Tag: gun possession
Local man admits having unlawful loaded gun
(CNS): Jerry Daniel Archer (41) from Bodden Town has admitted having a loaded semi-automatic pistol without a licence and is now facing a mandatory minimum seven-year sentence. Archer, who is Caymanian, was charged following a raid at his home by police on Saturday, 29 April, under a search warrant. He pleaded guilty Friday during his second […]
Gun in the oven gets couple jailed for 10 years
(CNS): Kevan Maxhoward Smith (29) and Sharis Alexandra Ford (28) were both handed mandatory ten-year prison terms Friday, following the couple’s conviction last year for the possession of a loaded, unlicensed 9mm pistol. The gun was found in the under-oven drawer of the stove at the George Town apartment where they were living. Police had […]
Police seize gun and suspected numbers cash
(CNS): Police have seized a loaded handgun, an undisclosed amount of US and Cayman cash, as well as ganja during a warrant search at a house in Bodden Town on Saturday morning. Three occupants of the house, a 44-year-old woman and two men, aged 43 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of possession of an […]
Man charged over shot fired in George Town
(CNS): A 26-year-old man from George Town has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He is accused of pulling a handgun and firing a single shot at another man, whom he knew, on the night of 9 March at the junction of Eastern Avenue and […]
7MB vendor accused of pepper spraying tourist
(CNS): A 20-year-old man from West Bay appeared in court Monday charged with the possession of illegal ammunition, which was discovered at his home after he was arrested in connection with allegations he assaulted a visitor on Seven Mile Beach last week. Police were called to the Public Beach Wednesday following a report that a […]
Police employee denies firearms charges
(CNS): Courtney Bush Myles Jr (30), who is suspended from his job with the RCIPS as a civilian support administrator, pleaded not guilty to firearms charges when he appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with having an unlicensed Springfield Armory semi-automatic pistol and eight rounds of ammunition at a house in George Town […]
Couple argue for exception in gun possession case
(CNS): A local woman and her Jamaican boyfriend have argued that neither of them should be given the statutory mandatory minimum ten-year sentence for a loaded unlicensed gun found in their home. Sharis Alexandra Ford (28) and Kevan Maxhoward Smith (29) were arrested and charged following a police search triggered by a complaint that Smith had […]
Teenager denies robbery and trying to use stolen cards
(CNS): A teenager from George Town has pleaded not guilty to robbery, possession of an imitation gun and two charges of attempted theft, denying that he had tried to use stolen bank cards at an ATM in the Countryside Shopping Village in Savannah last December. The 17-year-old boy appeared in court via Zoom from HMP […]
Fugitive bitten by police dog during capture
(CNS): Marcus Manderson (33) from West Bay, who has been on the run since jumping bail last year while awaiting trial has been caught by police officers with the help of the K-9 Unit after an operation in George Town Thursday morning. Manderson was recently convicted in absentia for possessing an illegal gun. A loaded […]
GT man acquitted of gun charges by jury
(CNS): Adam Marvick Llewellyn (54) walked away from court a free man on Thursday after he was found not guilty on gun charges by a jury following a week-long trial. Llewellyn was charged after police found a gun in a backpack in the bedroom of his house in the Rock Hole area of George Town […]
Driver pulls imitation gun in road rage crash
(CNS): A 33-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested in relation to the possession of an imitation firearm and a number of other offences after he allegedly pulled a gun on another driver following a road crash in West Bay Wednesday evening and then led the police on a high-speed chase. The suspect caused […]
