Archive for February 9th, 2023

Car thief arrested after reckless effort to dodge police

Car thief arrested after reckless effort to dodge police

| 09/02/2023

(CNS): A 50-year-old man from George Town has been arrested for a catalogue of offences after he stole a black Jeep Cherokee and then went on a reckless and dangerous ride from Bodden Town to George Town as he tried to dodge the police. The Jeep was taken from a Mary Street parking lot sometime […]

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Ammunition cache found in Red Bay septic tank

Ammunition cache found in Red Bay septic tank

| 09/02/2023 | 24 Comments

(CNS): Workers from a local cleaning company found a large dump of ammunition as they were clearing a septic tank at an address in Red Bay on Monday, the RCIPS has reported. Police officers who were called out to the location oversaw the full clearing of the domestic waste system, during which nearly 500 rounds […]

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GT man acquitted of gun charges by jury

GT man acquitted of gun charges by jury

| 09/02/2023 | 14 Comments

(CNS): Adam Marvick Llewellyn (54) walked away from court a free man on Thursday after he was found not guilty on gun charges by a jury following a week-long trial. Llewellyn was charged after police found a gun in a backpack in the bedroom of his house in the Rock Hole area of George Town […]

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Cop and telecoms staffer charged in data breach case

Cop and telecoms staffer charged in data breach case

| 09/02/2023

(CNS): A police sergeant who was suspended from the RCIPS last year and a former employee of a local telecommunications company have both been summoned to appear in court next week in relation to a data breach investigated by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), the RCIPS has confirmed. The former telecoms worker is alleged […]

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Pageant queen guilty of assault and all other charges

Pageant queen guilty of assault and all other charges

| 09/02/2023 | 75 Comments

(CNS): The reigning Miss Universe Cayman Islands, Tiffany LeAnn Conolly (24), from West Bay, has been convicted of six criminal counts of assault, damage to property and disorderly conduct. The guilty verdicts were delivered Thursday by Magistrate Philippa McFarlane, who said the case against Conolly was “overwhelming”. The pageant queen had denied assaulting her former […]

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CUC rolls out 5.8% delayed base rate hike

CUC rolls out 5.8% delayed base rate hike

| 09/02/2023 | 32 Comments

(CNS): Residents across Grand Cayman can expect to see a significant increase in their electricity bills next month when CUC’s base rate hike, deferred from the summer, and the fuel increase, which was also delayed, are rolled out and the power provider starts to recoup the missing earnings since the deferrals. The 5.4% increase to […]

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NRA says it is tackling Grand Harbour congestion

NRA says it is tackling Grand Harbour congestion

| 09/02/2023 | 124 Comments

(CNS): The impact of bringing commuters from North Side and East End to George Town more quickly, if the East-West Arterial extension to Frank Sound goes ahead, will not necessarily be part of the terms of reference for the environmental impact assessment. But National Roads Authority Director Edward Howard said the NRA is tackling the […]

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