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Bermuda has witnessed a dramatic rise in cases of domestic abuse in recent years, according to a government minister.
The claim has been backed up by the charity Centre Against Abuse, which reported “a sharp increase in domestic abuse reports” up to ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police vehicles are on their last legs, suffering repeated breakdowns and staying in service long after they should be decommissioned, it has been claimed
DATE: Sep 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have renewed calls for changes in the law so that they can carry out roadside sobriety tests more easily and more frequently.
At present, the Bermuda Police Service have to get permission from a senior magistrate before they can carry out road...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A teenager murdered in a stabbing incident on Friday night has been identified as 16-year-old Kanye Ford.
Mr Ford, a former CedarBridge Academy student from St David’s, died from multiple knife wounds after a party at Horseshoe Bay.
Police announced ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police are making a fresh appeal for witnesses to help them solve a murder that took place five years ago.
Jahkobi Smith was fatally stabbed at the West End Sailboat Club in Sandys on July 29, 2017.
The stabbing took place at about 7.15pm when there...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man arrested following a brawl on Front Street in which a pitbull terrier died has appeared in court.
In Magistrates’ Court yesterday Kyle Smith, 36, pleaded not guilty to three charges of injuring a police officer, one count of threatening behavi...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police recorded a sharp increase in antisocial crimes in 2020 as a result of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, according to the latest statistics.
But the public safety regulations introduced as a result of the virus also resulted in a decrease in o...
DATE: Jul 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Gang violence has increased dramatically in the past ten years despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies, according to the Commissioner of Police.
Darrin Simons said that the problem will never be resolved by policing alone, and that other...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents are being urged to turn in friends and relatives who have committed crimes in an effort to stop an escalating “crisis” in violent crime on the island.
Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security, made the call at a public meeting on ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The public is invited to attend a meeting on community violence tomorrow.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, will host the meeting with speakers also including Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police, and Bishop Leroy Bean, of the Ga...
DATE: Jul 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan