Local restaurant robbed in morning stick-up
(CNS): Two masked men armed with what appeared to be handguns held up the Latin Taste Restaurant at the junction of Shedden Road and Mary Street in downtown George Town in the busy morning rush hour on Wednesday. The broad daylight heist, in a busy area of town with three cruise ships in port, happened at around 8:30am, when the men, wearing hoodies, entered the restaurant and pointed handguns at the staff.
The robbers demanded money before they made off on foot in the direction of Tigress Street with an undisclosed quantity of cash. No one was physically injured during the incident and the robbers did not fire the weapons.
This is the sixth robbery to be reported in less than two weeks and the tenth since the end of September, most of which involved guns. Police management has still made no statements about this spike in armed robberies.
This latest armed robbery is being investigated by police and detectives are encouraging anyone with information to call the George Town Police Station at 949-4222. Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777 or the website.
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no worry, police soon charge somebody and they get way 6 months later when they jobs safe and ppl forget.
Tourists aren’t forgetting. Check out Trip Advisor. They are starting to be afraid to travel to Cayman. Not good.
We have good places to accommodate future stayover guest. We know how expensive it is to book hotels in Cayman.
Caymanians can make great Security Guards.
I hope more opportunities become available to those that can be trust at their word.
You should expect to see some honest and willing Caymanians that are willing to put in the work.
You can take my word for it…
First off, Bravo to the consistent efforts by the staff who stay up overnight to watch over our borders. I do not know much about our Air space but, it is something I will research. They are making good progress. Please remember to give your support to the Caymanians and other determined to be fit to team members to protect our borders.They deserve their salaries, health benefits, and a chance at citizenship. The people of the deserve to live in peace.
What I hope to accomplish by this post is to recognize the progress.
Next it is a matter of drainage.
Not to be rude, but is this a joke? What are you saying? Do you know? Did you read the news article above? Grammar not too good.
“What I hope to accomplish by this post is to recognize the progress. Next it is a matter of drainage.”
Are you serious? You do realize that the an armed burglary (a stick up with guns) happened in broad daylight, right?
What progress is this? What on earth does “a matter of drainage” have to do with any of this?
Er, wow, ok
We need to recruit some officers from Australia and New Zealand. No Tolerance
You are joking, right.
They are just as bad as the woke thugs in UK, Canada and the US.
Is this sarcasm?
One can only hope.
7:59 pm — Do not ever post anything again. You are not achieving anything but embarrassing yourself.
Dangerous game they playing on peoples lives going in to commit armed robbery.Justice will soon happen sudden. To my fellow Caymanians and honest living sojourners, please prayer for the RCIPS and leaders in office. They will need it consistently.
How about leadership?
Wealthy developers want inexpensive labor, and that inexpensive labor is imported from some of the poorest countries in the region. Our government grants work permits for that inexpensive labor, enriching government coffers, and enriching the developers. Some of those laborers come with a different set of values developed through years of life in their own impoverished countries. Some consider Cayman an opportunity to better themselves through hard work. Some consider Cayman an opportunity to better themselves through crime. Of course, Cayman breeds its own criminals as well. But make no mistake, we are importing some too.
So in summary the criminals are Caymanian and non-Caymanian. Gee thanks. Anyone know what the breakdown in Northwood is?
@10/11/2022 at 5:57pm – What you fail to understand, is that the RCIPS has a significant number of officers of Jamaican descent, either born in Jamaica and immigrated here, or born here with family members still in Jamaica. If a Jamaican criminal in Cayman wants to be untouchable in Cayman, they just threaten to harm your family members in Jamaica. Its that easy and it is that prevalent, and Jamaica is that violent that those threats command you to look the other way. Get it now?
Yes – according to statistics at least 54 of 189 are Jamaican. There are multiple other nationalities in there as well, including of course many Caymanians. The numbers are however misleading. Many persons listed as something other than Jamaican, for example Caymanian, are also Jamaican. Further, some persons listed as Caymanian are in fact not. They may have a Cayman passport or have been born in Cayman, but they are in fact and in law another nationality.
And of the other 135 officers not listed as Jamaican at least 60 are in fact from there.
Import third world, become third world.
And if you have no leadership, you have nothing.
Think about this for a minute. If I was a robber and booked myself on a cruise to rob places in ports of call, it would be a very cheap way of committing crime and a perfect get away vehicle! No one is going to search a ship for suspects.
Hey Sherlock, take a break. So, you’re smuggling a gun or two onto the ship, then when you get to GT you’re smuggling them to shore, committing a robbery, running somewhere for a bit, changing your clothing, changing the CI into US, then getting on a tender with your ill gotten gains, plus your guns. Yeah, seems plausible. Definitely the MO of a Carnival cruise customer.
Remember the text is ‘what appeared’ to be guns.
It’s dismissive posts like yours why crime goes unsolved.
To be fair, many drugs in Cayman come into the island via cruise ships and passengers who are in fact drug mules
It’s not the cruise ships. The crimes are happening when the cruise ships are not in port.
Elect criminals and thugs, get more criminals and thugs. When our “political elite” are widely thought to break the law and get away with it, is it really a surprise to anyone when those at the bottom think the same?
Time to relocate to another country. Might as well live in the same conditions somewhere else with a more affordable cost of living and convenient transport system. The risk of danger is just as high in cayman as it is anywhere else at this point.
Adios.
5 years ago I left my life in Cayman. Up until then, I knew nothing more than Cayman! But the Cayman I knew started changing in ways I could not ignore.
Crime, inflation, and a depreciating economy were my concerns. I thought there must be a place for me in the real world.
The first step was to apply for my UK passport. Then I saved, and saved, and saved. Mind you, at the time I did not have a great job, but I did have a good one. I did without and sold any luxuries I had. I moved out of my home and immediately placed it on the rental market.
Fast forward to Oct 2017, and there I was, at the airport, nervously boarding a plane for a new life. Would it be better? Well, I had a plan and figured if I stuck to it, it should work out.
5 years later after numerous bus rides and one shitty flat, I am happy. I was welcomed by new friends and strangers. I studied in my area of interest. Eventually, I bought a beautiful home in the country, have a thriving business for which I am proud, and give thanks every day.
*My clients always compliment my work effort, and I always say, it’s the Caymanian in me.
Contrary to what some say- when you live elsewhere you realize the many little things that the Cayman culture and workforce do well. I share these things every day in my new life.
I feel physically safe, my future has a chance, and every day presents something new.
*I have even lived in Europe for a year taking in places and things I only imagined I would see.
I miss Cayman some days. After all, I left behind great friends, my childhood, and my family.
I suppose my point is to take a chance on yourself. If you know something isn’t right, fix it. Fix it for your own sake and future.
We are soon making the move as well.
I agree!
This place is becoming sickening. Sad. Lived here 37yrs. More police per capita than most cities, with few million. Why is this tiny wee place so crime-ridden. Few solved?!
Foreigners. Better times when Caymanians made up the majority of population. True.
It’s the government! They are only interested in themselves.
8:30 in the morning. So the only cash in the till is the float. Split 3 ways. In exchange for a potential 10 years in jail. Wow. They either have zero fear of being caught or crack addicts.
Facts. Desperate fools. Deserve to be caught and serve long prison sentence.
Doesn’t take the gun going off to catch a murder charge. Wait for someone to have a heart attack when someone has a gun to their head and die. All for what? A few bucks and a long prison sentence?
11.12am Or they know something you don’t. That place does a good Breakfast trade from 7am. They also deal in alot of cash and may not use overnight drop box Bank facilities instead depositing next day which means at 9am they wouldn’t have banked cash yet.
The reason there is a robbery spike is because people cannot afford to live here anymore. This island is only for the rich and famous, it seems. Where there is poverty, there is crime.
Most of us our struggling with the inflated prices of rent, utilities, food and gas but we’re not all running around with guns.
Police need to be more visible.
Or people need to report it to the police as someone knows who it is.
Sounds to me it’s time for Government to issue another pension fund withdrawal
Saunders is the one to ask. Thought he said the pension system was broken and to take every dime out at least when he was in the opposition. Things dem coulda change still.
They can’t be that poor or struggling that much that they prioritize finding the money to get a gun!!!! Come on people stop making excuses for these criminals. A lot of us are struggling and can’t afford to live, but are not going out there and robbing other hard working people at gunpoint
I think this is somewhat of an “inside the restaurant” knowledgeable robbery where these two knew the restaurant’s peak cashed up time is in the morning prior to starting their day. I feel bad for this Honduran restaurant owners and staff.
Since Cayman courts are very light on crime how about Government implement a new bill tailored specifically to store robberies punishment of minimum 10 years in hard labor working at the dump sorting through trash and recycleable products. Cleaning out septic tanks is another job option. Sh*t happens.
Come on Mr Roper you’re in charge of the RCIP with you finger on the pulse of these things, surely I didn’t miss your response again ?
He is still trying to work out what to say about power pole gate
nothing to see here move along. The law only applies to us little people (and foreigners in the case of covid rules)
So…let’s rob a place shortly after opening!
Either they’re dumber than even the regular idiot, or there’s cash on site and someone inside knows this.
In any case, let’s hope these two wutless men get what’s coming to them. Have they tried working? earn more cash, without the risk of 10 years incarceration.
Disgusting actions of social inadequates. Glad no one was injured.
This is what you get when you take away good job opportunities from Caymanians.
Resilient savvy ppl create their own job opportunities. They don’t get walked over by foreigners and they don’t resort to robbing others when foreigners take their jobs. Comments like yours make caymanians sound weak af.
nope. This is what happens when deadbeats get guns.
So you think it’s Caymanians? so you know who it is? Time to speak up…
How so? I thought it was always foreigners doing the crime?
Firstly, how do you know they were Caymanian? Secondly, exactly what “good job” do you think these pin heads could hold down for more than a morning, other than MLA? Plenty of people have a hard life without resorting to sticking a gun in people’s faces!
1252 STFU loser.
9 am. Where is this CCTV???
Can we add a 1% property tax. I know everyone hates the word tax. But its time fo gentrification. It will never happen if no one has to invest anything into these plywood shacks on this island.