Tag: aggravated burglary
Welcome gets ten years for home invasion
(CNS): Roland Welcome (33) was sentenced Tuesday to a decade behind bars, having been found guilty of a violent home-invasion last year. However, his time in HMP Northward is likely to be much longer as he is also awaiting sentence for a more recent conviction for conspiracy to murder Sven Connor. Welcome failed to appear […]
Gunmen take cash, valuables in West Bay home invasion
(CNS): The RCIPS is investigating an aggravated burglary that took place at an address on Powery Road in West Bay at around 11pm on Saturday. During a busy weekend for police officers, they responded to a report that three masked men, one carrying a firearm, had entered the residence. They stole cash and valuables from […]
Man charged and remanded over serious assault
(CNS): Patrick McKenzie (49) from West Bay has been charged with a list of offences in relation to a violent assault. He is accused of entering a woman’s home Monday morning and stabbing her multiple times. McKenzie appeared in court Thursday facing charges of aggravated burglary, wounding with intent, common assault and criminal trespass. He […]
Rookie female cop arrested after ‘domestic’ break-in
(CNS): A 23-year-old woman from Bodden Town, who is a probationary officer with the RCIPS, has been arrested on suspicion of theft and aggravated burglary in relation to a “domestic incident”. The police said the woman is currently on police bail pending further investigation and that she had been suspended from duty. No other details […]
Resident chases off armed burglar from Lower Valley home
(CNS): Police have opened an investigation into a home invasion at an address in Lower Valley, Bodden Town, around 8pm on Sunday evening. Police officers who responded to the call-out were told that a man had entered the home of the complainant, armed with what is believed to be a firearm, and demanded money. The […]
Police appeal for witnesses to EE home invasion
(CNS): Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the aggravated burglary which took place on Austin Conolly Drive on Saturday night. Both of the suspects, who were armed with a machete, were described as being of dark complexion and slim build. They were wearing biker gloves, long slim jeans, hooded shirts, and had their […]
Men escape with cash after home invasion in EE
(CNS): Police are investigating a home invasion after burglars forced their way into a residence on Austin Conolly Drive in East End armed with a machete on Saturday night. Police have said the aggravated burglary was reported to 911 at about 9:20pm. Two men had brandished the machete, pushed into the residence and demanded cash […]
Man denies violent, threatening burglary
(CNS): Michael Anthony Mendez (33) from George Town has pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and one of threatening to kill in connection with a violent break-in last month at the home of a woman he knew. Appearing in Grand Court on Friday morning, Mendez denied breaking into the home in Abbey […]
Woman assaulted and robbed in home
(CNS): A George Town woman was assaulted and robbed in her home by a man she knew in the early morning hours of last Thursday, police have said. The 33-year-old man, who has since been charged and remanded in custody, broke into the woman’s house armed with a knife. He threatened and assaulted her before […]
Men accused of stealing safe deny charges
(CNS): Devon Emmanuel Wright and James Herbert McLean will face trial later this year after denying a charge of aggravated burglary at a house on Anne Bonny Crescent in South Sound in February last year. The two local men are accused of making off with a safe containing jewellery and documents after breaking into the residence equipped […]
Woman’s scream scares off armed home intruder
(CNS): A scream was enough to stop a man armed with a knife from breaking into a West Bay home Tuesday morning. Police said that at around 10:45am, a woman at a residence on Boltins Avenue heard a sound coming from the back door. Taking a closer look, she saw that an unknown man, holding […]
