Topic: Angelyn Hernandez

A 33-year-old man appeared in Summary Court on Thursday charged with the abduction and murder of a toddler three years ago.

Cayman's National Road Safety Steering Committee is planning to issue a buyer beware warning about Honda Fits and similar small cars made for the Japanese market that may pose a "clear and present danger" to motorists.

A piece of metal that shot from a defective airbag "like a bullet" was found lodged in the neck of the late Dr. Amber Martinez, who died in a fiery car crash in East End in 2022, a coroner's court jury heard.

Chief Magistrate Valdis Foldats, who has served Cayman's Summary Court for 18 years, retired on Friday. Angelyn Hernandez has been appointed as his successor.

Dealing with an American tourist on Friday afternoon, Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez accepted the woman’s explanation for having ammunition without a firearms license, but told her that Cayman’s laws are very strict. Possession of ammunition alone, without a firearms license, can land a person in jail, she warned.

Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez had strong words on Thursday for a senior police office who was investigating complaints about cosmetic injections that went wrong. The defendant had three trial dates set, but the matter did not go ahead because on each occasion evidence for the Crown’s case was either still forthcoming or had just been disclosed to the defense attorney

Court time must be respected, Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez declared at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday.

Pension cases going back to 2008 and 2010 had Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez admit on Thursday that she was “ranting.”

Charges were dismissed Tuesday against a couple who had appeared before court 22 times over three years in relation to a driving offense and related charges of attempts to obstruct justice.

A 7-year-old boy sent home from school for misbehaving was reported to police the next day as being the victim of an assault by the relative who had picked him up. The relative, a sister of the boy’s mother, appeared in Summary Court for sentencing this week before Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez.

A student who brought home an air rifle without a license to import it was fined $4,000 on Monday, but no conviction was recorded against him after the magistrate found there were exceptional circumstances.

Two men accused of assaulting police and threatening to kill them were granted conditional bail when they appeared in Summary Court on Thursday morning. Aaron Kenroy Dwain Solomon, 31, and Jaron Calvin Solomon, 28, were charged in connection with an incident at an East End residence on Monday, Feb. 6.

An 80-year-old man convicted of assaulting a young family member was sentenced on Thursday to two years’ imprisonment, suspended with a supervision order. Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez said she considered the man’s age and medical circumstances and determined that nothing would be achieved by sending him to prison.

A man whose work permit expired in 2006 was sentenced Monday to two years’ imprisonment, but with 18 months suspended. Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez said she constructed the sentence that way to give immigration officials time to deal with procedures before deporting him at the earliest opportunity.

The government should not endeavor to “make an example” out of a single person, while refusing or being unable to enforce the law in a uniform and universal way.

A woman was ordered to pay $350 compensation for medical bills and lost earnings after her dog got loose and bit a child.