Tag: gun possession
Double murder trial delayed over forensic evidence
(CNS): Wayne Bellafonte Jr (32), from North Side, who was due to stand trial later this month for the murder of both Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) in a drive-by shooting back in July 2021, has had the case postponed for at least the third time until later this year. Bellafonte’s lawyers […]
GT man arrested after car shot up and gun found
(CNS): A 39-year-old man from George Town was arrested Monday over the possession of an illegal gun after a vehicle was shot up on Sunday night in Eastern Avenue, George Town. Police from the Firearm Response Unit attended an undisclosed residential location at about 9:30pm as a result of illegal activities involving a gun. After […]
Gun possession lands local man seven years in jail
(CNS): Eddie Marlon Ebanks (42) was sentenced on Wednesday for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and received the mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in connection with a 9mm Luger pistol found in a drawer in his bedroom last summer. Police had executed a search warrant at Ebanks’ workplace and his home in Old […]
Fisherman facing trial over drugs and gun
(CNS): Nulman Ivan Alcantara Santos will stand trial next year, having pleaded not guilty to allegations that he tried to smuggle over 6lbs of cocaine into Cayman and possessed an unlicensed 9mm Glock pistol and five rounds of ammunition. Alcantara was arrested in August after a Customs and Border Control operation aboard a commercial fishing […]
AK-47, handgun and ganja found by police on patrol
(CNS): Four people have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after the action of police officers on patrol in George Town on Monday afternoon led to the seizure of an AK-47 assault rifle and magazine along with a large quantity of AK-47 ammunition, a 9mm handgun with a loaded extended magazine and over 100lbs […]
Stepson ‘inherited’ unlawful gun from ‘Screechy’
(CNS): Jerry Daniel Archer (41), the stepson of notorious local gangster Carlos Renton Russell, aka “Screechy”, pleaded guilty to the possession of a gun last week but asked the court not to send him to prison for the mandatory minimum seven years. Archer told police after his arrest in April 2022 that he had indirectly […]
‘Mango row’ shooting lands man 21 years in jail
(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (28) has been handed a 21-year jail term for the attempted murder of his girlfriend’s father and a second concurrent term of 12 years for the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Hernandez shot his de facto father-in-law shortly after a row between the men over how to feed a mango to […]
One robbery suspect charged, another still on the run
(CNS): A 27-year-old man from George Town has now been charged with robbery, attempted robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm following the robbery at Scotiabank at Grand Harbour on Friday. He was arrested shortly after the robbery after he was intercepted, initially by a member of the public, after he and his partner in […]
Man guilty of trying to kill his father-in-law
(CNS): It took a jury of five women and two men almost five hours on Thursday to find Luisto Eusebio Hernandez guilty of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed firearm. The 28-year-old man from East End was convicted of trying to kill his de facto father-in-law when he shot him in the stomach […]
Woman denies unlawful possession of pistol
(CNS): A George Town woman denied the unlawful possession of a handgun when she appeared in Grand Court Friday. Ava Natena Daniels (47) was arrested last summer following a raid at a house in Tropical Gardens. Daniels pleaded not guilty to having a 9mm Girsan pistol and is expected to face trial later this year. […]
Wanted gun suspect caught and released again
(CNS): Kadeem Andre Johnnaton Hurlston (29) has been arrested and charged with firearm-related offences after the police put out an alert last week asking the public for help to track him down. Hurlston was located on Wednesday, 23 May, and has since been charged with possession of an unlicensed, loaded firearm and inflicting GBH in […]
