Topic: Crime
EDITORIAL – Hit and run: The latest assault on law enforcement
This dual degradation of the public’s respect for police, and the police’s relationship with the public, is an extremely troubling trend that if left unchecked, could and will erode the cultural cornerstone of law and order.
No vacancy
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EDITORIAL – Tinted windows: RCIPS can see clearly now …
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s crackdown on illegally tinted windows may seem like a small thing, but it sends a message that Cayman is a country of laws that are in place to be obeyed – not to be ignored, inconsistently enforced or “winked at.”
Prison ganja
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EDITORIAL – Gun amnesty: One tool in our fight against crime
Will this month’s gun amnesty rid Cayman of the scourge of illegal firearms? Not entirely. Still, it is a worthwhile effort.
Crime statistics
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Motorbike enforcement
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Mail Call: Violent crimes
All of Grand Cayman is talking about a recent string of violent crimes, and what might be done to make our island safe again.
Cayman crime
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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.
Visitor robbed near Public Beach
A man visiting Grand Cayman was robbed by “two masked young men” near Public Beach on Wednesday night.
Chicken to go
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Woman stabbed repeatedly at dive shop
A woman working at an East End dive shop was stabbed multiple times Thursday evening, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported.
Police raid in West Bay nets drugs, firearms
Four weapons and what the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service described as a “large amount of ganja” were seized during a raid at a West Bay home Thursday.
Judge asks for public’s help with firearms ‘scourge’
After sending four men to prison for possession of unlicensed handguns on Friday, Justice Michael Wood asked the public for help in wiping out what he called a firearm "scourge."
Personal Security
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EDITORIAL – Preventing crime: We already have the road map
An outbreak of a deadly virus must be fought on two equally important fronts: Treating those who have been infected and preventing the spread of pathogens to healthy people.
Robbers hit George Town food store
An armed man held up the Reflections Food-4-Less store on MacLendon Drive in George Town during the pre-dawn hours Thursday.
EDITORIAL – The quality of Cayman crime: (Not good enough!)
The Cayman Islands is one of the world’s foremost offshore financial centers, home to complex multibillion-dollar corporate structures. Accordingly, you would think that the crimes committed here would tend to be really smart. Not so.
Armed robbery of Walkers Road gas station
Early Friday morning, two masked men armed with a handgun robbed the Rubis gas station on Walkers Road.
Crime stats: Burglaries down, gun crimes up
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service got burglaries under control during 2016, but an increase in gun crimes for the year has the department...
NEW: Murder, weapons charges filed in hostage case
A West Bay man was charged late Monday with murder and firearms offenses in connection with Saturday's deadly shooting and hostage-taking incident.
UPDATED: Two charged with possessing cocaine with intent to supply
A man and a woman were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing cocaine and ganja with intent to supply. Officers stopped a vehicle on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, near the Strand. When police searched the car, they found a substance suspected to be cocaine.
North Side ‘snowbirds’ return to burgled homes
Seven burglaries and one attempted burglary have been reported to police in the Rum Point area of North Side district within a month, leading police commanders to reopen the district police station in response to community fears about crime.
Perpetrators among us
I feel compelled to write this from a place of humanity or rather a love of all animal beings, compassion, love and need for change. The recent events of the assaults at the Equestrian Centre have deeply affected my family and spurred a sense of urgency that the perpetrators are apprehended and made accountable for their actions. This disgusting crime has bred a fear in me that no parent should feel.
EDITORIAL – Commissioner Byrne: Welcome, make yourself at home
Thanks largely to the efforts of previous leaders, including ex-Police Commissioner David Baines and Acting Commissioner Anthony Ennis, we can assert authoritatively that our streets are safe, our property is secure, and the Rule of Law prevails. It is crucial that we keep it that way. It is with great confidence that we entrust that duty to Commissioner Derek Byrne.
Police expect more arrests in Manderson killing
Police descended on the Nectar nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning, exactly a week since Justin Manderson was gunned down near the club on West Bay Road. More than a dozen police officers spent about two hours after midnight canvassing the area around Seven Mile Shops.
Man shot and killed in Seven Mile Beach area
A 24-year-old West Bay resident, identified as Justin Manderson, was shot and killed early Saturday morning on West Bay Road.
‘I did not touch her,’ accused teacher says
A high school teacher accused of indecently assaulting three of his female student told a court Thursday, “I did not touch her,” when asked about interaction during a class with one of the complainants. Asked about a second girl, who testified that he had touched her breast, he said she never called him over to her desk for help with her work, as she had said, and he never touched her.
Man arrested for George Town robberies
A Bodden Town man was arrested Wednesday in connection with two armed robberies on Sept. 9.
Sunday shooting is second in GT in last month
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is searching for the shooter involved in an attack outside a George Town bar Sunday night.
Armed robberies reported in George Town
Police in George Town responded to two separate robberies on Friday night, both involving firearms.
Bail denied for pair charged with possessing 200 pounds of ganja
Bail was denied on Wednesday afternoon for a man and a woman charged with possession and possession with intent to supply over 200 pounds of ganja.
Top immigration staffers face litany of legal accusations
Allegations of crime, drunk driving, other traffic-related charges and accusations of administrative wrongdoing have been made against several staffers – most of them in senior positions – in the Cayman Islands Immigration Department, with some cases dragging on for years.
Police make arrest in East End beating
An East End man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an attack last weekend that left a man in a coma.
Trial in indecent assaults case may wait until 2017
More delays in the case of a teacher’s aide accused of indecently assaulting primary school girls may put off a trial until next year, a magistrate said Wednesday.
Government clerk cleared on 24 charges
A former government clerk was cleared this week on multiple counts of stealing administrative fees from applicants for naturalization in the Cayman Islands.
Judge sums up $50k theft case
After a week of hearing evidence and arguments, Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop told the six-member jury that they would have to weigh circumstantial evidence when considering the case of a government clerk accused of stealing more than $50,000 from citizenship applications.
Teen pleads not guilty to robbing store twice
A teenager pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he robbed the same employee at the same West Bay minimart in March and April of this year.
A day in the life of Summary Court
Tuesday, July 12 – It has already been a long day in Summary Court by the time Kurtney Johnson, an incorrigible drug addict who has just been sentenced to two years in prison for a spree of cocaine-fueled burglaries, rises to give a brief heartfelt speech of thanks.
Police arrest 35 in ‘extremely busy weekend’
Police say they made 35 arrests between Friday and Monday morning for a variety of criminal activity, from drunk driving to assault. Twenty of those arrests were on Friday, according to a press release.
Former Bodden Town candidate suspected of indecent assault on a minor
Errington Albert Webster, 54, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of indecent assault and gross indecency with a minor in connection with a videotaped incident that was distributed last week on social media.
In Cayman, 9% don’t have A/C, and other facts at a glance
Cayman Islands government agencies collect all sorts of data every day, publishing much of it across more than a dozen websites.
Robberies rise, burglaries decrease
Robberies increased by more than 60 percent while reported burglaries dropped by some 34 percent, according to half-year crime statistics that represent a mixed bag for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
Gov’t clerk accused of $50K theft
Prosecutors allege former government clerk Atisa Ebanks stole more than $50,000 meant to pay for citizenship applications, and falsifying receipts for almost two years.
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Students attend Youth Crime Prevention Day
Shortly before taking their summer break this year, hundreds of high school students learned about the consequences of making bad life choices during Youth Crime Prevention Day.
Police ‘clear’ 45% of criminal cases on average
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has “cleared up” an average of 45 percent of the criminal cases reported between 2011 and last year, figures revealed in the government’s 2015 statistical compendium show.
Chiropractor released on bail
A George Town chiropractor accused of 10 counts of indecent assault on female patients was released on bail after appearing in Summary Court on Thursday morning.
Father jailed for cutting daughter’s face
Herby McLean Ebanks, 67, was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of cutting his adult daughter’s face, leaving her with a permanent scar.
50 years ago: Burglaries thwarted thanks to a tip
“On the night of the 21st-22nd there were three break-ins in the centre of town."
Traffic ‘concept’ has not worked, police say
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service will be staffing its Traffic Management Unit back up, following what the service’s senior officer said was a strategy that had not worked out.
Chiropractor arrested on suspicion of secretly photographing patients
The man, aged 47, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of causing alarm, harassment or distress to a patient at a local medical practice.
Released murder convict back in jail for burglary offenses
A man released from prison three years ago after serving 24 years for murder was sentenced Monday to four years’ imprisonment for two burglaries.
Woman robbed at knifepoint at home
A woman was robbed by two masked men after she returned to her home on South Sound Road in the early hours of Monday morning.
Two men in court for loaded gun
Two men appeared in Summary Court on Monday, charged with possession of a Lorcin semiautomatic pistol and six rounds of live ammunition without a license.
Man charged with robbery of cyclist
Ovideo Antonio Moses Bodden was remanded in custody on Monday after being brought to Summary Court on a charge of robbery.
Bodden Town man robbed outside home
A Newlands-area resident was jumped by two gunmen early Sunday at a home, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported.
Eight years for unprovoked knife attack
Mark Anthony Seymour, 31, was sentenced last week to eight years’ imprisonment after a jury unanimously found him guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
BT Man charged for Imitation firearm
A man who fled from a police operation in January has been arrested on firearms-related charges.
Kine: Justice by assassination
“If I make it to the presidential palace,” [Duterte] said, “I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, holdup men, and do-nothings, you better get out because I’ll kill you.”
Workers held up outside Burger King
Two workers were held up by armed men as they left the Walkers Road Burger King late Wednesday, Royal Cayman Islands Police reported.
The employees told police that two suspects, both carrying handguns, tried to use one of the workers to get back into the restaurant after it was closed.
After they failed to get in, police said, the robbers took the female worker’s handbag. The armed men then ran off just before midnight, police said. No one was hurt in the incident and no shots were fired.
Police say man pulled fake gun during dispute
Just before 2 a.m. Friday, a man pulled a fake gun on patrons during an argument at the Rooftop Lounge and Bar on Mary Street in central George Town, according to police.
Man stabbed outside George Town bar
Police are investigating an attack in which a man was stabbed several times in the car park of George Town bar in the early hours of Thursday.
Cyclist mugged in George Town
A cyclist was robbed by three men late Wednesday night, police reported.
Car stolen during church burglary
Police have issued an appeal to the public to help trace a vehicle stolen during a burglary at the Agape Church in George Town over the weekend.
Jail ordered for threat against magistrate
A defendant who made a threat against a magistrate while in court cells was sentenced Monday to four months in prison, with a further 12 months’ suspended sentence.
Eyewitnesses crucial to murder verdict
Two eyewitnesses form the crucial part of the Crown’s case against brothers Osbourne Douglas, 29, and Justin Ramoon, 24, on a charge of murder, all counsel agreed on Friday.
Defense calls no evidence in murder trial
Attorneys for Osbourne Douglas and Justin Ramoon called no evidence after the conclusion of the prosecution’s case against them for murder.
Man in critical condition after North Side stabbing
A man is in critical condition after being stabbed at a residence in North Side district, Royal Cayman Islands Police reported Thursday.
Suspect in custody after mugging on West Bay Public Beach
A 32-year-old West bay man is in custody after allegedly assaulting and robbing a man on West Bay Public Beach in the early hours of Sunday.
Dirt bikes involved in robberies, pursuits
Grand Cayman residents have complained about loud, annoying and illegal dirt bikes racing on local streets over the last two years, but now a new and disturbing trend is emerging: the use of non-street legal vehicles in criminal offenses.
Jury hears woman stole $2 million from elderly man
Statements from an elderly wealthy Australian man from whom Michelle Bouchard is accused of stealing more than $2 million were read to the jury in the woman’s trial Wednesday.
