Jewellery mugger strikes twice in George Town
(CNS): Two men were robbed of their jewellery at gunpoint in George Town early Tuesday morning in two separate incidents within about ten minutes of each other. The police believe that both the victims were mugged by the same culprit, described as a man with a slim build and brown complexion.
At the time of the crime he was wearing a silver hoodie, carrying a handgun and driving a red vehicle, which police believe they found shortly after the street robberies.
Shortly after 3:50am, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery on Eastern Avenue, north of Godfrey Nixon Way. It was reported that a man had been approached by a suspect in a vehicle who brandished a firearm at the victim, demanding and snatching a gold necklace from him. The suspect then fled the location in the same vehicle. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the incident.
Shortly after 4:00am another robbery was reported in the street further south on Eastern Avenue, in the vicinity of Godfrey Nixon Way. It was reported that a man walking at this location was approached by another man who brandished a firearm and demanded jewellery from him. A struggle ensued and the suspect subsequently fled the location in a vehicle, taking an item of jewellery. The victim sustained minor injuries during this incident.
Shortly after the reports, the police found a vehicle fitting the description of the mugger’s car, which has been recovered to be processed forensically as investigations continue.
Anyone with any information or who may have witnessed either of the incidents is asked to contact George Town CID at 949-4222.
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It will be interesting but scary to see where Cayman goes. We’ve enjoyed relative success in comparison to the rest of the Caribbean, but I get this eerie feeling that it’s all crashing down now. The middle class is disappearing, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Crime is increasing, gas is expensive, affordable homes/rent is a thing of the past, land has been bought up and there’s barely any left, our infrastructure is struggling to accommodate so many people, the roads are flooded with traffic, skyscrapers will soon be towering over town, Caymanian unemployment is at an all time high etc… The only thing left holding us on is us being a BOT, and if we choose to become independent, we’re done for.
One of the best thing to do would be kind and welcoming to tourists and stop with the negative comments. Tourists can choose to go a
anywhere and when they return, they tell family and friends. Tourism has a trickle down system and government will not be paying a stipend for ever.
You are like Hawaiians.
@ 29/3/22 8:39pm oh ffs stop blaming PACT. You really think this type of behaviour only started with them?! This has been at least 20 years in the making. We are reaping what we allowed to be sown.
Perhaps but what is your PACT doing to remedy the situation.
More than 20.
Facts are facts lots of Caymanian young adults dont want to work , they can get jobs if they want to work, they must understand one has to start at the bottom, be on time and work hard and move up the ladder. I went to sea working on ships as a galleyman, peeling potato’s washng pots, scrubbing decks etc and ended up as chief engineer . Thats hard work, behaving myself and taking orders before I could give orders. That’s seems to be hard for some of these yound adults. Their parents and Government gives them too much so they becomes lazy and feels like they don’t have to work.i hear them complaining that life is so hard, they dont know what hard life is.
My island has been actively breeding future criminals for quite some time now. Just head out to one of our local bars especially in the George town and West Bay area and you will see the Caymanian youth standing around with their faces screwed at whoever dares to make eye contact with them. The aggression is completely uncalled for, a big part of what i’ve noticed is they are uneducated and actually think this anti social behavior is normal. They are constantly high off of marijuana, cocaine and alcohol amongst other things. This behavior should be addressed early to avoid these youngsters becoming a danger to the society. The bars allowing them to be vagrant and dressed as hoodlums need to be punished as a start. The reason they use these local bars to hide from society is because this behavior is frowned upon in the “white bars” and Caymana bay where they feel very out of place and do not venture. perhaps the local bar owners should visit some of these establishments and see how upstanding customers can transit into a financial windfall instead of beggars and nuisances.
You want to see real trouble youth and little wanna-be gangsta waste men?
Go by Kelly’s Bar in West. Breeding ground for lazy, idle fools.
These children have been played, and their parents have been played. We need a better education system and parents who care about their offspring but not sure if the latter can be achieved in our lifetimes. They don’t understand that selling their birth-right is short term thinking, from not being well educated. Don’t understand you have to work your way up from the bottom unless you work hard in school and uni. Either way still gotta work hard. Not being well educated. Ask anyone who is successful if they worked hard.
While I think people should feel safe at any hour, why would you be walking down the street at 350 am on a Tuesday wearing a gold necklace?
LOL Isn’t Grand Cayman the safest Caribbean island? At least this is what tourism adverts keep claiming. Oh, and the “Cayman Kind”!
“Caymanian Kind” is a bs promotional thing that some idiot(s) came up with. Hearing that is aggravating to most Caymanians. Eastern Avenue is predominately populated by nationals of another island, known for robberies at gunpoint. Many of whom you refer to as “young Caymanians” are not of Caymanian heritage. We were and still are a hospitable and friendly people – that is if our visitors can even find us anywhere. The hotels, restaurants and shops are now full of foreign workers, not Caymanians and therein lies the frustration of Caymanians. Grand Cayman’s 7 mile stretch is all foreign run and you’re hard pressed to even find a real Caymanian. And yeah, we are real.
Will a “real” Caymanian work on the 7mb strip in these “lower” positions?
Cig is worried about gay people being given equal rights, meanwhile the country is falling apart. Twisted priorities. I wonder if Kattina Anglin’s purge of the public purse would’ve been accepted more if that money went towards agencies to help address issues in the community.
It fell apart long time ago
It’s only going to get far, far worse. We are probably 3 years away max from people installing security bars on windows in homes they’d never had imagined they’d need to before. We are a few year away from becoming the Bahamas – the Bahamas market themselves very well, but the truth is the main Island of Nassau is a crime ridden, corruption fueled free-for-all UNLESS you live in an armed, gated community or near the Atlantis resort. Even still, crime reaches in all places.
a 2 tiered society already exists here and its becoming more pronounced by the day. As the cost of living escalates and the real rise in wages continues to fall, society snaps.
Now those fancy lawyers and accountants and the very few realoros that have locked up CIREBA for themselves will tell you don’t be silly, look at all the construction and lovely walking areas in Camana Bay, its amazing.
Truth is – its amazing for very few of us. And nothing is being done. The signs are all there:
mental health issues island wide are escalating (suicides are seemingly weekly?)
car crashes daily? hourly??
crime
sirens day and night
school absenteeism
drugs
alcohol
and on and on
this is only getting worse as long as we only take care of the 1%…and this is a very small place to only take care of the 1%, because we can see them very easily…just like in the Bahamas, they make all their money to live behind security bars in their mansions.
its coming here too
I keep reading ‘It is only going to get worse…” for at least 12 years now.
As it has.
Actually, 18 years. Amazingly coinciding (entirely coincidentally I am sure) with the probably unlawful grant of status to a substantial number of unvetted people.
…”fancy accountants” work at least 60 hours a week making making $22/hr based on $70,000 annual compensation (in USD, not KYD) or less if they work 65-70 hours a week. Since 60-70 hours are “billable hours” they must to produce weekly, most work even longer hours, really making less than $15USD per hour. Auditors and Accountants are commonly exempt from overtime increased rate.
By the way, an average cashier makes 15USD per hour working 8 hours a day.
I see why Qualified Caymanians don’t want the “fancy accountants” jobs… They want to work from 9-5 only.
Could not agree more 11:16AM!The architects of Cayman so called prosperity was all Capital, and Physical development oriented people! Had very limited knowledge about how to construct a country socially from a human resources institutionalized development perspective. That is Educationally driven to empower our people with the various skill sets to function in the mordern day Cayman Island, service, coperate and legalized based Economy. What generational Caymanians have to accept. We are living in a Merchant Family Class, Investors Colonial Society that the Educational, Economical, social class system status quo have to be mantained! EG: Our main Government High School has gone through
two Government Administrations, is on the third and it’s not completed yet. And as Colonial history has taught us the indigenous populations has been its victims! No different here.
Yet you keep at it. We don’t get to vote.
stop importing poverty
Start being SERIOUS on crime like Singapore
Obviously, you’re not poor or you are and support caning as punishment.
Address wealth inequality with aggressive and progressive policies now.
no CCTV footage of it anywhere really?? In such a busy area of Town, Gov wastes millions on making literal leaflets for tourists but cant afford to police and surveil their own streets. its embarrassing.
We spent millions on CCTV, it just doesnt:
1) work
2) if it does work (one in a blue moon, dont get horney Jon Jon), the camera quality is so bad its useless.
They have released CCTV footage before and it shows how bad it is.
So they no longer stealing outboard motors and bikes…probably want light and valuable to transport off island…so sad….
Pretty sure that they will steal anything that is not bolted and chained down. With the borders open and cruise ship based fences back at work it is now much easier for thieves to shift stolen property, particularly smaller items.
Not a surprise. Cruise ships return along with the crew that have sidelines in fencing stolen property.
Crime has been an issue for the past two years. Don’t make it like it’s something new since a week ago.
Shouldn’t we know the kind of car in case any of us saw these people driving around and could offer more details? Seriously.
Honestly there needs to be a new division of law enforcement stopping these incidents!
Why doesn’t an elite group of crime fighters perhaps dressed as Superman and Batman stand up.
Let me tell you this culprit would think twice if he had Superman chasing him down on Eastern Avenue late at night! Restore some confidence in the public that these individual heroes are patrolling the streets!
More info is needed than slim build and brown complexion. Come on is that all they can detail?
How about the clothes, what was their height, did they smell of KFC or Burger King, did he or she have yellow teeth, missing teeth, teeth missing like a hillbilly, was the culprits voice deep like Barry White or squeaky like Michael Jackson or Mike Tyson? How about a beard or clean shaven like McCaughley Calkin. Need the info. Perhaps he’s single and on Tinder perhaps that’s a good place to start
I can’t understand why these individuals with crystal clear unique descriptions are not immediately identified.
Crime is definitely on the rise. The thieves going around breaking into cars is ridiculous!
History shows that as the cost of food and fuel rises, so does unrest and crime.
This is just the beginning.
Right, because a guy with a car and a gun only just started robbing now because of a $1 increase in fuel cost. – Stop. Making. Excuses.
Keep the desparity going pact? CI Govt worried about gays instead of the hungry and nearly homeless; caymanian people.