Category: Crime
Police Capture Prison Inmate Shane Todd
[Updated] Police confirmed this morning that 36-year-old prison inmate Shane Todd was captured in Hamilton parish. Mr Todd — who has been convicted of a number of offences including sexual assault — had been on the loose for eight days. Police Media Relations Manager Dwayne Caines said that a few minutes after 11am this morning [July 7]... Read more of this article
MPs Pass Criminal Code Amendment Act
The Criminal Code Amendment Act — which allows for additional prison sentencing for crimes committed as part of gang activity — was passed yesterday [July 6] in the House of Assembly, with MPs from both sides supporting the Bill. Explaining the legislation, Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief said: ”The Bill proposes that... Read more of this article
Barbara Tannock Sentenced To Six Months
Former banking executive Barbara Tannock was sentenced to six months in prison this afternoon [July 6] after pleading guilty to stealing $76,500 from an elderly couple. During her sentencing hearing, she returned most the money she was convicted of stealing, with her lawyer handing over a cashier’s check for $70,000. Ms Tannock, 42, previously... Read more of this article
Man Receives Suspended Sentence For Fraud
Senior Magistrate Archie Warner handed down a sentence of six months in prison to a Trinidadian man convicted of fraud, but suspended that custodial sentence for 24 months. Sentence was passed on Joel Balfour, a 42 year-old who said that he was working in Bermuda as an IT engineer, and who had been convicted, by his own admission, of defrauding a Jamaican... Read more of this article
Video: Police Appeal For Help Locating Prisoner
Prison inmate Shane Todd — who has been convicted of sexual assault — has now been on the loose for seven days, the police said at a press conference this morning [July 6]. 36-year-old Shane Todd started serving a prison sentence in 2005, and was enrolled in a “re-entry programme” at the Prison Farm and was out on work release... Read more of this article
Man Swallows Marijuana During Stop-n-Search
In Magistrates Court this morning [July 6], Yikunno Goater, 29, pleaded guilty to obstructing police on 25th May 2012 during a routine Police stop-n-search operation. Carrington Mahoney, for the Crown, told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that Mr Goater and others had been in a car. On stopping the car, and once the windows had been rolled down, Police... Read more of this article
39-Year-Old Woman Denies Assault Charges
Tenyah Trott, 39, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting another woman in St George’s on 18th June 2012. She also pleaded not guilty to unlawfully damaging the other woman’s clothing and sunglasses/shades. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner set Ms Trott’s trial for 25th October 2012 and granted her bail of $2,000. Related Stories Privy... Read more of this article
Prison Inmate Remains ‘Unlawfully At Large’
[Updated] The police are continuing to try and locate 36-year-old Shane Todd who recently failed to return to the Prison Farm while out on work release and remains “unlawfully at large.” The police have received calls with people reporting have Mr Todd, however have not been able to apprehend him as of yet. Acting Chief Inspector Andy Morgan... Read more of this article
Two Teens Appear In Magistrates Court
In Magistrates Court this morning 17-year-old Sanchea Douglas pleaded not guilty to taking a Vespa scooter on 2nd May 2012; and not guilty to taking another cycle, this time a Honda Scoopy, on the same day, 2nd May 2012. Douglas was granted bail of $5,000, was required to find a Surety, and must come back for trial on 18th July 2012. In an entirely... Read more of this article
Sisters Who Stole From Grandmother Jailed
[Updated] 46-year-old Lorraine Elizabeth Smith and 44-year-old Audra-Ann Bean were jailed for 15 months today [July 4] after earlier being convicted of stealing approximately half a million dollars from their own grandmother. The sisters were given 15 month sentence for senior abuse and 15 months for the theft, with sentences to run concurrently. Update... Read more of this article
36-Yr-Old Prisoner Absconds From Prison Farm
[Updated] The police are seeking the whereabouts of 36-year-old Shane Todd, who failed to return to the Prison Farm at the designated time while on a work release programme. A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service is seeking the whereabouts of 36 year old Shane Todd. Mr. Todd recently failed to return to the Prison Farm at the... Read more of this article
Teenager Charged: Good Friday Attack
In Magistrates Court this morning [July 4], 17-year-old Gavaska Lodge-Bascome faced the indictable charges of unlawfully wounding and causing grieving bodily harm and unlawfully possessing a bladed article. The allegations stem from an alleged group attack incident at Southampton Rangers Sports Club on Good Friday. Crown Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney... Read more of this article
