all vehicles for a year for a slew of traffic offences.

Kevin Ingham, 17, of My Lords Bay Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving an unlicensed vehicle in a dangerous manner while he was disqualified, and making a false statement.

Police prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said Police noticed five cycles speeding along the Shelly Bay Stretch in Hamilton Parish on July 28.

The radar showed the first cycle to be traveling at 76 kph and the last cycle to be traveling at 74 kph.

Sgt. Dale said Police stopped Ingham -- who was riding the last cycle -- on Harrington Sound Road in Smith's Parish after they saw him speeding and overtaking cars.

When he was stopped Ingham told Police his name was Dwayne Hayward. But one of the officers told Ingham that he knew Dwayne Hayward and that he did not look like him.

Ingham subsequently gave the officers his real name and he was arrested and taken to Hamilton Police Station.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined him $100 for driving an unlicensed vehicle, $200 for driving while disqualified, $200 for making a false statement, and $300 for driving in a dangerous manner.

DANGEROUS DRIVER SENTENCED AGAIN CTS Dangerous driver sentenced again A man serving an 18-month prison term for leading Police on a wild car chase before smashing into four Police cars last December was back in Magistrates' Court this week to face similar charges.

John Anderson, 26, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty in a previous court appearance to three counts of driving an unlicensed and uninsured car and driving in a dangerous manner along Cottage Hill Road, Hamilton Parish on December 20.

In April, prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant told the court Anderson was driving a stolen red Mazda along North Shore Road when Police signalled him to stop.

Anderson then accelerated to 80 kph, driving on the wrong side of the road and causing oncoming traffic to swerve, Sgt. Grant said.

Anderson later changed his dangerous driving plea to not guilty.

But this week he admitted to the offence again and he also pleaded guilty to stealing a jeep on December 6.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osborne told the court a Suzuki Jeep was parked on St. John's Road in Pembroke by the owner's boyfriend.

The boyfriend left the keys in the jeep and got out to speak to someone, Sgt.

Osborne said.

While the man was talking, Anderson took the jeep and drove to Middletown where he picked up two men.

Later that same day Police noticed the jeep travelling on Reid Street.

Sgt. Osborne said the driver of the jeep -- who was not Anderson -- then led Police on a high speed chase in which speeds of up to 90 kph were reached.

Police stopped the jeep at Middletown and the driver was taken to the Hamilton Police Station.

The driver told Police he had been asked by Anderson to drive between Queen and Reid Streets so that he (Anderson) would not get a ticket.

During a Police interview Anderson said he had given the jeep owner's boyfriend $40 for drugs in exchange for the use of the jeep for the day.

The Wor. Edward King sentenced Anderson to four months in prison. Mr. King also sentenced Anderson to 10 days for driving with no vehicle licence, 28 days for having no third party insurance and 56 days for driving in a dangerous manner for the December 20 incident.

All of the sentences are to run concurrent to his present sentence.

TEENAGER ADMITS `SECUAL OFFENCE' CTS Teenager admits `sexual offence' A social inquiry report was this week ordered for a 16-year-old charged with having carnal knowledge with a girl under the age of 16.

Prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said the complainant was the mother of the 15-year-old girl involved.

"Between October and November 1994 the boy invited the girl to his house,'' Sgt. Dale said. "They went into the bedroom, kissed, removed their clothes and then had sexual intercourse.'' The male youth was arrested in May and admitted having sex with the minor.

He told Police that although other people told him she was under 16, he had seen her several times at the Spinning Wheel Nightclub.

Magistrate the Wor. Edward King released him on $500 bail with a like surety and ordered him to return on September 27.

US VISITOR FINED $900 FOR CANNABIS CTS US visitor fined $900 for cannabis A 45-year-old American visitor, who said he had his bag and credit card stolen in Bermuda, was this week fined a total of $900 for possessing drugs.

George Thomas Nugent, of New York State, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to possessing cannabis and cigarette papers associated with the use of cannabis.

Police prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said the drugs were discovered on August 4 when Nugent arrived at the airport on a commercial flight.

Customs officers discovered a plastic bag containing two home-made cigarettes and a tweezer with plant material traces in Nugent's luggage, Sgt. Dale said.

Nugent said the drugs were for his personal use.

Magistrate the Wor. Edward King fined him $750 for possessing cannabis and $150 for the cigarette papers.

But duty counsel Mr. Peter Farge noted that Nugent had already lost money to Bermuda.

He said Nugent was returning to the US yesterday afternoon and had lost $500 as a result of a bag snatching on his vacation.

But Mr. King joked: "If you haven't got $900 call Westinghouse (Western Union). I see it all the time on television.'' FINED FOR POSSESSING OFFENSIVE WEAPON CTS Fined for possessing offensive weapon Possessing an offensive weapon and causing damage to a cycle cost a 21-year-old Pembroke $1,600 this week.

Laurie Burrows, of Glebe Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to possessing a machete and causing $1,504 worth of damage to an auxiliary cycle.

Police prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said Burrows was involved in an altercation with Wayne Crane -- a family friend -- last December at his mother's home on Christopher Close in Devonshire.

Burrows went to his room to collect a machete after the man asked for the keys to an auxiliary cycle parked outside the house on December 29, Sgt. Dale said.

"The defendant's four-year-old brother stood between the two of them and begged him not to hit the other person,'' he added.

Burrows "brought the machete down in a chopping motion'' and then he went outside and began smashing vehicles, including the auxiliary cycle.

Upon hearing this, Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis said: "This is very serious. I don't see why you would keep a machete in the bedroom unless it was a weapon.'' Burrows said Crane had threatened to shoot him.

But Mr. Francis fined him $800 for each offence and told him: "Over half the violence that occurs is in family circles.''