Police
Hotel construction site $300k payroll robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): Dozens of workers employed at the Grand Hyatt construction site in George Town protested on Tuesday because the contractor was unable to pay them after robbers allegedly stole $300,000 in an armed heist of the payroll on Monday. However, the construction workers, many of whom are permit holders, were complaining about problems getting paid […]
Bodden Town man arrested in bank text scam
(CNS): Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Bodden Town following an investigation into a text message scam that targeted local banking customers, some of whom lost a significant amount of money. While online and phone scams are usually associated with international criminals, this appears to be the first homegrown con of this type. The […]
Suspect charged after breaking into GT business
(CNS): A 21-year-old man from Bodden Town is due to appear in court today charged with burglary, even though he fled the location before taking anything from the undisclosed business premises. The suspect was disturbed on the morning of 14 November as he tried to gain access to the premises with a crowbar. Police said […]
RCIPS warns about text and social media scams
(CNS) Police said two specific scams are currently targeting people in the Cayman Islands. One is a social media romance scam involving a fake persona called ‘Andrei Wolfman’, and the other is a text message bank scam that cons customers into thinking their accounts have been put on hold. Police are reminding people of the […]
Cash taken in armed, daylight robbery
(CNS): A man was robbed on Friday afternoon of an undisclosed quantity of cash, described as “large” by the RCIPS, by two men, one armed with a gun and the other a machete. The police said that around 3:45pm, the victim was walking to his car on Jasmine Lane in the Spotts area of George […]
Security guard injured in mugging at 7M Shops
(CNS): A security guard was taken to hospital after being attacked by a group of people wearing hoodies and masks around 2:30am on Wednesday, according to an RCIPS press release issued on Friday evening. The attackers took his phone and other personal items belonging to the guard, who was on duty at a commercial plaza […]
Pedestrian killed by suspected drunk driver
(CNS): A man died in East End yesterday evening after he was run over by a suspected drunk driver. Police said the person who was knocked down on Sea View Road by the driver of a Suzuki Swift just after 7:20pm on Friday died at the hospital on Saturday morning as a result of the […]
$50k reward posted to help find murder suspect
(CNS): A reward of CI$50,000 has been posted by Cayman Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of Romario Davis (34). Davis is wanted in connection to the murder of Jason Johnson outside his George Town home. Davis was last known to be living in Newlands but frequents Webb Road in George Town. He goes […]
Police appeal for help finding murder suspect
(CNS): The RCIPS is appealing for information on the whereabouts of 34-year-old Romario Davis, who is wanted in connection to the murder of Jason Johnson on Sunday, 27 October, in George Town. Police said that Davis, who goes by the aliases of Mario Davis, Romario Brown, Baruks and Bar Roots, was last known to be living […]
Police track down fugitive after roundabout crash
(CNS): Mark Anthony Seymour (39), who was on the run from the police, was taken into custody on Friday after he was involved in a collision at the Grand Harbour Roundabout around lunchtime. Police tried to stop the vehicle he was in as it approached the roundabout, but it failed to stop and crashed into […]
Police car rear-ended after sudden stop to avoid crash
(CNS): A marked police car on patrol on Shamrock Road in Bodden Town on Tuesday was rear-ended just before 4:00pm after a White Honda Fit in front of it made “a sudden manoeuvre” while exiting a local shopping centre. The officer driving had to make a sudden stop, causing the vehicle behind the police car […]
