Tag: violent crime
Brothers charged in police assault case
(CNS): Two brothers from East End involved in an alleged altercation with police on Monday have been charged with threatening and assaulting officers. Aaron and Jaron Solomon, aged 28 and 31, appeared in court Wednesday, facing several counts relating to an operation by police to recover an illegal bike, where the brothers are accused of violently […]
Cops meet violence when seizing illegal bike
(CNS): Police officers executing a warrant at an East End address to seize a suspected illegal motorbike met with significant resistance from two men, who have now been arrested on a catalogue of charges. When officers arrived Monday with a search warrant at a house on John McLean Drive looking for the bike, which had been […]
Women punched in George Town street robbery
(CNS): Police have charged a 30-year-old man from Bodden Town with robbery and drug-related offences after a street mugging in George Town, in which a woman was punched in the early hours of Saturday morning. The robbery happened on Harbour Drive near Elmslie Memorial Church at around 1:15am as two women were near their car in the church […]
Woman attacked with machete in iPad row
(CNS): A 26-year-old man from East End has been charged with grievous bodily harm after he allegedly attacked a woman with a machete during a row over an iPad. Roland Welcome was remanded in custody after his case was transmitted to Grand Court following an appearance in Summary Court Monday. Welcome is accused of intentionally […]
Suspect bites cop during arrest
(CNS): Police management raised concerns Monday about the abuse and violence police officers endured over the weekend while carrying out arrests in the wake of three separate incidents. Suspects accused of DUI, burglary and one wanted on a warrant were involved in assaults on five police officers, one of whom was bitten, while others were […]
Woman fought off knife-wielding attacker
(CNS): A woman was attacked by a person armed with a knife on Tuesday morning in the grounds of her own apartment complex. An RCIPS spokesperson said that patrols in the Shores area of West Bay, where the crime took place, have been increased and police are asking residents to be vigilant. According to the report, […]
Landlord threatens tenant with machete
(CNS): A 45-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with causing fear or provocation of violence and possession of an offensive weapon after allegations that he threatened his tenants with a machete during a dispute about rent Monday night. Police said they were called to a disturbance on Getsamay Lane in the Boatswain Bay […]
Man wounded in 2nd Christmas shooting
(CNS): The RCIPS criminal investigation department has launched another investigation after a second man was shot this Christmas weekend. The 31-year-old West Bay man, who is now in the hospital in a critical but stable condition, was reportedly shot as he stood outside Super ‘C’s bar and restaurant on Watercourse Road in West Bay on […]
Victim loses sight in one eye in backyard assault
(CNS): A young man from West Bay has lost the vision in his right eye after he was assaulted last week by a teenager with a piece of wood. Police said the incident happened on 12 December during a social gathering in the backyard of a house in Duxie’s Lane. The 16-year-old boy suspected of […]
Violent husband jailed for 14 years
(CNS): An estranged husband who tried to kill his wife in a brutal, terrifying machete attack was handed a fourteen-year jail term last week after pleading guilty to attempted murder. George Vaughan lured his wife to the home they once shared when she believed he wouldn’t be there. But the man lay in wait, and […]
Machete victim hospitalised, suspect arrested
(CNS): A George Town man is in hospital with serious though not life-threatening injuries after being attacked with a machete. Police said the serious assault happened at a house off Eastern Avenue at around 7:30am on Saturday Morning (10 December). Following the 911 call, police went to the address and found a man bleeding from […]
