Separate Witness Appeals: Reported Armed Robbery & Reported Stabbing
Tue, 2024-09-24
Reported Armed Robbery
Around 10:00 p.m. on Friday, September 20, 2024, police responded to a reported armed robbery at Mr. Chicken Express on Watlington Road East, Devonshire.
On arrival officers were informed that a man had forced his way into the establishment through a back door and brandished a knife before removing a draw containing a quantity of cash from the cash register.
The suspect made good his escape on a black motorcycle. He was last seen at the junction of Upland Street and Middle Road, where he made a right turn and rode off in an easterly direction.
The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male, approximately 6’ 4” in height, slim built, wearing dark coloured clothing and a black helmet with a dark visor.
An investigation into this matter is now underway and anyone with information or who may have been in the area of Watlington Road East, Upland Street or Middle Road, Devonshire, between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Friday September 20, 2024 and witnessed any suspicious persons or suspicious activity, to please contact Detective Constable Zaakira Lee, of the Criminal Investigations Unit, on 515-2551 or, via email, zlee@bps.bm. You may also contact Acting Detective Sergeant Assad Akle on 515–2547 or aakle@bps.bm.
If you’d prefer, please call 211, the main police number, 295-0011 or, the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers number, 800-8477.
Alternatively, you are encouraged to provide the information by speaking with a police officer you know or, via the police community reporting portal at https://portal.police.bm.
Reported Stabbing
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 21, 2024, Police attended a report of a male at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH), seeking treatment for an apparent stab wound.
On arrival, officers spoke with the 25-year-old victim who stated that sometime between 9:00 pm and 9:15 p.m. on the said date, he was in the area of Glebe Road, Pembroke, when he was assaulted by a group of individuals.
During the incident, he suffered an injury to his upper torso and was transported to KEMH, where he was attended to for his injury which was deemed non-life-threatening. At last check he remained at the hospital under observation, on a general ward.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the main police number, 295-0011 or 211.
