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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
An off-duty prison officer was injured after he was struck on the head by a motorcycle rider yesterday.
The victim, a 40-year-old man, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with a cut on his head after the incident, which happened as he jogg...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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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
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