Crime
Thieves make off with local restaurant tip jar
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a couple who stole a tip jar from the Heritage Kitchen on Boggy Sand Road on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called out to the local restaurant, which is also a tourist favourite, at about 2:30pm and were told that a man had taken the jar from the restaurant […]
Vehicle involved in hit-and-run on the Brac located
(CNS): Police have now found the white Honda Fit that was involved in a hit and run on Cayman Brac on Boxing Day and say the owner of the car has not been located but is believed to be currently off-island. The vehicle was discovered at a commercial premises in the West End on Saturday. […]
Shoplifting suspect arrested
(CNS): A 31-year-old woman from Bodden Town was arrested on Friday afternoon, 29 December, on suspicion of shoplifting at a store on Cardinal Avenue. The woman was reported to have “accosted” staff at the shop when she was confronted about trying to steal goods from the shop. When officers on foot patrol arrived at the […]
Police and prison round up Christmas smugglers
(CNS): Multiple packages of drugs being smuggled into HMP Northward were intercepted by prison security over the Christmas break and three people were arrested, according to the RCIPS. Another two people have been formally charged with drug smuggling offences from earlier operations. The police said they have been working closely with both the prison and […]
Burglars hit nine bars over the holiday weekend
(CNS): Police have arrested and charged two people in connection with four of nine separate burglaries that happened at commercial premises between Friday, 22 December, and Tuesday, 26 December. A 30-year-old man from George Town and a 41-year-old woman from West Bay appeared in court Wednesday and were remanded in custody. Investigations into the other […]
Brac police seek witnesses to hit-and-run
(CNS): A man was taken to Faith Hospital on Cayman Brac to be treated for undisclosed injuries on Tuesday evening after he was hit by a car. Police said the victim is in a stable condition and that they are now looking for the driver who left the scene. Emergency services were called out to […]
Suspect arrested after Christmas carjacking
(CNS): A 34-year-old man from George Town has been arrested on suspicion of robbery after a carjacking in the capital just before midnight on Christmas Day. Police received a report shortly after midnight on Tuesday, 26 December, that there had been a robbery in the parking lot of commercial premises on Eastern Avenue. The police […]
Crime continued over Christmas weekend
(CNS): There was no let up on the violence and street crime over the holiday weekend as police opened investigations into fights, shootings and robberies. The weekend trouble began in the early morning hours of Friday, 23 December, with a shooting in George Town resulting in a man being taken to hospital with multiple gunshot […]
Police call for witnesses to 7MB fight
(CNS): At least one man was stabbed and sustained serious injuries early last Sunday morning during a fight at the Seven Mile Public Beach involving several people who had all left the location by the time the police arrived. Officers investigating the brawl, which happened at around 1:45 that morning, are appealing to anyone who […]
Armed men mug cyclist in East End
(CNS): Police are looking for two men who mugged a man who was riding his bike on Sea View Road in East End early on Thursday morning. A call was made to 911 that the cyclist was riding by Lover’s Wall when two masked men got out of a small car parked on the roadside. […]
One man shot in leg in latest incident of gun violence
(CNS): Police have recovered spent shell casings and are now investigating the latest street shooting, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Gresscott Lane, off School Road in central George Town. One man, who was shot in the leg, made his own way to the hospital, where he is undergoing treatment […]
