Archive for April 22nd, 2016
Police round up gunman in morning raid
(CNS): The RCIPS has found and arrested 22-year-old Jonathan Welcome, who was wanted by police after he pulled a gun on officers last weekend and fled. He was arrested for possession of an illegal gun following an early morning operation at an address in Prospect by officers from the Drugs and Serious Crime Task Force, […]
candw.ky emails hacked, warns ICTA cyber team
(CNS): Cayman’s Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT-KY), a new branch of the Information Technology and Communications Authority dealing with online threats, has issued a public ‘cybersecurity alert’ after it was discovered that some candw.ky email accounts have been compromised. Officials said that there had been unauthorised access to candw.ky accounts by individuals seeking to divert […]
WB mini-mart robbed twice in one month
(CNS): Eddie’s Mini Mart, which is also known as Malcolm’s, on Birch Tree Hill Road in West Bay has been robbed for the second time in a month. Police said that a stocky man brandishing a gun entered the store around 8:30pm on Thursday, 21 April, and demanded cash and cigarettes before he left on […]
Caymanian Marine Unit boss gets top cop prize
(CNS): Inspector Leo Anglin, one of the first local officers to be fast-tracked through the ranks of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service on a specialist course, has won a regional police award for career development, which earned him US$5,000 as well as accolades. The school officer at the John Gray High School, PC Odale […]
Cyclist seriously injured in WB road crash
(CNS): A cyclist was taken to hospital Friday morning after yet another collision on Grand Cayman’s roads that resulted in someone being seriously injured. Police said that the crash between the bicycle and a car happened at around 8:30am, though at the time of the release they were unable to confirm exactly when the incident […]
Wants to scatter mother’s ashes in Cayman
I recently lost my mother in Canada and her wish was to be cremated and brought back to Cayman where our family could spread her remains in our yard under a very special tree we have that she loved looking at every time she visited. I was told we cannot bring remains in carry-on and they […]
GT woman charged with restaurant burglary
(CNS): A 43-year-old woman was charged Thursday with burglary at a George Town restaurant after she was reportedly caught red handed by a staff member during an early morning break-in on Tuesday. Police said the woman was discovered by the employee of the restaurant on School Road as she arrived at work at around 5:30am […]
