Around 2:15am on Monday, Police attended a reported single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury on The Lane in Paget near the junction with Pomander Road. It appears that a car was traveling east on The Lane when the driver lost control and collided with a wall. Apparently the driver, a 23 year old Pembroke woman and the vehicle’s three passengers all received relatively minor injuries; they were taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment. The driver was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving. The car received extensive front end damage. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
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Burglary - Around 5:10pm on Friday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Turtle Place, Southampton residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 11am and 4:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into his home while it was unoccupied. The culprit stole a 32” Samsung flat screen TV and a Dell laptop computer. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
Around 5:10pm on Friday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Turtle Place, Southampton residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 11am and 4:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into his home while it was unoccupied. The culprit stole a 32” Samsung flat screen TV and a Dell laptop computer. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
Attempted Robbery - At 6:25pm on Thursday, Police received a report of an attempted robbery at the junction of Union Street & North Street in Pembroke. It appears that a taxi traveling on Brunswick Street was flagged down by two unknown men. The two men entered the taxi and not long into the journey began demanding money from the taxi driver, a 59 year old Hamilton parish man, with one of the men brandishing a weapon. However, the taxi driver did not comply with the suspects’ demands and the men eventually exited the taxi at the junction of Union Street & North Street empty handed. The taxi driver was not injured.
At 6:25pm on Thursday, Police received a report of an attempted robbery at the junction of Union Street & North Street in Pembroke. It appears that a taxi traveling on Brunswick Street was flagged down by two unknown men. The two men entered the taxi and not long into the journey began demanding money from the taxi driver, a 59 year old Hamilton parish man, with one of the men brandishing a weapon. However, the taxi driver did not comply with the suspects’ demands and the men eventually exited the taxi at the junction of Union Street & North Street empty handed. The taxi driver was not injured. A short time later, Police arrested four men at a Pembroke residence in connection with this incident. Inquiries are ongoing.
Robbery - At 8:30pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported robbery in the City Hall car park in the City of Hamilton. On arrival officers spoke with the victim, a 23 year old Hamilton parish man, who stated that an unknown man approached him and brandished a weapon before taking the Hamilton parish man’s wallet and BlackBerry cellular phone. The offender then made good his escape on foot headed towards Cedar Avenue. The victim was not injured. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6’ tall wearing a dark coloured hooded top and dark coloured ‘track’ pants. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
At 8:30pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported robbery in the City Hall car park in the City of Hamilton. On arrival officers spoke with the victim, a 23 year old Hamilton parish man, who stated that an unknown man approached him and brandished a weapon before taking the Hamilton parish man’s wallet and BlackBerry cellular phone. The offender then made good his escape on foot headed towards Cedar Avenue. The victim was not injured. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6’ tall wearing a dark coloured hooded top and dark coloured ‘track’ pants. Inquiries into this incident are underway. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295-0011.
Burglary - At 6:50pm on Tuesday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Parsonage Lane, Sandy’s parish residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 8:40am and 6:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into her home while it was unoccupied. However, it appears that nothing was taken. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
At 6:50pm on Tuesday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Parsonage Lane, Sandy’s parish residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 8:40am and 6:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into her home while it was unoccupied. However, it appears that nothing was taken. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
At 5:40pm on Tuesday, Police received a report of a burglary at a Stovell Bay Road, Pembroke residence. The complainant stated that sometime between 10am and 5:10pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into his apartment while it was unoccupied. The culprit stole a small quantity of cash. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
The Bermuda Police Service continues to advise the motoring public to slow down and to use care, caution and courtesy on the island’s roads. Additionally, we urge those traveling in cars to use their seatbelts at all times and those traveling on motorcycles to fasten their helmets and avoid making a third lane.
During the week of Monday, March 2nd – Monday, March 9th 2009 there were: