Tag: robbery
Woman mugged outside George Town gas station
(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 […]
Police arrest grocery store robbery suspect
(CNS): Police have arrested a 43-year-old man from West Bay on suspicion of robbing a convenience store early Tuesday morning. The suspect was taken into custody following an operation Wednesday morning. Officers said the man, who was on court bail at the time of the incident, was also arrested on suspicion of breach of a […]
Cops on the hunt for robber with broken arm
(CNS): A robber wearing a blue cast on his right arm and bright coloured clothes made off with an undisclosed quantity of cash after robbing a convenience store on Town Hall Road in West Bay just after 12:45am on Tuesday. The man entered the 24-hour local shop by the four-way stop and demanded money from […]
Street mugger robs two victims at knifepoint
(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 […]
‘Gun for hire’ used in multiple crimes
(CNS): The gun used by Luisto Eusebio Hernandez when he tried to kill his girlfriend’s father was never recovered and is one of a number of weapons still in circulation that are being ‘hired out’ and reused over and over again. During his trial, it emerged that this firearm was also used in two robberies […]
Four groups behind robbery spike, say police
(CNS): Police believe there are at least four separate groups or individuals currently committing robberies in the Cayman Islands, and RCIPS officials told CNS that there is no evidence the people involved are from overseas or have international crime connections. There have been 30 robberies so far this year and twelve suspects have been arrested.
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 […]
Suspect denies West Bay gas station stick-up
(CNS): Alvin Shaquille Ebanks (25) from West Bay pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of robbery and the possession of an imitation gun. After appearing in Grand Court facing allegations that he was one of the men who held up the Hell Gas station in West Bay last month, he was remanded in custody […]
Brac residents quick to help police after robbery
(CNS): Chief Inspector Malcolm Kay has said policing on Cayman Brac is made easier by the support given to his team of officers from the people in the community, who show none of the reluctance when it comes to giving information to police as is sometimes the case on Grand Cayman. Speaking to CNS in […]
Police charge teenage robbery suspect
(CNS): Police have charged a juvenile male in connection with one of the multiple robberies that took place in the latter part of 2022. Officers with the Firearm Response Unit on patrols on Friday, 30 December, spotted a juvenile at a house in Prospect who was wanted in connection with robberies that took place on […]
Police need evidence to put an end to robberies
(CNS): Despite acquiring and trawling through almost 2,000 hours of CCTV footage, seizing six cars, conducting numerous stop and searches, executing search warrants and having identified around a dozen suspects in connection with the current unprecedented spike in robberies, the police say they need the public’s help to secure the evidence required to lock up […]
