Tag: machete attack
Suspect flees after chopping man in Camana Bay
(CNS): The RCIPS has reported three violent incidents over the weekend. A man was chopped with a machete during a fight on Market Street in Camana Bay, George Town, around 7:40pm on Saturday night. The police were told that the men, who were known to each other, engaged in an altercation, during which one of […]
Another violent attack on Cayman Brac
(CNS): The second violent attack in a fortnight on Cayman Brac took place Thursday lunchtime. Yesterday’s assault with a machete in the parking lot of Coral Isle Restaurant on South Side Road West follows a stabbing at La Esperanza bar on Watering Place Road on 28 January. The suspects arrested by the police on both […]
Serial violent offender jailed for five years
(CNS): A West Bay man with a string of over 100 previous convictions who violently assaulted his nephew with a machete in January has been jailed for five years. Eladio Chesley Brown (54) badly wounded his nephew after the younger man came to the house to break up a violent argument between Brown and his […]
Violent crime spike continues in GT
(CNS): Police are investigating a number of violent crimes that occurred over the last few days, including two armed robberies and a serious assault, all in George Town, as the current crime spike rolls on. On Monday morning, an undisclosed restaurant on Shedden Road, east of North Sound Road, was robbed by a masked gunman.
Men injured in two violent New Year fights
(CNS): One man is in hospital in critical condition after an early morning fight on New Year’s eve at the Everglo Bar in Bodden Town. The altercation involved several men with machetes, according to a police press release. The injured man received multiple wounds and was taken to hospital by the emergency services. Meanwhile, two […]
Man suffers machete attack in West Bay home
(CNS): A West Bay man is in hospital recovering from serious injuries to his arm and foot after a man he knew broke into his home at about 2:40 am Thursday and attacked him with a machete. The police described the incident as an aggravated burglary, though it is not clear if the man took […]
Three men wounded during violent weekend
(CNS): Three men suffered injuries over the weekend after being struck with machetes during a number of altercations in a violent end to the week. Two men were hospitalized with head wounds and the third man received a cut to his hand. One man has been charged and another arrested, while a third was warned […]
Man attacked with machete at WB gas station
(CNS): A 36-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested in connection with a serious assault at the Hell Gas Station, West Bay, on Thursday afternoon. The RCIPS said that officers were dispatched to the location around 2:00pm after a 911 call reported that a man had been attacked by another man armed with a […]
Two men charged in ‘gang’ violence case
(CNS): A 34-year-old man from West Bay who was arrested in connection with a machete attack last week in the district has now been charged with wounding with intent. During the incident, which was related to a resurgence of gang violence, a man’s hand was almost severed. A 20-year-old man has also been charged with […]
Gang tensions increase in West Bay
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said a recent resurgence of gang tensions in West Bay resulted in a shooting in the district on Wednesday night and a serious machete assault early Thursday morning. Speaking at Thursday’s COVID-19 press briefing, the CoP said that overall crime was not increasing but there were issues of concern surrounding […]
Family home becomes stage for assault
(CNS): A West Bay man who was the victim of a machete attack in the early hours of Saturday morning terrified a family whose home he tried to get into in an attempt to evade his attackers. The family woke to find the badly injured man trying to gain entry to their home. That was […]
