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A man who threatened to behead David Burt, the Premier, was sentenced to a year behind bars yesterday and probation.
The Supreme Court heard that Jared Gordon, 30, had already spent about 18 months in prison since his arrest for threats to the premie...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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
Three road users were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving over the weekend, police said yesterday.
The arrests came after officers set up breath test checkpoints in Hamilton Parish, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton fro...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
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
A man targeted by fraudsters has warned fellow internet users to be on their guard.
The would-be victim received a Facebook message claiming to be from the electronics firm Samsung notifying him he had won $800,000.
He said that he was told he must p...
DATE: Jan 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Police raided a home last night in connection with a firearms incident near a nightclub.
Acting Detective Inspector Jason Smith said: “The Bermuda Police Service executed a firearms warrant today at a residence off Factory Lane, Pembroke.”
Mr Smith s...
DATE: Jan 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police today urged the public to help with their investigations into a string of gun incidents.
Investigators, who raided a Pembroke home yesterday in connection with a firearms incident near the Ambiance nightclub in Hamilton, said they still needed...
DATE: Jan 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A security guard was stabbed outside of a Front Street liquor store, a police spokesman said yesterday.
The guard, said to be a 46-year-old man from St George’s, was stabbed several times in the body while on duty outside Carousel Liquors on Front St...
DATE: Jan 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A security guard who was stabbed outside Carousel Liquors on Front Street on Wednesday night has been treated and discharged from hospital, police announced this morning.
The 46-year-old man was assaulted by another man at about 8.15pm.
Police contin...
DATE: Jan 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been arrested in connection with a reported hit and run.
Police believe the 30-year-old Pembroke man was driving the car which struck a 31-year-old male motorcyclist on North Shore Road, near the junction with Black Watch Pass, last Friday ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff