tracey Pitt faced six counts in the aftermath of a traffic collision that happened on 29th January 2012, and left two brothers in the Intensive Care Unit. Because the charges were ruled to be indictable, they can only be tried in the Supreme Court, and she was not required to enter a plea. Ms Pitt... Read more of this article
Robinson Convicted In St. Vincent
Bermudian Winston Robinson was convicted of two offences of money laundering in a St. Vincent court today [Mar.9]. Mr Robinson was on a sailboat — containing $1.7 million in hidden compartments — when it was intercepted entering St. Vincent in April 2008. A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service learned today of the... Read more of this article
Woman Accosted, Bag Stolen
Last night a woman was accosted as she exited her car outside her Smith’s parish home, with the male suspect stealing her handbag. A police spokesperson said, “Around 11:30pm on Thursday, March 8th police responded to a reported handbag snatch on Broken Hill Lane in Smith’s parish. It appears that the victim, a 27 year old Smith’s parish... Read more of this article
Two Suspected Burglars Arrested
The police commended a member of the public who reported suspicious activity in their neighbourhood on Wednesday [Mar.7], resulting in two suspected burglars being arrested, and the suspected stolen property being recovered. At around 2:30pm yesterday police responded to the reported burglary at a Slippery Hill, St. George’s residence and arrested... Read more of this article
Man & Woman Appear On Drug Charges
In Magistrates Court this morning [Mar.8], 43-year old Anthony Lewis Davis of Schools Drive Devonshire was charged with two counts involving controlled drugs. Count one was that on 17th February 2012, he had cannabis in his possession and that he had this amount with the intent to supply. The second count was that on the same date, he had in his possession... Read more of this article
