Crime
Robbers and thieves push up 2023 crime rate by 3.9%
(CNS): Overall crime increased in 2023 by 3.9% when compared to the previous year, largely as a result of acquisitive crimes such as theft, burglary and robbery, the RCIPS confirmed Wednesday after releasing the crime and traffic statistics for last year. While serious violent crime fell slightly, gun crime remains a significant problem. In a […]
GT man accused of stealing restaurant tip jar
(CNS): Police arrested a 27-year-old man from George Town at the weekend on suspicion of theft from a vehicle regarding an incident where items were taken from a car that was parked outside a restaurant on Shedden Road in the heart of George Town on Saturday evening. He is also accused of taking the tip […]
Cops seize cash and drugs, suspected dealers bailed
(CNS): Three George Town men, aged 37, 40 and 45, were arrested last Friday after officers conducting patrols in the capital spotted the men engaging in suspicious activity at a business complex on School Road. When they went to the location, the officers smelled ganja, and as a result, they detained and searched the three […]
Four men charged with 2023 Digicel store robbery
(CNS): Eleven months after an armed hold-up at the Digicel store on the waterfront, three Bodden Town men, aged 21, 22 and 28, and a 22-year-old man from George Town have all been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. The four men appeared in court on Tuesday and were bailed to return on 14 May.
West Bay men arrested for illegal gun after police chase
(CNS): Police have arrested two men from West Bay following a pursuit along the West Bay Road and the Esterley Tibbetts Highway yesterday evening, during which, the officers said, the men threw a handgun and a loaded magazine out of their car window during the chase. An RCIPS release said that around 8pm on Monday, […]
Suspect in East End stabbing in police custody
(CNS): Police have arrested a 22-year-old man from East End on suspicion of wounding in regards to a stabbing in the car park at the East End football field at the weekend. The man was arrested on Monday morning, 22 April, in connection with the violent incident where three men were involved in an altercation […]
Lawyer’s ‘sexts’ lead to client’s successful appeal
(CNS): A Jamaican woman who was convicted of wounding in 2022 following a brawl at the beauty parlour where she worked was acquitted by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Friday as a result of the behaviour of her defence lawyer. Aisha Jamilah English (33), who was found guilty of stabbing a colleague, appealed […]
RCIPS warns owners of continuing car break-ins
(CNS): The police are seeing an increase in the number of reports of thefts from vehicles, either because they have been left insecure or because thieves smash vehicle windows and steal items left inside. Commonly stolen items include tools, jewellery, electronics and money. Chief Superintendent Brad Ebanks said such crimes were opportunistic, where unlocked vehicles […]
Violence plagues East End over the weekend
(CNS): Police officers in East End dealt with a stabbing and attempted arson in two separate incidences on Saturday evening, 20 April. Shortly before 8:20pm, a 52-year-old man from the district was arrested after the police received a report of attempted arson at a residence on John McLean Drive. The RCIPS said that officers on […]
Numbers shop killers get 10 and 14 years jail time
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) will serve 14 years and one month in prison while Eric Williams Soto (23) will serve ten years for the manslaughter of retired prison officer Harry Elliott and the possession of a loaded illegal gun during a botched robbery at a numbers shop, run by an ex-cop, on School Road […]
Crown says man used Snapchat to groom teenage girl
(CNS): A 24-year-old man used the social media platform Snapchat, which deletes messages, pictures and videos within 24 hrs of them being viewed, to groom a 13-year-old girl whom he later raped in a hotel bathroom, according to the crown. As prosecutor Sarah Lewis opened the case against the man on Thursday, she told the […]
