Tue, 2009-06-23

The Bermuda Police Service continues to advise the motoring public to slow down and to drive as well as ride responsibly on the island’s roads. Additionally, we urge those traveling in cars to use their seatbelts at all times and make sure any children traveling in the vehicle are appropriately restrained. Those traveling on motorcycles should always fasten their helmets and avoid making a third lane.

During the week of Monday, June 15th - Monday June 22nd 2009 there were:

• Reported Injury Collisions = 22
• Reported Damage Only Collisions = 29
• Arrests on Suspicion of Impaired Driving = 4
• Vehicles Reported Taken Without Their Owners’ Consent = 19
• Number of vehicles reported stolen by parish: St. George’s = 1, Hamilton parish = 1, Smith’s parish = 1, Devonshire = 1, Pembroke = 9, Paget = 1, Warwick = 1, Southampton = 1 and Sandy’s parish = 3.

The majority of the vehicles removed were either auxiliary cycles or motorcycles with 1 van also reported stolen during the period. Of the 19 vehicles reported stolen, 3 were subsequently recovered, including the van.

Missing Juvenile - Troylene Anderson

The Bermuda Police Service is continuing to appeal for the public’s assistance in locating 16 year old Troylene Anderson. The teenager was reportedly most recently seen around 9am Friday, June 12th at the bus terminal in the City of Hamilton. She was wearing a dark coloured short sleeved top, black Capri pants and sunglasses with a short hairstyle. She is also known to frequent the Pembroke area and is described as light brown skinned, 5’5” tall, weighing around 186 pounds with black hair as well as a muffler burn on her right leg above the ankle. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of 16 year old Troylene Anderson is encouraged to contact the Child Victims Unit on 295-0011.

Media Note

The Bermuda Police Service is holding a press conference on Wednesday, June 24th at 1pm in the PMR office, Prospect Devonshire regarding recruitment. All media are encouraged to attend.

Robbery

Around 1pm on Monday, Police attended a reported robbery at Ordnance Island in St. George’s. On arrival officers spoke with the victims, who are American visitors to the island. The couple, a 54 year old woman and a 53 year old man, stated that they were parking their rental cycles in the area when an unknown man approached them and took a bag out of one of the rental cycle’s baskets. When confronted by the couple, the suspect brandished a bladed article and then made good his escape in a waiting black car driven by another unknown man. The female visitor sustained abrasions to her shoulder and right ankle when she retreated from the suspect and fell to the ground as he brandished the bladed article. She was taken to KEMH for treatment. The male visitor was not injured. The bag was subsequently recovered by a member of the public and handed in to the St. George’s Police Station with most of the original contents intact, except for a camera and a cellular phone. The suspects, a 26 year old Warwick man and a 32 year old Southampton man, were located within the hour on North Shore Road in Smith’s parish and arrested. In addition, the vehicle they were traveling in was impounded. Inquiries into this incident are underway. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact the St. George’s Criminal Investigation Unit on 293-2222 or Detective Sergeant Jason Smith on 278-5105 or 515-0864.

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