Tag: armed robbery
GT grocery shop robbed by machete wielding suspect
(CNS): Police have opened yet another armed robbery investigation after a man wielding a machete burst into a convenience store on Eastern Avenue near the intersection with Godfrey Nixon Way in the early hours of Saturday morning. A masked man entered the store brandishing a machete and demanded cash from the cashier before fleeing on […]
Armed, masked man robs George Town mini-mart
(CNS): Police have opened yet another robbery investigation after a masked man, armed with a machete, made off with an undisclosed quantity of cash after threatening a shop clerk at a convenience store on Mary Street on Tuesday evening. The robber was tall with a medium build and a dark complexion, and wore a hat, […]
One charged with robbery, two suspects still at large
(CNS): Police have charged a 33-year-old man from Bodden Town with robbery following an assault and mugging that happened in or around a business premises on Sound Way in George Town on Friday evening at around 7:15pm. The victim was assaulted at the location by three men who were armed with machetes. They made off […]
Suspect arrested for restaurant daylight robbery
(CNS): Police have arrested a 28-year-old man from North Side on suspicion of robbery in connection with the hold-up at the Latin Taste restaurant in broad daylight on Friday in George Town. The RCIPS said that officers found the suspect on Shedden Road in George Town on Sunday afternoon near a commercial property close to […]
One arrested after armed robbery at Chill Spot
(CNS): Police have arrested a 34-year-old man from West Bay on suspicion of Robbery following an armed stick-up at the Chill Spot Restaurant on Homestead Crescent, Savannah, on Saturday night. Police were called to the restaurant at about 9:40pm following the report that it had been robbed by three men who burst in carrying machetes […]
Downtown restaurant hit in daylight armed robbery
(CNS): Police are investigating yet another armed robbery after a masked man wielding a machete burst into the Latin Taste Restaurant in Central George Town on Friday at around 4pm and demanded cash. The robber took an undisclosed quantity of cash and fled the scene on foot, headed down Mary Street. Police officers searched the […]
Armed robbers strike three times on Valentine’s night
(CNS): Police are investigating two armed robberies and an attempted robbery that took place on the evening of Valentine’s Day within less than two hours in various locations around George Town. Two commercial premises and one private home were targeted. Although police have not said if they suspect there is a connection, the robberies appear […]
Grocery store armed robbers jailed for 7+ years
(CNS): Randon Odell Davis (26) and Lincoln Donovan Sibron (22), both Jamaican nationals, were sent to jail on Friday for more than seven years after being convicted in June last year of armed robbery. The pair pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and the possession of an imitation gun regarding a stick-up in February […]
Suspect arrested over $300k payroll robbery
(CNS): A 30-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery and other related offences in connection with the high-value robbery of what is understood to have been the cash payroll for a construction site on the West Bay Road last month.
West Bay 4-way stop grocery shop robbed again
(CNS): The 24-hour convenience store located at the junction of West Church Street and Town Hall Road by the four-way stop in West Bay has been robbed again. The shop was held up by a man armed with a gun at about 5:20am on Thursday, but police have already arrested a suspect. A 34-year-old man […]
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 […]
