Tag: vandalism
Red Cross targetted by thieves and vandals
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) is struggling to deal with a surge of break-ins at its Thrift Shop in George Town, where people are raiding donations, breaking locks and damaging the Red Cross trailer that is used for sales and collections. Officials said there were several instances over the holiday season where unknown […]
CPR activist’s tyres slashed during meeting
(CNS): When Mario Rankin, one of the Cruise Port Referendum activists and a leading advocate for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming poll, left the CPR public meeting last night, he found that someone had slashed all four tyres of the truck he had arrived in. Rankin’s son drove him to the West Bay meeting, […]
Teen vandals also accused of school damage
(CNS): Police now believe that the two young teenage boys involved in a spree of vandalism in the South Sound community of Webster’s Estates were also involved in a break-in on Wednesday evening at John Gray High School, where several computers and other property was smashed and a fire extinguisher was stolen. This was the […]
Teenage boys arrested for vandalism
(CNS): Two boys who are understood to be just 13 years old have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and damage to property after an alleged vandalism spree at the Webster’s Estates in the South Sound area of George Town. The boys are accused of a spray paint graffiti rampage on walls and signs, as […]
Foots’ art faces more vandalism
(CNS): Controversial artwork on Cayman Brac by resident artist Ronald “Foots” Kynes, which is displayed on property he owns on South Side Road, was vandalized yesterday for the second time this month. Police said that this time sculptures were severely damaged and appear to have been struck with a blunt instrument. “For people in the community to […]
Police charge East End suspect in vandalism case
(CNS): A 30-year-old man from East End was charged Monday with damage to property and causing harassment, alarm or distress in connection with an incident of vandalism on a police officer’s private car parked at his East End home. The act of vandalism happened within a day of the officer being the first on the […]
Child in EE crash leaves hospital
(CNS): The 11-year-old boy who was sitting in the trunk of a black Honda Accord when it smashed head-on with another car in East End on Tuesday night has been released from the hospital, police have confirmed. The remaining survivor from the crash that killed four people remains at the George Town hospital in a stable […]
Cop at scene of crash victim of vandals
(CNS): The police officer who was first on the scene at the horrific road smash in East End on Tuesday night after he followed the black Honda Accord has become the victim of vandals. The RCIPS have started an investigation into the case of criminal damage after the officer’s private car parked at his home was […]
Vandals knock out telecoms in Prospect for 3 days
(CNS): Around 300 homes in the Prospect area lost their television, internet and telephone services last week after equipment was vandalized. The Information & Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) is working with the police, who are now investigating what was described as an act of “extensive malicious damage on a piece of fibre network equipment” that […]