Tag: attempted robbery
Two men charged over separate gun-related crimes
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from Bodden Town and a 56-year-old man from West Bay appeared in court Monday after they were charged with serious but separate gun-related offences. The 22-year-old was caught on camera last week in North Side attempting to rob several men playing dominoes. He has been charged with attempted robbery and possession […]
Dominoes game goes on despite gunman
(CNS): A group of men playing dominoes in North Side yesterday afternoon were undeterred by the appearance of an armed man demanding money, which was caught on camera and posted on social media. The men were also videoed beating the would-be robber, who has a disability, during the altercation that followed. The RCIPS said that […]
Woman injured fighting off masked robber
(CNS): A woman was injured Saturday night as she struggled with a masked man trying to rob her outside a home in Prospect. Police said that the woman, who was alone in her car, had just parked outside the residence when her vehicle was approached by a stranger who opened her car door and attempted […]
Man charged after foiled mugging
(CNS): A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted robbery and possession of a controlled drug after he tried to mug another man at Coe Wood Beach, Bodden Town, on the morning of 2 January. According to the police, when the suspect approached his potential victim he implied that he had a gun and demanded […]
Masked 7MB robbers flee empty-handed
(CNS): Three men seated near the parking lot at the Seven Mile Public Beach were targeted by two masked armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday morning, but they were driven off by their intended victims and fled empty-handed. Police said they were called to the scene at around 1:40am and found that one […]
Jewel thieves strike at GT store
(CNS): Two men tried to steal several pieces of jewellery from a store on Edward Street, George Town, on Monday but discarded the loot they were trying to take and fled from the location when a store clerk became suspicious. The suspects were unarmed, but one of them engaged the clerk in conversation about some […]
Teenager charged in foiled grocery shop stick-up
(CNS): An 18-year-old man from George Town has been charged with robbery and the possession of an imitation gun following a foiled grocery store hold-up last month on Godfrey Nixon Way, when the assailant left empty handed after being hit by the clerk with a stick. The failed robbery happened at about 8:30pm on 18 […]
Store clerk fights off would-be robber
(CNS): A lone masked man, who turned out to be unarmed when he attempted to rob a store in George Town Monday evening, met with some resistance from the store clerk, who hit the suspect with a stick, sending him off empty handed, according to a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service report. The foiled stick-up […]
Bakery has no cash for would-be robber
(CNS): A man armed with a knife tried to rob the Caribbean Bakery in the Batabano area of West Bay on Sunday evening but he ran off through the back door when the store cashier told him there was no cash in the register. Police said a tall man with light brown skin, dressed in […]
