Tag: robbery
Machete wielding robbery suspect charged and bailed
(CNS): Police have charged a 33-year-old George Town man in connection with a robbery that took place at a George Town convenience store on Mary Street earlier this month. Officers apprehended the suspect on Friday, ten days after the robbery in which a masked man wielding a machete burst into the store, demanded money and […]
Police reveal recent robbery struck local pardna
(CNS): Following another spike in robberies, the police are urging people and businesses not to keep large amounts of cash either with them or in easily accessible locations, but if they cannot avoid holding cash, they should not share that information. At least one recent robbery had targeted a local pardna (a money club), though […]
Second food delivery driver attacked by robbers
(CNS): Police are urging delivery drivers to exercise caution after another food delivery man was assaulted and robbed on Saturday night in Windsor Park, George Town, around 9pm. As the driver was dropping off food at a residence, he was approached by two men with dogs. He was assaulted and attacked by the dogs but […]
Food delivery man injured and robbed by armed gang
(CNS): A food delivery driver was robbed by four masked men on Wednesday night just after he had taken food to an address on Marina Drive, close to Orange Drive. Police said that around 9:55pm the driver was returning to his vehicle when he was approached by the robbers dressed in black hoodies and armed […]
‘Copious evidence’ dooms gas station robber’s appeal
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has upheld both the robbery conviction and the 12-year sentence handed down in 2023 to Alvin Shaquille Ebanks, dismissing his in-person appeal because of what the court described as the copious evidence against him. In the ruling published last month, the court found that the sentence given to […]
Security guard injured in mugging at 7M Shops
(CNS): A security guard was taken to hospital after being attacked by a group of people wearing hoodies and masks around 2:30am on Wednesday, according to an RCIPS press release issued on Friday evening. The attackers took his phone and other personal items belonging to the guard, who was on duty at a commercial plaza […]
Gas station robber to serve less than 10 months
(CNS): A local man who robbed a Bodden Town gas station earlier this year, armed with a taped-up drill, will serve half of his sentence in the community, a court ordered on Friday. Jasir Matthew McLean (21) was given a 19-month sentence, half of which has been suspended for two years, for the possession of […]
Woman’s bag snatched by masked men in West Bay
(CNS): Police have opened an investigation into a street robbery in West Bay early Saturday morning. A woman who was waiting at the intersection of Neon Close and Mount Pleasant Road at around 5:00am was approached by two men whose faces were covered with t-shirts. They grabbed and threatened her and then snatched her handbag, […]
Man jailed for 18 months over impulsive robbery
(CNS): Okia Rainel Porter (23) has been sentenced to just 18 months in jail, having pleaded guilty in February to a robbery at a grocery store in West Bay late last year. The Jamaican national, who was unarmed, entered the 4-Way 24-hour convenience store on the evening of 19 November with the assistance of friends, […]
Police chase down suspect in gas station robbery
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now charged the 21-year-old man from Bodden Town who was arrested Saturday night after officers had chased him down around 8pm within minutes of an armed robbery at Mostyn’s Gas Station on Bodden Town Road. He was expected to appear in court Tuesday.
Fugitive threatens police with machete during arrest
(CNS): Gerardo Connolly (32), who was wanted by police after jumping bail last week and described as violent, was found and arrested on Sunday morning on Hawkins Drive in George Town, the RCIPS have said. Connolly, who had been on the run for around a week, was wanted in connection with burglary and robbery offences. […]
