Victims mugged at gun point in GT robberies
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for what could be five armed street robbers after two separate muggings in the capital Friday night. A man was robbed on the street at 7:19pm in Tropical Gardens by two men, at least one of whom had a gun. Three hours later a woman was robbery by three men with a firearm in Printers Way. According to police, in the first mugging the victim was hit in the head with the firearm and robbed of his keys and phone but he was not seriously injured. In the second, the female victim reported at around 10:30pm that she had been robbed by three men armed with a firearm, who took her handbag and phone. She, however, was not injured.
Both robberies are now under investigation by George Town CID. Anyone with information on these crimes is asked to call George Town CID at 949 4222 or telephone 800 8477 (800 TIPS) to remain anonymous.
The lower the percentage of Caymanians that make up the residency of the Cayman Islands, the higher the rate of societal deterioration.
If this is progress then please take back your “higher GDP”, expansion of industries, gated communities, “development”, prime real estate, luxury goods and overpriced retailers. We have tipped the scale and are currently regressing.
Seriously. I will happily embrace a return to the reality of 1996 Cayman.
– Who
The day these punks try this shit with me… I will call Churchill’s to clean up the mess not the police.
Crime is not just the POLICE concern!!!!!! people .. if you see something report it enough is enough stop pointing fingers and placing the responsibility on others. If you can help, help. It will all affect us, SOON trust me. I know when I see something I will report it and if In can kick the shit out of one of these thugs I will, and then call the police . WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK.
The police know who these people are, its just trying to catch them in the act so its sticks in court! just get tough and raid these s@n$ of b!tche$ and get these guns off the street!!
I have lived my entire life in the most dangerous state in America (#1 according to media and statistics). Never ever I felt unsafe or was afraid for my life or property or sleeping with open windows. Here, on 75.68 mi² island with population of 52,000 one have to think twice before going outside after dark, jogging, or keeping windows open.
Just 8 years ago things were so different.
That’s because you probly haven’t grown up in the poor areas of chicago such as the southside and westside but it seems you’ve been privilege to live in the rich suburbs where there’s hardly any crime.
Not true. And it was not Chicago.
Yes, I am sad to say much has changed here in 8 years and its been for the worse.
need to do more than give them a little slap on the wrist once they are caught
Between all the litter lining the road and the garbage that runs rampant on our roads, we are slipping deeper and deeper into 3rd world status…….I wonder how much longer people going to say ” but it is not yet as bad as……”. Wake up! Cayman is just as bad!
we are a 3rd world country have you seen our social programs. Have of them would not exists if it were for the community’s pocket.
I wonder if either of the above correspondents has ever lived in a third world country?
I have been coming to you island for 17 years. I love and respect it. But I am truly sad at the direction it is going. I have not yet said the phrase ( it’s not as bad as) to people who want to go there. I pray I will never have to.
Are we going to wait until somone is killed before we get tough on crime? 420 cops, cameras all over the place & a chopper for 60k people and yet it’s like the wild west around here!
I sincerely hope this new Commish lives up to the ‘Tough Irish cop’ reputation.
Tough Irish cop??? I assure you their is nothing “tough” about the Garda Siochana who are in general a very reasonable, fair bunch, with the respect and trust of the populations they police. Check out this vid from a couple of weeks ago http://www.joe.ie/music/watch-these-two-boogying-gardai-at-electric-picnic-have-made-our-day/559192. I think you are mistaking “irish” with the movie version of “Irish-American”, semi-corrupt, tough guys cops from the movies.
This commissioner has to make it his mission to regain the trust of the community so that the police here can be more effective against the real bad guys.
People have already been killed.
It would be easier for the public to assist the RCIPS if sketches and descriptions were provided with these “announcements”.
HA! Ye, right. That would mean actual “cop work” being done.
I sincerely hope we all enjoy the good ol’ days we have left; as soon as there’s nothing left to suck out of this economy the U.K will shit us out for good!
THEN, we will really be the wild wild west!