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Three suspects were last night in police custody, in connection with the “cold and callous” gang-related murder of a father-to-be.
Jahmiko LeShore, 26, was gunned down near 8.30pm on Tuesday, on Boundary Crescent, Devonshire. Police confirmed they be...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A self-confessed heroin addict who robbed the people who tried to help him was yesterday jailed for 18 months.
Jamaine Quidir Salaam,36, of no fixed abode, was sentenced in Magistrates’ Court after admitting to two counts of robbery.
Senior Crown cou...
DATE: Mar 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pedestrian was hurt and one man arrested following a motorcycle crash on North Shore Road.
A 56-year-old Pembroke man was treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after two cycles collided near the junction with Coney Island Road in Hamilton Pa...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five men and three women were arrested for outstanding warrants, according to a Police spokesman.
One of the arrests was made on Tuesday evening after Police responded to a report of suspicious people in the George’s Bay Road area of Somerset.
The ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A text rumour of an alleged attempt to snatch a child may be false, police have warned.
A message circulating among the public alleges that a man tried to abduct a boy from the bus terminal.
It goes on to describe both the suspect and the vehicle use...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Police budget was cut by $7.5 million yesterday, receiving 11 percent less funding than last year.
Minister of National Security David Burch pledged that public safety would not be compromised by the cuts.
However, the news was greeted with conce...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Governor and Police Commissioner have advised the anonymous author of a letter about gang crime to take their tip offs to the Police, not give them to the media.
The Royal Gazette recieved a copy of the type-written letter this week. Entitled “Wo...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Bermuda Police Service yesterday celebrated the birthday of 102-year-old Detective Inspector Milton Marsh, the service’s oldest retired officer.
He was awarded the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) for his contributions in 1964 when he retired from the...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have warned desperate women contemplating trafficking drugs for cash that they are running “the greatest risk” in doing so. The comments came after a number of high profile cases involving female drug mules being caught and jailed. A total of ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A 38-year-old mother-of-four yesterday admitted using $4,700 worth of forged cheques.
Janika Gardner Talbot denied forging the cheques but pleaded guilty to using them to buy food and get cash. The offences are said to have taken place between Januar...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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