Archive for October, 2016
Suspect to face trial over $7 machete robbery
(CNS): A local man accused of stealing seven dollars from a man during a street robbery in which he threatened his victim with a machete will face trial next April after pleading not guilty on Friday. Charged with one count of robbery, James Andy Myles (30), from George Town, was arrested just hours after taking […]
Missing WB man found safe and well
(CNS) Updated Monday morning: A West Bay man who triggered a missing person hunt over the weekend has been found safe and well, police said Monday morning. Officers from the district’s police station reported on Sunday, that Jamar Radcliffe Ebanks (18) had had not been seen since leaving his home address, Friday morning.
Police seize guns from murder suspect
(CNS): Officers investigating the murder of Justin Manderson have charged one man and two women with guns and drugs offences following a raid in Prospect Friday but no one has yet been charged with his murder. One 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of killing Manderson when police raided an apartment at Lantern Point in […]
Webster denies indecency charges on teen
(CNS): Errington Webster (54) has denied four counts of gross indecency on a 13-year-old girl and will now face trial in the New Year. Webster is accused of sexually assaulting the girl in the district of Bodden Town, where he is normally resident and where he stood as an independent candidate in the 2013 General […]
Solomon Webster disabilities bill passes unanimously
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin steered an important bill through the Legislative Assembly this week with the support of all of the members of the parliament. The disabilities bill, which has been named for the late Solomon (Solly) Webster, a Special Olympian who was tragically murdered in what was believed to be West Bay gang crossfire, […]
Acquitted teacher no longer at local high school
(CNS): A teacher who was recently acquitted of three sexual assault charges is not back on the job, the education ministry has confirmed. The John Gray High School teacher who was cleared of indecently assaulting three 12- and 13-year-old girls in his lesson had already come to the end of his contract before the trial […]
Man charged with stealing stove, washer & A/C unit
(CNS): A 52-year-old man from George Town was charged Tuesday with two burglaries. Miguel Diaz is accused of breaking into and stealing booze from a home on North Sound Road in the capital on 20 August, and of breaking into a home in West Bay on 12 September and making off with a stove, a […]
Cops track stolen goods within hours of break-in
(CNS): Officers investigating a break-in Wednesday evening at a condo complex in West Bay recovered the stolen items within two hours, though they have not made any arrests. The police said that they responded to the burglary report at about 4:30pm yesterday at Coco Breeze Close in West Bay. The day-time break-in was discovered when the […]
Second pregnant woman contracts Zika
(CNS): Just days after public health officials announced that there had not been any new confirmed local transmissions of the Zika virus for some two weeks, a new test result has revealed that a pregnant woman in George Town has now tested positive for the virus transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The patient acquired […]
Scammers use premier as Facebook bait
(CNS): The police are warning the public to be on alert for the latest online scam being perpetrated by fraudsters. Officers from the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit said fraudulent Facebook pages that purport to belong to Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin were being used as a means of soliciting cash from people who visit what they […]
Fisherman admits jealousy-fueled attack
(CNS): A Honduran fisherman being held in Cayman on drug charges was jailed for six years by a judge Thursday for an attack in a jealous rage on a “defenceless woman”, committed while he was on bail. Meleton Rosales Maick (59) stabbed his victim in January at her own home after a party, at which […]
