Driver overdid it on Cockspur rum
blood when Police stopped his black Peugeot auxiliary cycle.
Richard M. May had 244 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood when Police arrested him on Serpentine Road. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
The 50-year-old Fairmount Hamilton Princess waiter pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and told Police: "I had a couple of Cockspurs.'' Yesterday, Senior Magistrate Archie Warner told May: "You should be careful with the Cock'' before fining the waiter $1,000 and disqualifying him from driving all vehicles for 12 months.
DRIVER CALLED POLICE CTS Driver called Police A single mother of two did the right thing and called Police when she ran her car into a wall -- but after she got home and left her car at the scene.
Senior Magistrate Archie Warner fined Joan Maria Cabral, 44, $1,000 and disqualified her from driving all vehicles for 12 months after she pleaded guilty to having an illegal amount of alcohol in her blood.
Cabral was driving home from a friend's dinner on South Road in Smith's when she struck a wall on August 3.
She called Police when she reached her Watch Hill Road, Smith's home.
Police said her eyes were glazed and smelled strongly of alcohol. She was taken to St. George's Police Station were she was found to have 186 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.
ATTACK IN ST. GEORGE'S CRM Attack in St. George's An assault in the early hours of Wednesday left a St. George's man with a swollen right eye and cuts to his forehead and body.
The 52-year-old told Police he was attacked in front of Freddie's Pub in King's Square, a popular tourist attraction, on Wednesday morning.
The St. George's man reported the assault to Police after going to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Police have arrested a 22-year-old St. George's man connected with the incident.
MAN ATTACKED TWICE CRM Man attacked twice A 28-year-old Pembroke man was robbed and assaulted twice at a neighbourhood liquor store on Wednesday afternoon.
He said that while he was at the counter at Serpentine Liquors on Serpentine Road around 1.30 p.m., he was struck from behind by someone he knew.
The attacker punched the Pembroke man in his right eye and left the store.
The attacker confronted the victim outside, taking cash from him before leaving.
HOUSEBREAKERS STRIKE CRM Housebreakers strike Thieves have struck homes in Pembroke and Warwick.
A Pembroke couple's home was burgled when they left the house for less than an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
The couple realised their Cheriton Lane home was burgled shortly after they got home around 2 p.m. and found signs of entry and cash and jewellery stolen.
In Warwick, burglars also hit a Khyber Pass home sometime on Wednesday, making off with cash and a gold chain.
OLD TOWN WALK PLANNED CLB Old town walk planned Rock Ramblers are organising an educational tour around St. George's on September 3.
The group said the informal, guided walk around the old capital will raise awareness of the area and teach people about its history, culture and ecology.
The walk starts at 9 a.m. at St. Catherine's Fort and is free, but donations to benefit conservation in the town are appreciated. For more information phone 238-3438.