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Bermuda's drunk driving laws could be toughened up after the Island's road death rate for 2010 put it on the verge of the international high-risk category, according to Transport Minister Terry Lister. Reflecting on the 13 people who lost their lives...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox believes an increased community effort and police presence ensured the New Year's holiday passed without major incident.
Yesterday in a statement, the Bermuda Police Service said the three-day weekend was “relatively routine”. A spo...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011
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Crime
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A 50-year-old Sandys man was attacked outside his home on New Year’s Day.
Police say two men hit the Sandys man and brandished a gun at 2am on Broome Street, Sandys. A spokesman said: “As he was exiting his car, two men came out of the bushes and att...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011
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Crime
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While Bermuda enjoyed a quiet holiday season, with no shootings, Opposition spokesman for National Security Michael Dunkley said there was still much work to be done.
No one was shot in Bermuda this December, unlike last year when three men were mur...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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Crime
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Each day, when Maxzine Puckerin walks out of her front door in Footbridge Lane, Pembroke, a wall of graffiti confronts her.
The words spray painted by local youths opposite her home commemorate her murdered son Perry Puckerin Jr, along with two of hi...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Kerry Puckerin-Tear has a memory box in her bedroom containing three yellow paper hearts covered in her neat handwriting.
On each heart, the nine-year-old has carefully listed all the things she must do to help her deal with the murder of her father ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome blamed short hours at the old police station for leaving the town vulnerable.
Mr Bascome’s comments followed a break-in yesterday at Vera P Card jewellers on Water Street, close to the St George’s Station.
According ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The US Drug Drug Enforcement Agency alleges Bermudians Shawn Antoine Simmons, Antoine Wenfield Eugene Russel and Raymont Steven Bernard Francis were found with 700lbs of marijuana in international waters.
In an affidavit US Special Agent Roxana Puli...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The author of a new book on the Rebecca Middleton murder said attitudes she encountered during her extensive research suggest people would still like to see the botched case resolved.
The book, ‘Kill Me Once…Kill Me Twice: Murder on the Queen’s Playg...
DATE: Dec 29, 2010
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Crime
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Thieves broke into a Pembroke home in the early hours of Christmas Eve and stole a large sum of cash and jewellery.
Police received a report of a burglary around 2.25am at a Mount Langton Crescent home.
The thieves demanded the items from the homeo...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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