Tag: armed robbery
Crown: CCTV and DNA tie men to bank robbery
(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 […]
Shop owner runs off armed robber
(CNS): Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in Bodden Town on Friday night. The masked man, dressed all in black and wearing a hoodie, was carrying a handgun when he entered the store on Bodden Town Road, east of Cumber Avenue, at about 8pm and demanded cash. But the store […]
Food truck robbed by man wielding machete
(CNS): A food truck in Red Bay was robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash at around 9:45pm Friday night when a masked man armed with a machete approached the staff and demanded money. No one was physically hurt. Once he had the cash, the robber fled the scene on foot. When the police arrived, […]
Gunman flees bar with customer’s bag
(CNS): Police are investigating yet another armed robbery after a man waved a handgun at a group of people socialising outside the Everglo Bar in Bodden Town at around 10:10pm Sunday night. As he approached the people with the gun in his hand, they ran to safety. However, a handbag that was left behind was […]
Armed men steal cash in midnight robbery
(CNS): Four masked men, two of whom were armed with handguns, robbed a fast-food hut in the Marquee Plaza on Lawrence Boulevard at around midnight Wednesday night. Police said two of the robbers approached the security guard at the location. One was waving a firearm, while the other two went to Al la Kebab, where […]
Rubis worker robbed on station forecourt
(CNS): An employee at a George Town gas station was robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash at knifepoint Monday night, the RCIPS has said. The stick-up happened at around 10:00am on the forecourt of the Rubis station on Walkers Road after the worker stepped outside the station shop and was approached by the robber, […]
Victim assaulted in power-washer robbery
(CNS): Two men, dressed in full black clothing, wearing masks and brandishing a firearm, assaulted a man in the early hours of Thursday morning after stealing a power washer and generator from him at a car wash near the corner of Rock Hole Road and Mary Street in George Town. Police said the robbery was […]
Gunmen rob victims at Spotts home
(CNS): Two men sitting in the yard of a home on Shamrock Road, east of Spotts Newlands Road, were robbed by two masked armed men on Friday night. Police said the pair were approached by the robbers brandishing handguns at about 10:15pm. One of the victims ran inside the house but the robbers followed and […]
Rider mugged after falling off motorbike
(CNS): A man who fell off his motorcycle on Friday night as he drove through North Sound Estates in Bodden Town was then chased and mugged by a passing cyclist. Having survived the accident at around 10:30 that night, which police said was due to the wet road conditions, the motorbike rider was then confronted […]
More robbery suspects rounded up
(CNS): Police arrested another four men over the weekend in relation to the recent spike in armed robberies and gun crimes. One of the men was already on bail, having been charged on suspicion of being an accessory to a 2022 robbery. Now that he is suspected of being part of the recent crime spree […]
PPM: Brazen robberies must be stopped
(CNS) UPDATED WITH POLICE REPORT 4:15pm: The RCIPS has now confirmed that there were two attempted armed robberies and one armed robbery on Thursday night. While there has still been no comment so far from the PACT Government, the opposition has released a statement about the current spike in this type of crime, in addition […]
