Around 2pm today officers from the Western (Parishes) Community Action Team and students from T. N. Tatem Middle School
selected two bus passenger shelters on Middle Road in Warwick to clean up after graffiti appeared on them recently. The students and PC Donville Yarde alongside PC Valerius Jean Louis painted over the graffiti in the bus passenger shelters as well as graffiti on a nearby wall in the vicinity of the Belmont Hills Golf Resort & Spa. They were supervised by Sergeant Michelle Simons.
Once again the Bermuda Police Service would like to remind members of the public about online scams and phishing e-mails as it has come to our attention that members of the public are still being deceived. The scam artists are becoming more sophisticated with their operations and the public must remain vigilant. The various forms of such scams are as follows:
Between 1:30pm and 3pm today officers from the Western (Parishes) Community Action Team as well as teachers/students
from the Lagoon Park Pre-School and Bermuda High School for Girls cleaned up the Parsons Bay, Sandys parish area and placed blue bird boxes. Members of the West End Development Corporation also assisted in hauling away some of the larger debris. The Police officers pictured are PC Donville Yarde, PC Valerius Jean Louis and PC Cerepha Bridgeman [more photos].
Acting Commissioner of Police Mike Jackman – On Monday, March 21st 2011 the Bermuda Police Service received the judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal in relation to the five police officers who had sought legal remedies in relation to not being offered further terms of service.
The Bermuda Police Service can confirm that following an exhaustive legal process in the United States, Mr. Jahmel Glen Blakeney will be extradited to Bermuda in the near future to face attempted murder charges relating to the November 2009 shootings of two persons at the Southside Cinema. Mr. Blakeney had been arrested in the early hours following the shooting and was placed on Police bail. He subsequently left the Island whilst on Police bail and did not return to Bermuda.
Police responded to a report of a serious assault that took place around 12:30 this afternoon (Sunday) outside a residence on Pleasantville Lane in Sandys. It appears that the victim, a 57 year old Sandys man was set upon by a 26 year old Sandys man resulting in the victim receiving stab wounds about the body. Presently the 57 year old victim is in serious but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Police are actively canvassing the surrounding areas looking for the suspect. Anyone with any information about this incident should contact Somerset Police Station on 234-1010.
The Bermuda Police Service is appealing for the public’s assistance in locating 16 year old Santina Harvey. The Pembroke
teenager was last seen at her residence on Friday, March 11th 2011 and is described as brown skinned, approximately 5’4” tall with long hair usually worn in a ponytail. She is known to frequent the St. John’s Road and Spanish Point areas of Pembroke.
The Bermuda Police Service is awaiting amendments to the Traffic Offences Procedure Act & the Traffic Offences (Penalties) Act from the legislature to enable officers to ticket offences relating to driving while using a mobile phone. As such, there are administrative challenges enforcing the new legislation as widely as we would like.
Between 10:30pm and 11:45pm on Monday, March 14th 2011 Police received several reports of robberies and attempted robberies having taken place in the Devonshire, Pembroke and Warwick areas. The victims of these offences were motorcycle riders and the suspects were also on a motorcycle. During the incidents one of the suspects brandished what appeared to be a firearm.
Between 10:30pm and 11:45pm on Monday, March 14th 2011 Police received several reports of robberies and attempted robberies having taken place in the Devonshire, Pembroke and Warwick areas. The victims of these offences were motorcycle riders and the suspects are thought to have also been on a motorcycle. During the incidents one of the suspects brandished what appeared to be a firearm.