Police
Robber armed with machete makes off with cash
(CNS): Police have opened an armed robbery investigation after a machete-wielding robber held up the McRuss convenience store in George Town in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Just after 1:15am on 3 December, police officers were dispatched to Eastern Avenue, where witnesses reported a man wearing dark-coloured clothing entered the store carrying the machete […]
Drivers ‘smash’ record with 94 collisions in one week
(CNS): The RCIPS is reporting a significant increase in road collisions, with an average this year of 66 crashes per week rising to a record-breaking 94 per week over the last fortnight. There are serious collisions regularly on Cayman’s roads and nine people have died this year in six separate fatal crashes.
Serial burglary suspect charged and remanded
(CNS): Romario Brown (23) from West Bay, who was arrested last week, has now been formally charged in relation to two break-ins in October. Brown is accused of a burglary and an attempted burglary at Countryside Shopping Plaza in Savannah. He appeared in court Monday and was remanded in custody. The police are now investigating […]
Third man arrested in local bank text scam
(CNS) UPDATED: Police said, Tuesday, that they have now arrested a third man in relation to a local text message banking scam. The 19-year-old from George Town was arrested on suspicion of money laundering offenses. He has been bailed as the police continue investigations into the scam in which several local people have lost undisclosed […]
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 […]
