Tag: mugging

Woman mugged outside George Town gas station

Woman mugged outside George Town gas station

| 01/11/2023 | 38 Comments

(CNS): A man wearing a dark-coloured hoodie and speaking with a Caymanian accent grabbed a bag from a woman’s hands on Tuesday night as she waited outside the Rubis Gas Station on Eastern Avenue in George Town. The mugging happened around 8:30pm while she was standing on the street at the junction of Godfrey Nixon […]

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Street mugger robs two victims at knifepoint

Street mugger robs two victims at knifepoint

| 29/09/2023 | 10 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating two street robberies that happened in George Town on Tuesday night that police believe were committed by the same man with a missing tooth. The mugger, who was riding a grey bicycle, struck first at about 6:15pm on Courts Road near Eastern Avenue when he approached his victim and asked for […]

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Rider mugged after falling off motorbike

Rider mugged after falling off motorbike

| 02/08/2023 | 30 Comments

(CNS): A man who fell off his motorcycle on Friday night as he drove through North Sound Estates in Bodden Town was then chased and mugged by a passing cyclist. Having survived the accident at around 10:30 that night, which police said was due to the wet road conditions, the motorbike rider was then confronted […]

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Violent crime spike continues in GT

Violent crime spike continues in GT

| 26/06/2023 | 47 Comments

(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.

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Armed mugger jailed for over four years

Armed mugger jailed for over four years

| 09/12/2022 | 30 Comments

(CNS): A George Town man who mugged two men in one night, taking valuable jewellery at gunpoint to pay off a drug dealer, was jailed Friday for four years and one month. Charles Leonard Walton III (25) robbed both of his victims in the early hours of 29 March on Eastern Avenue just after they […]

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North Siders mugged in latest armed robbery

North Siders mugged in latest armed robbery

| 16/11/2022 | 25 Comments

(CNS): Two men sitting outside a residence on North Side Road late Monday night became the latest victims of armed men when they were robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash at gunpoint, as the worrying increase in armed stick-ups continues. Police said that around 11:30pm on 14 November they were called out to the […]

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Women robbed in two separate street muggings

Women robbed in two separate street muggings

| 04/11/2022 | 51 Comments

(CNS): The robbery toll climbed again this week with another two armed robberies Wednesday night and early Thursday morning on the streets of George Town and West Bay. Two women were both mugged by armed men in two separate crimes, one involving a lone gunman and the other three masked men, one armed with an […]

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Woman injured fighting off masked robber

Woman injured fighting off masked robber

| 12/09/2022 | 46 Comments

(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 […]

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Suspect in March street muggings charged

Suspect in March street muggings charged

| 02/08/2022

(CNS): A 27-year-old man from George Town has been charged with two counts of robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent in connection with two muggings that happened more than four months ago in George Town. The man is accused of two separate street robberies that took place in the early morning hours […]

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Man robbed at gunpoint on George Town street

Man robbed at gunpoint on George Town street

| 20/06/2022 | 12 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating an armed robbery in George Town early Monday morning. The victim had left a residence on Martin Drive at around 4am when he was approached by a man he did not know who was brandishing a firearm. The robber demanded cash from the victim and then fled with an undisclosed quantity […]

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Jewellery mugger strikes twice in George Town

Jewellery mugger strikes twice in George Town

| 29/03/2022 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Two men were robbed of their jewellery at gunpoint in George Town early Tuesday morning in two separate incidents within about ten minutes of each other. The police believe that both the victims were mugged by the same culprit, described as a man with a slim build and brown complexion.

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