Crime
Jamaicans arrested for illegal landing in Breakers
(CNS): Customs and Border Control arrested two Jamaican nationals, aged 33 and 40, who had reportedly landed in a boat on the Breakers shoreline in Bodden Town at the weekend. Police officers who were called to the area at around 7am on Sunday detained the two men, who appeared to be in good health. They […]
Fugitive threatens police with machete during arrest
(CNS): Gerardo Connolly (32), who was wanted by police after jumping bail last week and described as violent, was found and arrested on Sunday morning on Hawkins Drive in George Town, the RCIPS have said. Connolly, who had been on the run for around a week, was wanted in connection with burglary and robbery offences. […]
West Bay man killed in early morning shooting
(CNS): Travis Alexander Ebanks (29) from West Bay was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the police, though they released very few details about the first murder of 2024. Around 4am yesterday, the RCIPS and other emergency services were called to King Road in West Bay after a report that […]
Man denies murder during 2022 West Bay fight
(CNS): Kirk Lindsay Watler (54) from Bodden Town pleaded not guilty to murder when he appeared via video link from HMP Northward in Grand Court on Friday. Watler is accused of killing George Ian Duffell (51) in October 2022 when he stabbed him during a late-night confrontation in a West Bay yard on Birch Tree […]
Woman accused of scamming property renter arrested
(CNS): A 42-year-old woman from West Bay was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of obtaining property by deception in connection with an alleged rental scam. The police said they had received a report about an ad placed on a local website about a residential property for rent in the Prospect area of George Town. […]
Man wanted for burglary and robbery jumps bail
(CNS): Police are seeking help from the public to track down Gerado Connolly (32) from Bodden Town after he jumped bail. Also known as “George” or “Peppa”, Connolly is wanted for burglary and robbery offences and is known to be violent. The RCIPS said he should not be approached by members of the public, and […]
Man stabbed during fight outside local shop
(CNS): One man has been treated for stab wounds to his back and chest, another has been arrested and a third is on the run following a fight outside a convenience store in Prospect over the weekend. At around 6:15pm on Sunday, the police were called to McRuss Grocery Store on Party Lane, where three […]
Store clerk cut during armed robbery in West Bay
(CNS): Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place on Saturday afternoon at a small convenience store in West Bay, just off Birch Tree Hill Road. Two men entered the shop wearing face coverings, one armed with a machete and the other with a knife. One robber demanded cash from the register, threatening the […]
Suspect arrested after throwing gun out of car window
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from Bodden Town was arrested after police officers saw him throw a bag, later found to contain a gun, from the vehicle he was driving while he was being pursued by a police vehicle. According to the RCIPS, shortly after 3:50pm on Wednesday, 10 January, officers “had cause to stop a […]
Police track down suspect in Brac hit-and-run
(CNS): The man believed to be driving a white Honda Fit involved in a hit-and-run on Cayman Brac on Boxing Day evening has been arrested and bailed pending further investigations. The 28-year-old suspect from the Brac was arrested at around 3:30pm on Wednesday, 10 January, on Grand Cayman. He was taken to the Cayman Islands […]
Double murder trial delayed over forensic evidence
(CNS): Wayne Bellafonte Jr (32), from North Side, who was due to stand trial later this month for the murder of both Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) in a drive-by shooting back in July 2021, has had the case postponed for at least the third time until later this year. Bellafonte’s lawyers […]
