Around 3:35pm on Tuesday, March 25th first responders were dispatched to a reported motorcycle collision on Middle Road in Warwick near the junction with Greendale Lane.
There were traffic diversions and delays in the area following the incident.
The injured motorcyclist, a 23 year old Warwick man, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance for treatment. At last check he was in stable condition on a general ward.
Around 7:45am on Monday, March 24th first responders attended a reported disturbance in the vicinity of King Street and Reid Street in the City of Hamilton.
Details are limited at this time; however it appears that two men were involved in an altercation. Apparently both men sustained relatively minor injuries and were arrested at the scene.
The Bermuda Police Service would like to thank the public for their vigilance regarding suspicious individuals in their neighbourhoods following reports of several burglaries recently.
As a result, a suspected prolific burglar was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Pembroke. He remains in police custody and a court appearance is anticipated in due course.
The Bermuda Police Service continues to receive reports of residential burglaries with nine reported in the last 24 hours, six of those occurring in Paget.
The other parishes affected over the same period were Pembroke, Devonshire and Warwick with one reported burglary each.
The specific areas where homes were burgled include:
A second male suspect has been arrested in connection with the reported armed burglary that occurred around 8:50pm Friday, March 14th at a North Shore Road, Hamilton parish residence. He remains in police custody and a court appearance is anticipated in due course.
Apparent Trend in Recent Residential Burglaries
The Bermuda Police Service would like to advise residents that several burglaries have occurred lately in various parishes.
Around 12:20pm on Sunday, March 16th first responders attended a reported two vehicle collision at the junction of Knapton Hill and Harrington Hundreds Road in Smith’s parish.
It appears that a car was being driven along Knapton Hill and another car was being driven along Harrington Hundreds Road when the vehicles collided at the junction.
At last check the 43 year old Devonshire woman injured when the car she was driving collided with roadside barriers around 10:15am Monday, March 10th on North Shore Road in Devonshire was being treated for a laceration to her foot at the hospital.
Any witnesses to this collision that have not already come forward are encouraged to contact PC Milen Simons on the main police telephone number 295-0011.
Around 10pm on Saturday, March 8th police responded to a reported serious assault in the Hermitage Road, Devonshire area.
It appears that a 15 year old Warwick male was assaulted by two men, one brandishing a bladed article. At last check the teenager was being treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a serious hand injury as well as a laceration to the neck; however his injuries are not believed to be life threatening at this time.
The Bermuda Police Service has noticed a 50% increase since this time last year in the number of reported stolen motorcycles and auxiliary cycles and is seeking the public’s assistance to reverse this apparent trend.
Members of the public are reminded to lock their cycles using the handlebar lock as well as a supplementary lock before leaving them unattended and to report any suspicious persons or activity around parked cycles in their neighbourhoods, especially unknown individuals using trucks.
An apparent series of reported burglaries took place earlier this week in the Trimingham Hill, Seabright Avenue Paget area and the Watlington Road, Jubilee Road Devonshire area.
Inquiries into these six reported burglaries, four in Paget and two in Devonshire, are ongoing.