Upcoming Road Sobriety Checkpoints: April 5th – 7th

Fri, 2019-03-29

The Bermuda Police Service would like to advise the public that the next series of road sobriety checkpoints (as specified in the Official Gazette Notice Thursday, March 28th) will be conducted starting next Friday, April 5th.

The checkpoints will be in effect in Hamilton parish, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton on Friday, April 5th, Saturday, April 6th and Sunday, April 7th.

Man Barricaded At Former Prison HQ Building Detained Without Incident

Around 10:30am Thursday, March 28th police officers were conducting checks in the area of the former Prison Headquarters building on Happy Valley Road in Pembroke, near the junction with Curving Avenue, when they encountered a man who barricaded himself inside the building.

Officers initially attempted to approach the man, who threw an unknown corrosive substance at them.

No officers were injured.

Ambulance and Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service personnel also attended the scene as a precaution.

Following extensive negotiation efforts, the 69 year old man was finally detained around 6:10pm Thursday without incident – after police officers entered and conducted a search of the building - with no report of any injuries to the man or the officers involved.

The man is expected to be charged with trespassing, assault on police and willful damage and remains in police custody at this time.