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Crime has risen 15 percent in the last three months compared to earlier this year, and police are being called for help more than ever before.
A total of 1,139 crimes were committed in the April to June period, compared to 991 in the January to March...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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Crime
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Police took five guns off the streets in the first six months of this year amid a slowdown in the frequency of firearms crimes.
Commissioner Michael DeSilva pledged to keep the heat up on would-be gunmen nonetheless, in the wake of five gun deaths an...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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Crime
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Police seized more than $10 million worth of drugs during a bust at a home on South Road, Warwick.
The raid on Wednesday also netted four boxes containing 200 rounds of live ammunition and two men were later arrested.
A police spokesman said: “Follow...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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Crime
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Police netted thousands of dollars worth of cannabis, heroin and cocaine in two separate drug hauls yesterday.
In the first, officers acting on a tip-off swooped on a secluded property on Kitchener Close in Boaz Island where they seized 115 cannabis ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Crime
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Two have been arrested in connection with a weekend assault, in which an 18-year-old man’s jaw was broken.
Two young men, aged 15 and 16, are being held by police, who have appealed for witnesses to the incident in the early hours of Saturday. Anyone...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager had his jaw shattered by a group of young thugs, who jumped him on the streets of Hamilton this weekend.
The 18-year-old said he was attacked on Washington Street along with a group of friends, shortly after he rehearsed for an anti-violen...
DATE: Jul 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People need to have a change of heart and stop pointing the finger at the families of shooting victims.
This is the cry for help from Elder Kevin Santucci who has personally reached out to the heartbroken relatives of Bermuda’s murder victims.
He ha...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Crime
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A visitor was robbed of a handbag by a man on a passing motorcycle on Monday. Two visitors were riding a rental cycle on North Shore Road near the junction with Wilkinson Avenue when a thief removed the bag from the cycle’s basket as he rode past.
Th...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Crime
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Shooting victim Shakeda Davis was lucky she was sitting when she was hit by bullets fired from a passing motorcycle.
So believes her grandmother Inez Dill. She said the fact that her 26-year-old was sitting on her bike when she was shot saved her fro...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Restaurant burgled
Police attended a reported burglary at a St George’s restaurant on Saturday morning. It is believed that sometime on Friday night or early on Saturday morning thieves gained entry into the premises and removed a quantity of alcohol...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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