At 8:40 this morning, Police received a report of a theft from an unattended vehicle. The complainant stated that sometime between 9:15pm on Tuesday and 7am on Wednesday, an unknown culprit gained entry into his car parked outside his South Road, Smith’s parish residence. The culprit stole a wallet containing $124 in cash and personal items. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
At 11:45pm on Monday, Police attended a reported handbag snatch on South Road in Paget, near the junction with Ardsheal Drive. The victim, a 22 year old Warwick woman, stated that she was the passenger on a male friend’s motorcycle traveling west on South Road when a man on another motorcycle rode alongside and took her purse from the cycle’s basket.
Around 11:15pm on Saturday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury at the junction of Angle Street and Dutton Avenue in Pembroke, outside The Centre. It appears that a motorcycle was traveling along Angle Street when it collided with a pedal cycle attempting to make a left turn into The Centre. As a result, the motorcycle and pedal cycle also struck two parked vans.
Around 9:45am on Friday, Police received a report of a sudden death at a Huntley Lane, Sandy’s parish residence. The deceased, 71 year old Eula Stewart Watson of Sandy’s parish was found in an unresponsive state inside her home by a member of the public. Following an autopsy, it was determined that she died of natural causes.
At 9pm on Thursday, an off duty Police officer was at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on Queen Street in the City of Hamilton when he observed a group of young men gathered on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. As the off duty officer watched, two of the young men began to fight one another and at one point during the scuffle both men entered KFC.
At 11:15pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported breaking and entering at a St. George’s guest property. On arrival officers spoke with the complainants who stated that sometime between 6:40pm and 10:30pm that day, an unknown culprit gained entry into their apartment. The culprit stole 2 Motorola cellular phones, 1 Samsung cellular phone, 2 U.S. passports, 2 U.S. Airways plane tickets and personal items.
The Bermuda Police Service has just signed a contract for the purchase of a new Police vessel, designed to head up the Marine Police fleet and replace our current ‘Blue Heron’.
This is not a recent initiative, but has been the subject of many hours of research and discussion to establish a vessel to fulfill certain roles within the Police maritime area of responsibility.
The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm the death of 24 year old Annette Farkas. Ms. Farkas, a Canadian national, sustained serious head injuries in a road traffic collision on North Street in Pembroke around 9:20pm on Monday involving a motorcycle and an auxiliary cycle.
Around 9:20pm on Monday, Police attended a reported serious road traffic collision on North Street in Pembroke involving an auxiliary cycle and a motorcycle. It appears that the auxiliary cycle was traveling west on North Street near the House of India when the motorcycle which was traveling in the opposite direction attempted a right turn across the path of the auxiliary cycle, causing a collision.