Tag: armed robbery
Police focused on gang of local robbery suspects
(CNS): Detectives working on the long list of armed robbery investigations have honed in on what Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said is around ten local suspects in a loosely affiliated crime gang. The police believe that these men are behind most of the recent stick-ups across Grand Cayman over the last three months. Since […]
North Siders mugged in latest armed robbery
(CNS): Two men sitting outside a residence on North Side Road late Monday night became the latest victims of armed men when they were robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash at gunpoint, as the worrying increase in armed stick-ups continues. Police said that around 11:30pm on 14 November they were called out to the […]
Robbery toll climbs to eight over last two weeks
(CNS): The police have added another two robbery investigations to their current list of stick-ups and muggings across Grand Cayman, with eight happening since the beginning of this month and a dozen since the end of September, most of which have involved guns and other weapons. There were two robberies on Friday evening at George […]
Local restaurant robbed in morning stick-up
(CNS): Two masked men armed with what appeared to be handguns held up the Latin Taste Restaurant at the junction of Shedden Road and Mary Street in downtown George Town in the busy morning rush hour on Wednesday. The broad daylight heist, in a busy area of town with three cruise ships in port, happened […]
Cops investigating fifth robbery this week
(CNS): Police are investigating a robbery by two masked men armed with a gun at a grocery store on Hirst Road in Bodden Town at around 8:40 Thursday evening. One of the robbers entered the store waiving what appeared to be a firearm and demanded cash while his accomplice waited outside. Both men fled towards […]
Women robbed in two separate street muggings
(CNS): The robbery toll climbed again this week with another two armed robberies Wednesday night and early Thursday morning on the streets of George Town and West Bay. Two women were both mugged by armed men in two separate crimes, one involving a lone gunman and the other three masked men, one armed with an […]
Robber flees with cash after sandwich shop stick-up
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for yet another armed robber after a stick-up at the Subway sandwich shop at The Reef Resort on the Queen’s Highway in East End around 7pm Monday. A masked man entered the shop wielding a firearm and demanded cash from the staff. He then fled the scene with an […]
Cops hunt armed robbers after gas station stick-up
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for four men after an armed stick-up at a gas station shop in Bodden Town Friday night. Police said the robbers burst into Mostyn’s Convenience and Liquor Store on Bodden Town Road around 8:30pm. Three of the four men who threatened staff and demanded cash and other items were […]
Two arrests follow two violent robberies in one day
(CNS): One man was assaulted and robbed of his jewellery by three masked men outside an undisclosed George Town bar early Saturday morning. In a separate incident later that day a man was robbed of a bag with cash in it by two men with a gun in broad daylight on a street in the Swamp […]
McRuss Groceries robbed by masked armed men
(CNS): McRuss Groceries on Party Lane in Prospect was held up at gunpoint Wednesday night at around 11pm. Four masked men entered the store and brandished firearms at the workers and demanded cash. The men then fled the scene on foot towards the rear of the premises with a quantity of cash and other items.
Two local men admit gun-related charges
(CNS): The prevalence of illegal guns was illustrated Friday when two men appeared in court in relation to gun charges. Charles Walton III admitted robbing a man on the street while armed with a gun and Eddie Marlon Ebanks admitted having a pistol in his home. Walton was remanded in custody until 25 November, when […]
