Crime
Bank saves customer from potential scam
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit (FCIU) is warning residents about the latest financial scam targeting people in the Cayman Islands after a local bank intervened to prevent one of their customers from being conned. Police said the scam involves the crooks contacting the victims by phone posing as a credit card security or […]
Fugitive charged with rape, remanded in custody
(CNS): Cedric Everton Ellis (52), a resident of George Town who was arrested on 2 April after he turned himself in, has been charged with rape. Ellis had been wanted by police in connection with serious sex crimes, and the RCIPS had put out an alert asking for the public’s help in tracking him down. […]
Addiction led nurse to bring cocaine for wedding trip
(CNS): Yoojin Oh, a nurse from the United States, was fined $11,038 by the Grand Court on Friday for trying to smuggle more than 7 grams of cocaine into the Cayman Islands last month when she arrived for a destination wedding, which she missed. Justice Cheryll Richards accepted that Oh had brought the drug with […]
‘Lengthy consideration’ given to rape charges
(CNS): A 20-year-old resident of George Town who was first arrested by the police in 2023 in relation to sexual offences committed against an underage girl has been charged with sexual communications with a child, taking a child from lawful care and two counts of rape. In a press release, the RCIPS said that the […]
Shooting suspect arrested for attempted murder
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from Bodden Town has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to an incident where a man was shot in the head last Tuesday in George Town. He has since been bailed without charges being brought. The RCIPS said the suspect was arrested following a report of possible criminal […]
Man receives non-life-threatening gunshot to the head
(CNS): A man was taken to hospital late Tuesday night with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot in the head, the RCIPS has said. At around 11:00pm, police officers responded to a report that a man had been shot and was currently outside a business on Eastern Avenue, near School Road. When they arrived, they found […]
Ganja smuggling suspects bailed after being charged
(CNS): Three men who were arrested last week after a drug bust at a residential compound in the industrial area have been released on bail after they were charged with possession of ganja with intent to supply. One of the men, a 57-year-old resident of George Town, has also been charged with possession of criminal […]
Man wanted for alleged sex offences turns himself in
(CNS): Cedric Everton Ellis (52) from George Town turned himself in to the police on Tuesday, a week after the RCIPS issued a public alert to help find him. Ellis has been arrested and remains in custody as investigations into the allegations against him continue. Ellis, who is a heavy equipment driver, was wanted by […]
Woman charged for break-ins at West Bay Road condos
(CNS): A 35-year-old woman from Bodden Town has been charged with burglary in connection with several break-ins in February and March at condos along the West Bay Road in the heart of the Seven Mile Beach tourist district. Police are still investigating other burglaries in the area that they believe the woman may have committed. […]
Prison officer denies misconduct charge over ganja
(CNS): Derron Winston Watson, a senior officer at HMP Northward, appeared in Grand Court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to one charge of misconduct in public office. Watson was allegedly found in possession of ganja during a joint operation by HM Cayman Islands Prison Service, the Department of Public Safety Communications and the RCIPS […]
Ex-US Army Lt. Col. fined $22k for loaded magazine
(CNS): A retired senior officer in the United States Army was fined $22,000 for entering the Cayman Islands with a loaded magazine in his backpack. When Terry Torraca, from Franklin, Tennessee, was stopped by security staff at Owen Roberts International Airport in early March, he apologised and told the authorities he had forgotten to check […]
