Tag: arson
Police charge suspect over WB house fire
(CNS): UPDATED: The 32-year-old man from West Bay who was arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire at a home on North West Point Road on Tuesday lunchtime has now been charged. The West Bay man was formally charged with arson and was due to appear in court Thursday afternoon. Emergency personnel had responded to […]
Police track down suspected arsonist and burglar
(CNS): A 37-year-old man from East End was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of burglary and arson in connection with a break-in last month at a home in North Side, where the furniture had been set on fire and the residence ransacked, though nothing was taken. The break-in happened on Old Robin Road, some time before […]
Two separate arson cases reported over weekend
(CNS): One woman is in custody and police are on the lookout for a second suspect after two separate and unrelated arson attacks over the weekend. A 38-year-old woman has been arrested and remains in police custody as inquiries continue into a fire at a residence in West Lane, Bodden Town, on Sunday. The blaze was reported […]
Two men arrested over BT house fire
(CNS): Two Bodden Town men are in police custody after they were arrested on Friday morning in the wake of a house fire in the district, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. Just after 11am police and the Cayman Islands Fire Service responded to a report of a burning house on Nettie Levy […]
Cop car blaze suspect charged in unrelated case
(CNS): Rupert Spence, who was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the arson attack on two brand new police cars this week, has been charged with arson in another unrelated case. The 32-year-old man from George Town appeared in Summary Court Friday and was remanded in custody in connection with setting fire to two cars […]
Cops round up arson suspect
(CNS): Police have arrested a 32-year-old man from George Town in connection with the arson attack on two new RCIPS patrol cars at a garage on Walkers Road Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service stated in a short release that the suspect was arrested shortly before 3:00am today (Wednesday 18 […]
Arsonists set new cop cars on fire
(CNS): Two new police cars were set on fire in George Town in the early hours of this morning in a suspected targeted arson attack, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. Police said that the blaze happened before 2:45am on Tuesday, 17 April, at a local garage on Walkers Road. The cars were […]
Police investigate truck fire in Windsor Park
(CNS): Police are now investigating what caused a truck blaze in George Town early Monday morning. No one was hurt and no other property was damaged when flames engulfed a white Ford F-150 in Windsor Park, on July Street, at around 4:30am today. Fire fighters doused the blaze before it caused further damage. “The cause […]
Police, fire service open another arson inquiry
(CNS): Yet another car blaze which the authorities believe was an act of arson happened over the weekend in Bodden Town. Following a spate of recent vehicle fires, the police and fire service are seeking witnesses to the incident, which happened in the early hours of Saturday morning, as they begin yet another arson investigation. […]
Arson inquiry opens into cop’s private car fire
(CNS): Police say they are troubled by what appears to be an arson attack on three cars parked near Winfern Close and Ryan’s Retreat off Crewe Road in George Town during the early hours of Sunday morning. Officers investigating the fires said two of the three cars belonged to a senior police officer. “This is a […]
Stolen car set on fire in Newlands
(CNS): Police have begun investigating a possible case of arson after a 1999 Red Honda Integra that was stolen back in November was set on fire on Hirst Road in Newland last Thursday night. Officers and fire crews were sent to the location not far from the Marine Base at around 9:00pm on 22 December. After […]
