Food truck robbed by man wielding machete
(CNS): A food truck in Red Bay was robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash at around 9:45pm Friday night when a masked man armed with a machete approached the staff and demanded money. No one was physically hurt. Once he had the cash, the robber fled the scene on foot. When the police arrived, they searched the area but did not find the suspect, who was said to be dressed in dark clothes.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the George Town Police Station at 949-4222.
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This truck has been robbed at least 7 times in the last few years. Its honestly the most robbed establishment in the Cayman islands, maybe in the entire Caribbean for that matter and no one has ever been caught!
between importing poverty and the rising rate of local poverty expect it to get worse.
An honest living doesn’t get you anywhere anymore, so why bother?
The finance minister needs to direct our local class A banking license holders to adopt cashless tap-to-pay Point of Sale machines for local merchants by end of year. No more cash and tethered thermal paper machines from 1995. Put a deadline on it, or pull their license.
Having been hit a dozen times, A La kebab shouldn’t take any cash after 6pm.
No. Going cashless is not the solution. It limits peoples freedom and invaded our privacy. The police need to pull their fingers out of their rear ends and catch these losers. We don’t want a cashless society. Particularly when banks like CNB and Butterfield have upped their transaction rates recently.
@5:59 where have you been? Most if not all the banks now have tap cards and terminals. It’s up to businesses to decide if they will take cash or not. Geez
Some of their customers don’t have bank accounts let alone tap cards.
People, all people here, should be afforded capsicum (pepper) spray. Is it appropriate when threatened with a firearm? No. It might not be appropriate when threatened by anything, but it should be an option for owners of businesses who are full up to here with dirtbags stealing from them.
Most spray cannisters have a number on them, and those numbers should be registered to their owners, and recorded, so they can’t be used in the commission of crimes. Each person owning a spray cannister should be vetted. There will be growing pains, but if we don’t empower our citizens with a way to oppose the criminals, the crimes will continue to escalate. It is the way these things go. Criminals rejoice in an atmosphere where people have no self defense.
We also need to change laws such that a person can defend themselves and inflict GBH upon an assailant. Currently, if a person defends themselves and just happens to be a tad overzealous, they are guilty of excessive force.
How, I wonder, is this measured? Someone tries to mug you, and you strike them with your walking stick. They rise up and again attack, and you strike them again, this time harder. You shouldn’t kill them, no, but are we required to assess the precise degree of self defense? When we have not initiated the situation?
These things need to be worked out, and people should, imo, start leaning heavily upon walking sticks when they move about. You know, just for the occasional support. Spanish Elm is good.
Breaking news: items with serial numbers corresponding to owners can’t be used in crimes!
Couldnt’t the cashier just have said, ‘no, cops are on the way’and shut that window thats 8ft up in the air.
over $12 for unauthentic shawarma is the real robbery.
Make Tazers legal… Much easier to catch when they are laying there twitching….
them criminals will have them. guns legal in America are out of control. cashless is the only way.
I have so much sympathy for the employees here who are absolutely lovely, and yet are the regular target for these thugs.
Please can the staff here keep a pot of boiling oil on hand for when these thugs show up. Will be very easy to track down the culprit when his face is burnt off. Then maybe a squirt of jerk Mayo to ease the pain?
I like the way you think!
Why don’t all businesses have decoy cash with dye. You give it to them and when they take off the paper band the dye goes all over them. They even glow in the dark so easy to identify.
Was this gentleman off his medication? Perhaps he was hallucinating when he saw that scary purple monster face on the side of the truck and pulled out his machete to defend himself especially at night time. I am behooved to say there appears to be more than meets the eye on this case.
why would anyone dislike this 😭💀
Get help.
The machete is the weapon of choice for our imported scum.
If he is not imported scum, then he has been fathered and abandoned by one.
Each time a criminal is convicted, a complete background history of their upbringing and home life should be documented and shared with the public in story format to help society understand the environmental and genetic factors. l
What are the common themes? Trends?
How many people would recognize themselves in these stories (especially parents) and perhaps change their ways?
Or a family member recognizes patterns in their family that are similar to one of the stories, and can choose to intervene on a sibling who is demonstrating anti-social or wayward behaviour.
Within a single generation this heightened awareness through mandated case reporting may reverse the trend of increased crime.
Awareness, awareness, awareness.
in life you tend to attract what you are.
It’s been hit before. It seems the business also needs to improve the system here. Better lighting, fencing, CCTV etc.
Harissa sauce to the face would be a good start.
The absolute state of someone who is willing to threaten a fast food employee. Utter vermin.
Thanks Mac…your political successors must be so proud.
You have single-handedly destroyed what Cayman could have been, just to satisfy your greed and lust for power, you worthless POS.