Tag: armed robbery

Masked man robs restaurant armed with machete

Masked man robs restaurant armed with machete

| 20/06/2024 | 4 Comments

(CNS): The police have opened an investigation after an early morning armed robbery at a restaurant in George Town early Wednesday morning. Shortly after 4:00am, officers responded to the report of the incident on Eastern Avenue, south of the intersection with Godfrey Nixon Way. It was said that a masked man entered the restaurant carrying […]

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Robber mugs man then steals from bar patrons

Robber mugs man then steals from bar patrons

| 10/06/2024 | 10 Comments

(CNS): A masked man armed with a machete approached another man in the street somewhere in the Shedden Road area of downtown George Town Tuesday night sometime before 10:00pm and demanded cash. The robber made off on foot with an undisclosed quantity of cash before he reportedly ran through the outside area of a bar […]

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Gunman mugs victim in George Town parking lot

Gunman mugs victim in George Town parking lot

| 28/05/2024 | 5 Comments

(CNS): Police have opened another armed robbery investigation after two men were mugged at gunpoint in a parking lot on Rock Hole Road, George Town, on Saturday night. Two people were approached by an unknown man carrying what appeared to be a gun. One of them fled on foot but the other was robbed of […]

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Masked man robs restaurant customers at gunpoint

Masked man robs restaurant customers at gunpoint

| 08/05/2024 | 17 Comments

(CNS): Around midnight on Sunday, a masked man robbed two customers at a restaurant close to the junction of Shedden Road and Dr Roy’s Drive in Central George Town. The man reportedly entered the restaurant armed with what appeared to be a gun and took personal belongings from two people at the undisclosed restaurant. He then […]

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Robber makes off with cash register on a bicycle

Robber makes off with cash register on a bicycle

| 03/05/2024 | 31 Comments

(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a tall, slim man with a dark complexion who made off on a bicycle with the cash register from a fast-food restaurant on the West Bay Road in broad daylight on Thursday. The Captain’s Bakery was robbed at gunpoint at around 4:30 in the afternoon by a man […]

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Four men charged with 2023 Digicel store robbery

Four men charged with 2023 Digicel store robbery

| 23/04/2024

(CNS): Eleven months after an armed hold-up at the Digicel store on the waterfront, three Bodden Town men, aged 21, 22 and 28, and a 22-year-old man from George Town have all been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. The four men appeared in court on Tuesday and were bailed to return on 14 May.

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Men robbed by gunman on GT street in broad daylight

Men robbed by gunman on GT street in broad daylight

| 22/02/2024 | 9 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a robbery investigation following the mugging on Tuesday of two men in a street off School Road, George Town. Police say that the victims were sitting behind a store in the area at around 11am when they were approached by a masked man, who made threats towards them and demanded […]

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Robbery suspects charged and remanded in custody

Robbery suspects charged and remanded in custody

| 13/02/2024

(CNS): Two men suspected of holding up a convenience store in West Bay last week have been charged with robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent. A 21-year-old man from George Town and a 26-year-old from North Side were arrested following the robbery, which took place just a few yards from the district […]

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Local store robbed steps from police station

Local store robbed steps from police station

| 09/02/2024

(CNS): Two men held up a local grocery store at gunpoint Thursday night in a brazen robbery just steps away from the West Bay Police Station. Two suspects were later picked up with an undisclosed quantity of cash. According to the RCIPS, at about 7:30pm the robbers, wearing masks and hoodies, entered a small convenience […]

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Store clerk cut during armed robbery in West Bay

Store clerk cut during armed robbery in West Bay

| 15/01/2024 | 8 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place on Saturday afternoon at a small convenience store in West Bay, just off Birch Tree Hill Road. Two men entered the shop wearing face coverings, one armed with a machete and the other with a knife. One robber demanded cash from the register, threatening the […]

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Crown: CCTV and DNA tie men to bank robbery

Crown: CCTV and DNA tie men to bank robbery

| 08/11/2023

(CNS): CCTV footage of Richard Andre Scott and Mark Alexander Beckett and DNA on the seats and handlebars of the bikes they used will leave the jury in no doubt that the pair are guilty of robbing customers at the Scotiabank branch in South Sound last June, the prosecution has said. As crown counsel Kenneth […]

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