Tag: Cayman CrimeStoppers
Gang tensions behind football stadium shooting
(CNS): Police are working on the theory that heightened gang tensions are behind the shocking but targeted shooting last night at the Ed Bush football field in West Bay, where seven people were hit. Two George Town gangs are believed to have joined up with one of two long-standing gangs in West Bay in a […]
CI$100k reward offered for help catching robbers
(CNS): Government has added CI$75,000 to a CrimeStoppers reward of $25,000 posted for information to help police catch and convict the people behind the unprecedented spike in robberies this year. Following a meeting between all MPs and the police commissioner on Friday, the governor, premier, and opposition leader issued a joint statement where they said […]
CI$50k reward offered in murder cases
(CNS): Police have now confirmed that the victim in last Thursday’s fatal shooting at Vic’s Bar was Wayne Eron McLean (26) from Bodden Town. He is the second person to die in a recent spike of gun violence that has also seen around a dozen people injured. Mark Andre Ebanks (36) was killed in Martin […]
Crimestoppers tipster collects $3k for help catching crook
(CNS): While some say crime doesn’t pay, Cayman Crime Stoppers says it can for those who help catch criminals, as one person in the Cayman Islands recently found after receiving US$3,000 for his or her help last month in catching a local crook who was wanted for numerous offences. The payout is the largest ever […]
New lead emerges in cold case GT murder
(CNS): New information has emerged in the 2010 cold case killing of Courtney Spence (32), the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service revealed Wednesday, as they appealed to anyone with information that could help with the nine-year-old unsolved murder to come forward. In a short press release the RCIPS said there had been new developments that reactivated […]
Cayman Crime Stoppers relaunches, seeks new funding
(CNS): Cayman Crime Stoppers is planning a major relaunch to help raise funds and is looking for corporate sponsors to help boost the fight against crime, the local anti-crime, non-profit organisation said. The Cayman Islands branch was formed almost 25 years ago, and its Miami-based anonymous tip line has helped the RCIPS in several cases, […]
$8k reward posted in Rum Point robbery case
(CNS): Cayman CrimeStoppers has launched an official appeal for information concerning an evening robbery at 2098 Rum Point Drive in Cayman Kai on 11 January, in which an elderly long-term visitor to the Cayman Islands was punched by the robber, who made off with cash, jewels and electronic items. The crime fighting organisation has upped […]
Reward pledge soars over home invasion
(CNS): A concerted effort by a family who were the victims of the latest home invasion has raised pledges from the private sector for one of the largest rewards ever offered for the conviction of armed robbers in Cayman. Around $110,000 has been pledged to find the armed gang that burst into a home in Governor’s […]
