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Burglary

Sun, 2008-01-20

Around 10:30pm on Sunday, Police attended a reported burglary at a Whitney Avenue West, Pembroke residence. On arrival officers spoke with the complainant who stated that sometime between Friday and 10pm on Sunday, an unknown culprit gained entry into his home while he was overseas. The culprit stole a 42” Toshiba flat screen TV. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Weekend Activity

Vehicle Overboard

Sat, 2008-01-19

Around 6:55 this morning, Police received a report of a submerged vehicle at Somerset Bridge dock. Details of how the car, a silver Ford Focus, ended up overboard are unclear at this time; however the driver, a 31 year old Sandys parish man, was subsequently located and arrested on suspicion of impaired driving. He was taken to Hamilton Police Station where he failed the alco-analyser test.

Robbery

Thu, 2008-01-17

Around 5:10pm on Thursday, Police received a report of a robbery on Fort Hamilton Drive in Pembroke. On arrival officers spoke with the victim, an 82 year old Pembroke man, who stated that around 4:20pm he picked up a fare on Front Street. The unknown man asked to be taken to Fort Hamilton. Once the taxi arrived at Fort Hamilton, the suspect asked to be taken on to Fort Hamilton Drive.

Arrests

Thu, 2008-01-17

In the early hours of this morning the Bermuda Police Service executed a search warrant at a Pembroke residence. As a result, a 22 year old Pembroke man was arrested in connection with the attempted murders on Christmas Day & Boxing Day and the Boxing Day murder of Aquil Richardson; meantime, a 26 year old Pembroke man was arrested at the same residence on suspicion of possessing controlled drugs with intent to supply.

Burglary

Wed, 2008-01-16

At 1:05pm on Wednesday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Park Hill, Warwick residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 7:30am and 1pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into his home while it was unoccupied. The culprit stole a 42” Panasonic flat screen TV, a Sony digital camcorder, a JVC camcorder, a quantity of cash, an I-Pod and a quantity of alcohol.

Burglary

Tue, 2008-01-15

At 2:45 this morning, Police attended a reported burglary at a Cedar Hill, Warwick residence. On arrival officers spoke with the complainant who stated that around 2:20am he was awoken by noises inside the home. When he went to investigate, he discovered an unknown culprit had gained entry and stole a wallet containing a quantity of cash. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Burglary

Mon, 2008-01-14

At 4:05pm on Monday, Police attended a reported burglary at a New Park Lane, Pembroke residence. On arrival officers spoke with the complainant who stated that sometime between 12:30pm and 3:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into her apartment while it was unoccupied. The culprit stole a white I-Pod, a cellular phone and 5 DVDs. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Burglary

Sun, 2008-01-13

At 10:15pm on Saturday, Police attended a reported burglary at a Brunswick Street, Pembroke business. On arrival officers spoke with the complainants who stated that sometime between 6:30pm on Friday, January 4th and 9:45pm on Saturday, January 12th an unknown culprit or culprits gained entry into the premises while they were overseas. The culprit(s) stole a quantity of electronic equipment.

Press Conference - Operation Safer Streets

Sun, 2008-01-13

 

Commissioner George Jackson

Good Afternoon Members of the Media. As many of you are aware there have been some very high profile incidents that have taken place in the last few months, an attempted murder on Christmas Day followed by the murder of Aquil Richardson on Boxing Day. This has highlighted the violence that is taking place in our community and brought to the forefront the growing social ills that are now plaguing every aspect of Bermuda’s way of life.

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