Tag: violent crime
GT man dodges serious charges in bar bill brawl
(CNS): A local man has avoided what could have been a lengthy jail term this week after prosecutors dropped an attempted murder charge against him and accepted his guilty plea to causing grievous bodily harm after he stabbed a man in bar room brawl. Travis Ebanks (27) was handed a 14-month sentence after he admitted […]
Man wounded at weekend concert
(CNS): Police are looking for witnesses following an assault in the early hours of Saturday morning after a George Town music concert. Officers were called out to a report around 2am of a man being attacked on Cardinal Avenue near to where the Popcan concert had been held. But after the police arrived at the location […]
CCTV reveals suspect in GT murder
(CNS): Police investigating the murder of Damean Dwayne Seymour are looking for a suspect wearing a long-sleeved, white shirt and dark pants who was spotted on CCTV running from the scene on Monday. In an appeal for witnesses following the daylight shooting of Seymour, a.k.a ‘Deebo’, in central George Town at around 11:40am yesterday on […]
Murdered man had dodged 3 serious charges
(CNS): The man who was gunned down in broad daylight on the streets of the capital yesterday was 34-year-old Damean Dwayne Seymour, a.k.a. ‘Deebo’. The local man, originally from George Town, had been acquitted by the courts of three serious criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder and robbery. Seymour left Cayman for the UK following […]
West Bay man arrested following machete fight
(CNS): A 29-year-old West Bay man was arrested on Sunday night after a fight in the district landed another man in hospital. Police said that officers were dispatched to the scene at the junction of Reverend Blackman and Birch Tree Hill Roads at around 7:15pm on 13 November, following a report of the fight. Inquiries […]
Teen arrested after trouble at Camana Bay
(CNS): Police have arrested a teenage boy following two violent incidents involving juveniles at Camana Bay this weekend. The RCIPS said that trouble started at around 11:3 Saturday night, when police responded to a report of a fight. One youngster reported that he had been walking along Market Street when he was assaulted by several other […]
Cops net another suspect in gang beating
(CNS): Police have arrested a 39-year-old man from West Bay on suspicion of assault causing aggravated bodily harm in connection with a violent attack on a man on Birch Tree Hill Road on Tuesday night. The victim was badly beaten by a group of six other men at around 8pm near the EBO Laundromat in […]
Gang violence increases in West Bay
(CNS) Updated with corrected location: Following a series of violent incidents in West Bay, the acting commissioner of police issued a warning to gang members Tuesday that the RCIPS is coming for them. Last night two gunmen indiscriminately opened fire on people at Super C’s Bar and Restaurant injuring at least two customers. The frightening incident happened […]
Teenagers arrested over Brac bar beating
(CNS): Police have arrested two boys, aged 16 and 18, in connection with a violent attack on a man in a bar in Cayman Brac last week. An RCIPS spokesperson said that the teenagers, who both live on the Brac, have since been bailed but officers in the Sister Islands expect to make more arrests […]
Gang beat up man in Brac bar
(CNS): Police are seeking information from the public after a man was beaten up by a gang of five young men at a Cayman Brac bar on Monday night, although the victim made no report about the beating at the time. Officers who are investigating the altercation that happened at the Coral Isle Bar off […]
West Bay man denies machete attack
(CNS): James Douglas Ebanks (58) has pleaded not guilty to wounding Elvis Presley Ebanks during a machete attack in August in West Bay. Ebanks (58) was arrested after the victim, who was bleeding profusely from a wound in his arm, left a trail of blood from the crime scene to the police station, which officers […]
