Topic: arson
Fire damaged North Side Police Station expected to reopen by 2025
Police Commissioner Kurt Walton said he expects to see the North Side Police Station functioning by early 2025.
Man arrested following suspected attempted arson
A man remained in custody Sunday after being arrested following a suspected attempted arson in East End.
East End police station to be operations base for two districts
North Side and East End police officers, as well as the Eastern Districts Traffic and Road Policing Unit, will be operating out of the East End police station, according to the RCIPS.
Northward Prison inmate set cell on fire in protest
An inmate at Northward Prison says he set his bed and pillows on fire in protest, after being placed in a cell with another prisoner against his wishes.
Arson suspected in ‘small fire’ at detention centre
Cubans being held at the Customs and Border Control Detention Centre were evacuated Friday afternoon after a "small fire" broke out at the facility.
North Side man pleads not guilty to police station arson
Dave Richard Ebanks has pleaded not guilty to arson in relation to an early morning fire at North Side Police Station on 31 July this year.
Serial offender jailed for setting fire to his neighbour’s car
A 42-year-old Bodden Town man who set fire to his neighbour’s car in an afternoon rage has been sentenced to 11 months in prison.
Police station arson suspect denied bail
A 55-year-old man who is accused of setting fire to North Side Police Station in July was remanded in custody following a failed bail application.
Arson suspect arrested in North Side Police Station fire
A 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson following Monday's fire at the North Side Police Station.
Enraged Bodden Town man sets neighbour’s car ablaze
A Bodden Town resident who set fire to his neighbour’s car in an afternoon rage is awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to arson, and causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Arsonist pleads guilty to torching Jeep
A Bodden Town man who torched a vehicle and collided with a fire truck while trying to drive away from the scene entered guilty pleas in the Grand Court on Friday, 9 June.
Conviction and jail time upheld for arsonist
The Court of Appeal has upheld two arson convictions and a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a George Town man who torched a police office and an abandoned car.
Arson suspect arrested after colliding with fire truck
Police arrested and charged a 43-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Bodden Town after he collided with a fire truck as he was leaving the scene.
Cops investigate arson in George Town
Police are searching for suspects behind an arson attack in George Town on Friday morning that left three vehicles damaged.
George Town man jailed for burning down police offices
A George Town man who torched multiple police offices after setting a car ablaze has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.
Man charged with arson following fire at RCIPS office
Rupert Spence of George Town appeared before the Summary Court on Tuesday on charges of arson.
Police investigate fire, two cars damaged
Police and the fire services have launched a joint investigation after two cars were found on fire in South Sound Road on Thursday morning.
Car fire charges sent to Grand Court
Charges arising from a car fire were transmitted to Grand Court on Tuesday, when Wayne David Wright Jr. appeared in Summary Court on 12 charges, including two for arson.
Man charged with arson, assaulting police
A 21-year-old George Town man has been charged with arson and assaulting police, as well as 10 other charges.
Arson attack at Prospect bar
Police are investigating a reported arson at a bar in Prospect where a person poured gasoline behind the bar and set items alight.
Arson suspected in car fire
Police are investigating a Saturday morning arson of a car in George Town.
Brac arson charge sent to Grand Court
Susie Diane McKinley, 54, appeared in Summary Court in Grand Cayman on Tuesday afternoon after being brought over from Cayman Brac on Monday on a charge of arson.
Police make arson arrest in Cayman Brac
A 54-year-old woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of arson at a home in Frigate Drive on Cayman Brac.
Police: Prospect house fire ‘arson’
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is investigating a suspected arson in Prospect, George Town Tuesday night.
Date set for arson trial
Rupert Junior Spence appeared in Grand Court on Friday, when he pleaded not guilty to two counts of arson and one count of attempted arson relating to an incident in George Town last year.
Arrest in North Side arson
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an arson attack in North Side.
Police investigate two Sunday house fires
Two homes in Grand Cayman’s eastern districts were set on fire Sunday afternoon, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported Monday.
Historic home damaged by fire
A historic Bodden Town home that was at one time visited by Queen Elizabeth was damaged by fire on Friday morning.
Arson totals police cars, bill is $95,000
Two police patrol cars that were set on fire last week cannot be repaired and will have to be replaced by new vehicles, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said Friday.
Arson charges sent to Grand Court
Rupert Junior Spence, 32, appeared in Summary court on Friday charged with two counts of arson and one count of attempted arson relating to an incident in George Town last year.
NEW: After four-year decline, burglaries back on rise
Burglaries at homes and businesses rose nearly 20 percent last year while attempted break-ins went up more than 30 percent, according to new statistics released by Cayman police.
Man arrested in police car arson
A George Town man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of arson in connection with Tuesday’s fire involving two police vehicles.
Update: Arrest made in police car arson
Police make a quick arrest in connection with an arson involving two patrol vehicles.
EDITORIAL – A heinous attack on all law-abiding Cayman citizens
Last Sunday’s arson targeting a senior member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service was far more than a crime. It is a symptom of an unacceptable fraying of respect for law enforcement.
Officer fears for ‘life of my family’
An intentionally set fire outside a George Town home early Sunday destroyed two vehicles and damaged part of a house belonging to a senior member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
Senior police officer’s cars set alight
Police and the Cayman Islands Fire Service are investigating an early morning fire Sunday outside a home in Ryan’s Retreat in George Town that engulfed three cars, two of which belonged to a senior police officer.
12 left homeless, three injured in arson
Twelve people were left homeless in a fire in which three were injured Wednesday morning at a small, nine-bedroom residence on Shedden Road. Police say they are investigating the case as an act of arson.
Stolen Honda torched
A Honda Integra, stolen in early November, was set alight on Hirst Road, Bodden Town, on Thursday, Dec. 22, police reported.
Police investigate three Windsor Park car arsons
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is investigating three car arsons in the Windsor Park area of George Town.
Insanity verdict for woman who set fire to own house twice
A woman who set fire to her own house twice was found to have been insane at the time. Justice Charles Quin delivered a “special verdict” of not guilty against the defendant. saying she was “not responsible according to law for her actions at the time when the act was done … but was insane, as aforesaid, at the time.”
Woman pleads not guilty to Cruz Ln. arson
Latecia Jarrett pleaded not guilty to a charge of arson on Friday and her attorney advised that the trial would be by jury rather than judge alone.
Arson charge sent to Grand Court
A woman accused of setting a fire that destroyed a number of buildings while their occupants, including two children, slept inside, had her application for bail denied Friday.
Woman charged with arson after GT house fire
Letecia Jarrett, 37, appeared in Summary Court on Thursday, charged with arson in connection with a house fire in George Town late last month.
Adventist church assists fire victims
The Kings Seventh-day Adventist Church has come to the aid of a family whose Cruz Lane home was destroyed by fire late last month.
Police: Arson caused East End house fire
Police and fire investigators say a fire that destroyed a home on Seaview Road in East End in March was caused by arson.
Auxiliary constable commended by court
Police Auxiliary Constable Curtis Ebanks was publicly thanked in Grand Court on Friday for his assistance with a case that had been going on for over three years, but has now been discontinued.
