possessing ecstasy and not guilty to possessing ecstasy with intent to supply.

Twenty-four-year-old Raymond Carlos Swan, of Town Hill, was bailed yesterday for $2,500 to return to Magistrates' Court on April 4.

CONMEN USED GAINS FOR HOLIDAY CTS Conmen use gains for holiday Three men, who duped on-line investors of almost $1 million, used some of their ill-gotten gains to visit Bermuda, it was alleged this week.

The trio, Julio Crespo of New Jersey and Luis Figueroa and John Brew of New York, had a suit filed against them on December 2 by the New Jersey Attorney General, the news service Reuters reported.

The suit alleges the three men duped investors of $750,000 through an Internet stock trading website they pretended belonged to well known Australian financial services company MLC Ltd.

Some of the money paid for trips to Bermuda and Paradise Island, for entry into pornographic websites and for merchandise from Victoria's Secret lingerie company and the Nordstrom's and Neiman Marcus department stores.

The eight count complaint was filed in Essex County Superior Court by Attorney General John Farmer's Division of Consumer Affairs which has begun a crackdown on fraudulent e-trading companies.

TEENAGERS STOLE FROM NEIGHBOURS CRM Teenagers stole from neighbours A pair of teens who pleaded guilty to stealing from their neighbours face a social inquiry report in February.

On July 21 Jamie Michael Smith, 18, of Aubrey Road, Hamilton Parish, broke into a house just a few doors away with a 16-year-old accomplice who cannot be named for legal reasons.

They took a CD walkman worth $120 from one address and a watch and a bottle of vodka from a nearby home.

Smith also pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates' Court to stealing $3,000 from a Sleepy Hollow Drive home a day later.

Defence counsel Mark Pettingill said Smith had already spent four months on remand in Westgate Correctional Facility.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis bailed Smith for $800 with a like surety and imposed curfew conditions while his accomplice was bailed on similar conditions. The pair will return to Magistrates' Court on February 2 for sentencing.

AMERICAN YACHT GIVEN TOW IN SLG American yacht given tow in The stricken American yacht Alibi will get some much needed assistance after a local yacht meets it to tow it in.

The Greenwich, Connecticut registered 44-foot sailboat lost its mast earlier this week and turned back from its route to Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Around 9 a.m. yesterday morning, about 170 miles due south, the local boat Somethin' Hot will arrive to assist.

Bermuda Harbour Radio expect the two boats to arrive in the Island by tomorrow morning.

ST. GEORGE'S RESIDENT BURGLED CRM St. George's residents burgled Vacationing residents returned to their home to find it had been raided in their absence.

The Queen Street, St. George's apartment was burgled between October and December.

A box of silverware, cooking utensils and curtains were taken.

Clothing was stolen from a home in Riviera Crescent, Southampton, between Wednesday and Thursday.

The resident reported a pair of yellow workboots and a rainsuit had been stolen.