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Five people were arrested after a weekend fight that involved about 50 teenagers.
Police went to the scene after people reported a disturbance.
A police spokesman said: “Callers reported bottles being thrown and knives being brandished; however, ther...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man arrested on suspicion of the murder of a missing mother has been given bail, police said yesterday.
A police spokesman said: “The 39-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess has been bailed and inquiries in...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was shot on a busy street yesterday evening.
He was rushed to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital by ambulance after the incident on Middle Road in Warwick at about 5.20pm.
Detective Inspector Kenten Trott said: “This incident happened in a b...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Income inequality and its connection to racial disparities must be addressed to help combat gun crime, a government MP claimed yesterday.
Rolfe Commissiong, whose Pembroke South East constituency has been hit by violence over the past decade, feared ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A tearful mother who has already lost a son to gun crime begged for help yesterday, after another of her children was shot and wounded in an attack at the family home.
Nicole Fox made an emotional plea for support, hours after her house in Pembroke w...
DATE: Feb 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Shots were fired at a house last night, police said.
A police spokesman said several shots were fired at the property, but no one was injured.
Officers examined the scene, in Scott’s Lane South, just off Khyber Heights Road in Warwick.
Police were al...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A gunshot victim cheated death after he was hit several times yesterday, but managed to run away and flag down a passing driver.
One nearby resident fled indoors with her baby after she realised a series of bangs were gunshots.
The woman said: “I was...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three men were arrested in connection with Wednesday’s raid at a Hamilton business, police said yesterday.
Detective Superintendent Nicholas Pedro, of the Bermuda Police Service crime division, explained: “Three men were taken into custody overnight ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Armed robbers carried out a smash-and-grab raid in Hamilton jewellery and luxury goods store yesterday.
Two raiders, one armed with what appeared to be a handgun, rode into the Washington Mall and smashed display cases at the shopping centre’s Gold S...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Last year was the first in more than two decades that no murders were recorded in Bermuda, the Commissioner of Police said yesterday.
Stephen Corbishley added that 2019 saw “tremendous work” from the BPS and the Government’s anti-gang task force in t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter