Crime
Man denies bribery in DVDL $100 bung case
(CNS): Another individual has pleaded not guilty to bribery of a public officer in the Cayman Islands’ largest prosecution brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Around 20 people have been charged in the case, almost all of them for allegedly giving an employee of the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing a $100 bung for getting […]
Scammers create fake Cayman Crypto Bank website
(CNS): Fraudsters have created a fake crypto bank that they claim is based in the Cayman Islands in another effort to separate people from their hard-earned cash. The Financial Reporting Authority (FRA) became aware of the “Cayman Crypto Bank” through the website www.caymancryptobank.com that fraudulently claims: “The Banking of the Future. Based in Cayman Islands. Cayman […]
80lbs of ganja seized at ORIA from two Canadians
(CNS): Over the last two weeks, Customs and Border Control (CBC) have seized just under 80lbs of ganja from two separate smugglers at Owen Roberts International Airport. Both were Canadian nationals, who are now on remand at HMP Northward and HMP Fairbanks. CBC officers stopped the first of the two on his arrival at the […]
Child and two adults injured in three-car pile-up
(CNS): Just one day after the police launched their Christmas safety campaign, they were on the scene of yet another major collision on Grand Cayman’s roads. This one involved three vehicles that may have been caused by drivers racing each other. The crash happened on Bodden Town Road in the Midland Acres area at about […]
Suspect arrested over $300k payroll robbery
(CNS): A 30-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery and other related offences in connection with the high-value robbery of what is understood to have been the cash payroll for a construction site on the West Bay Road last month.
One stabbed, one arrested, one on run after barroom violence
(CNS): Police have arrested a 51-year-old man from West Bay on suspicion of wounding and are currently looking for a second regarding a violent altercation at a bar near Public Beach at about 9pm on Thursday. Another man was stabbed multiple times and taken to the George Town hospital in a private car. When the […]
Trio arrested over toddler’s death last to see her alive
(CNS): The inquiry into the death of Alissady Powell moved from an unexplained death to a murder investigation only very recently after the work of several forensic experts found that the child was dead before she entered the sea, police have said. The three suspects arrested Wednesday for murder were the last people with the […]
West Bay 4-way stop grocery shop robbed again
(CNS): The 24-hour convenience store located at the junction of West Church Street and Town Hall Road by the four-way stop in West Bay has been robbed again. The shop was held up by a man armed with a gun at about 5:20am on Thursday, but police have already arrested a suspect. A 34-year-old man […]
Man charged with raping woman in parked car
(CNS): Police have charged a 31-year-old man from George Town with rape. The man appeared in court today and was remanded in custody. The charges stem from a report of a sexual assault that took place around midnight on Tuesday in a parked car at Seven Mile Shops plaza on the West Bay Road, north […]
Road safety committee repeats appeal to drivers
(CNS): Although repeated calls by the National Road Safety Committee for better driving have apparently fallen on deaf ears, the NRSC has made another urgent appeal to the motoring public to take more care following a sharp increase in traffic collisions. Police recently revealed that crashes spiked to an average of 94 per week over […]
Visiting ‘card skimmer’ jailed for over four months
(CNS): A Bulgarian national was arrested by Customs and Border Control (CBC) officers last month when he arrived at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) on a flight from Toronto, Canada. During the X-ray of his luggage, officers found suspicious objects concealed inside a laptop that were suspected of being used for skimming debit and credit […]
