Gold operator charged
Police have arrested and charged a cash-for-gold operator. Thirty-year-old Andre Glenfield Payne, the owner of Brooklyn’s Finest on Roebuck Street, appeared in the District “A” Magistrate’s Court...
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AG has full confidence in police
The Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite made clear yesterday in the Estimates Debates that he has full confidence in the police and the Defence Force in handling Barbados’ crime situation. Speaking on...
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British gov’t cautions travellers
The British government is concerned about the welfare of their nationals visiting Barbados and is urging caution in the wake of Sunday’s shooting of two British nationals in Bridgetown and recent...
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Coastal eyes
There is a $1.6 million project in the pipeline, led by the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, which stakeholders are hoping will go a long way towards reducing crime in the vital tourism sector,...
View ArticleMan injured in shooting
Kevin King, 24, had to receive medical attention at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital earlier today following a drive-by shooting at Montgomery Pasture, Cave Hill, St. Michael. King was in the company of...
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Stop cash-for-gold!
by Leigh-ann Worrell June Gale wants to see the end of cash-for-gold schemes. And the writing on her door proves it. Two weeks ago, the Parish Land resident and her daughter who lives in the adjoining...
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Victims indentify gold
“Cash for gold”. It was a statement said with a shake of the head this morning and echoed time and again by some of the more than two dozen persons who turned up to hopefully identify their stolen...
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Too much to display
by Latoya Burnham Four tables were not enough to fully display the more than $1 million in jewellery police are still trying to identify. And this morning as they opened to evidence lockers to victims...
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Cops looking for Pedro Caddle
Pedro Lamar Caddle Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred last night at the Barbados Water Authority, Pine, St. Michael. Police reported today that they were looking into a matter...
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Shocked over death
As it expressed shock over the harassment and attack that led to the death of Brenda Belle, the non-profit, victim-centred BPW Barbados today reissued its call for a protocol to deal with a mandatory...
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Cops cutting down on illegal firearms
Barbadian police have made some headway in controlling firearms, but concern remains about the use of these weapons in crimes. Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin, who was speaking this morning after...
View ArticleMORE DRUG ARRESTS
PRESS RELEASE Police continue to maintain their vigilance at the Ports of entry with a view to continue their interdictory focus. The following arrests were made between the 25th and 26th of...
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Hotel robbery foiled
A failed bid to rob the Divi Southwinds Hotel at St Lawrence Gap in Christ Church has left staff badly shaken and a security guard undergoing counselling. Hotel general manager Alvin Jemmott told...
View ArticlePleasant Hall shooting
PRESS RELEASE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT PLEASANT HALL Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred on Pleasant Hall Road, St. Matthias, Christ Church, about 10:20 am on Thursday 31...
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Unnatural death
The sleepy St Thomas district at Fisherpond #2 was this morning plunged into mourning after one of its own died under what one resident termed “the most brutal of circumstances”.Fifty-three-year old...
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Shooting in pleasant hall
Residents of Pleasant Hall in St Matthias, Christ Church, had a scare when two armed men, on foot, shot at a man and his wife, who were driving along that stretch of road after ten this morning.Police...
View ArticleSuspected murder at Nelson Street
PRESS RELEASE Police are investigating the unnatural death of Andagan Smith 14 years of Cyprus Street, Bridgetown, St. Michael, which occurred about 5.30pm on 1st November 2013, at the junction of...
View ArticleYouth charged
PRESS RELEASE UPDATE ON NELSON STREET MURDER Police have arrested and charged a male 12 year old juvenile with the offence of murder in relation to the unnatural death of Andagan Smith 14 years of...
View ArticlePolice investigate murder
Police are investigating the unnatural death of Ronnie Omar Clarke, 35 years of Crusher Site Road, St. James, which occurred about 11.00 pm on 3rd November 2013. Clarke was sitting outside his...
View ArticleClarke a ‘cool guy’
It should never have happened to him –– the muted wordsof friends and neighbours of Ronnie Omar Clarke of CrusherSite Road, Prospect in St James.“He was a cool guy who stayed away from trouble.He never...
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