Tag: theft
Burglary victims invited to view recovered loot
(CNS): The police are inviting people who have been the victims of break-ins to make an appointment to come and view the latest haul of stolen goods recovered after police carried out a search warrant last week and arrested a 47-year-old man. With a Grand Court judge recently describing burglary as a “growth industry in […]
Latest stolen car taken from school car park
(CNS): With cars now being stolen on an almost daily basis, the latest report from the police is that a white 1999, four-door Honda Civic, registration 161 406, was taken sometime before 4am today (Thursday 22 June) from outside Cayman Prep and High School off Walkers Road, George Town. The police are asking that if anyone […]
Police still looking for home invaders
(CNS): Despite arresting three men, including a teenager, in the wake of a violent home invasion in Patrick’s Island early Saturday morning, police are appealing for more information after bailing those suspects. As the probe continues into the aggravated burglary, in which a man and a woman were tied up with duct tape, threatened at […]
Cop patrols aim to stop burglars ahead of break-ins
(CNS): As the RCIPS continues efforts in the crime crackdown, another 26 people were arrested over the long weekend, several of whom were suspects attempting to break into various premises or equipped for burglary. Aiming to intercept would-be burglars before they get inside the targeted properties, police continue to actively patrol in Bodden Town, where […]
Thieves take BMW marked ‘For Sale’
(CNS): Car thieves helped themselves to a blue BMW yesterday afternoon that was parked near a George Town roundabout and advertised ‘For Sale’. The car was reported stolen just after 1:30pm Tuesday (20 June) from the Red Bay roundabout. The missing car is a 2007 Blue BMW 320 series, registration #134-163, police said. Anyone who […]
BT man charged with grocery store stick-up
(CNS): The 25-year-old man who was arrested following an armed robbery at a grocery store in Bodden Town was expected in court Tuesday after police charged him over the weekend with robbery, possession of an imitation firearm, threats to kill and a reckless and negligent act. The man is accused of holding up the Lookout […]
Burglar steals primary school safe
(CNS): Police are investigating a burglary at the George Town Primary that happened some time overnight on Thursday/Friday last week. The school canteen was broken into and a safe that contained a significant quantity of food tickets and an undisclosed quantity of cash were taken. At around 6am on Friday during a search of the […]
Police track down stolen rental car
(CNS): The RCIPS has found a rental car stolen by burglars after they broke into a home on South Sound Road, George Town, at the weekend. The 2014 Blue KIA Cerato was stolen in the early morning hours of Saturday, 10 June, but spotted by the helicopter in the South Sound area on Monday. Police officers had […]
Travel agent cleared of 14 fraud charges
(CNS): Theresa Chin, the former owner of 123 Travel, has been acquitted of more than a dozen deception offences in relation to her failed business. It took a jury just over a couple of hours to find Chin not guilty on 14 counts of obtaining and attempting to obtain property by deception in connection with flights […]
Robbers cut victim’s wallet from pants
(CNS): A victim of a robbery in George Town at the weekend was lucky not to be injured when he was attacked by the two men outside a central restaurant. The man stepped outside of Singh’s Roti Shop and Bar on Shedden Road at around 11:30pm Friday to make a phone call, when two men ran […]
Security firm brought to brink by $420k theft
(CNS): The theft of more than $420,000 from The Security Centre Ltd by its former financial controller over a three-year period has almost ruined the business, the court heard Friday when Patti Jane Ebanks (51) appeared for a sentencing hearing. The local woman, who is suffering from mental health problems and alcohol addiction, stole the […]
