Tag: armed robbery
Waterfront phone shop robbed in broad daylight
(CNS): Digicel’s waterfront store in George Town was robbed by two masked men late Friday afternoon as staff were shutting up shop. This was the seventh robbery so far this month. Both men were said to be brandishing firearms as they entered the store on North Church Street at around 5:30pm and demanded cash from […]
CICA: Police ‘entitled to protection’ from gunmen
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal found that a judge who had added four years to a ten-year sentence handed to one of two robbers who shot at police officers as they tried to escape was entitled to do so because it was a separate crime. The higher court refused an appeal last week […]
Masked armed man robs Red Bay food truck
(CNS): The Al La Kebab food truck on Selkirk Drive in Red Bay became the latest local business to be robbed on Saturday night in yet another spike of commercial stick-ups. The truck was held up at around 11:50pm by a masked man, dressed all in black, who brandished a firearm, police said. The robber […]
GT Esso gas station robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): Two masked men, one of whom appeared to be carrying a firearm, held up the convenience store at a gas station in George Town on Thursday evening, police said. At around 8pm, the men burst into the shop at the gas station near the Shedden Road and North Sound Road intersection. They demanded cash from […]
Esso gas station robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): Police have opened yet another robbery investigation following an armed stick-up at the Esso gas station on Shamrock Road at around 3:20 on Friday morning. Two masked men entered the store, brandished a gun and demanded cash from the registers. They took off with an undisclosed sum of money on foot, appearing to head […]
Fast food restaurant robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): The Burger King on Shamrock Road, just past Grand Harbour, became the latest business to be robbed at gunpoint Saturday night. The robber, who wore a mask and carried a gun, entered the restaurant at about 8:45pm and demanded cash from the register. He fled the location on foot with an undisclosed quantity of […]
One man charged in jewellery shop robbery
(CNS): Only one of three men arrested this week in connection with an armed smash and grab at a jewellery store on the waterfront has been charged in connection with the robbery. The 27-year-old George Town man was charged with robbery and aggravated burglary, as well as the possession and consumption of ganja. A second […]
GT mini-mart robbed by two armed men
(CNS): UPDATED: Police have arrested one of two suspects who robbed a George Town mini-mart at gunpoint around 1am on Friday morning, 17 March, after a stop and search of a car they believed was involved in the stick-up. The robbers had fled the store on Eastern Avenue, just north of Godfrey Nixon Way, with […]
Man guilty of gas station stick-up with toy gun
(CNS): Alvin Shaquille Ebanks (25) from West Bay was found guilty on Friday of holding up the Hell Esso Gas Station last December with a toy gun while on bail for another offence and wearing an electronic tag. He was convicted by a jury of one count of robbery and the possession of an imitation […]
Armed suspect drops cash after robbing GT restaurant
(CNS): MacDonald’s restaurant on Shedden Road in George Town was robbed on Monday evening at around 8pm by a man wearing black clothing and a hoodie, with his face covered. The suspect entered the premises and brandished what appeared to be a handgun. After approaching the cashiers, he demanded money before fleeing the scene on […]
Armed robbers strike at woman’s GT home
(CNS): Two armed masked men robbed a woman at gunpoint in her own yard on Friday evening and fired a shot at the scene, proving that one of the firearms was loaded and working. The home invasion took place around 8.30pm on 3 March on Brushy Avenue in George Town. The woman was socialising with […]
