Topic: Police
Man arrested in connection with hit-and-run
A 26-year-old George Town man is out on bail after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, in connection with a hit-and-run incident in which a cyclist was seriously injured.
Arrest made in fight at Camana Bay
A fight broke out among several young men along Market Street at Camana Bay around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police reported, and one youth said his phone was stolen. The attackers ran away before security arrived.
‘Nectar is dead’: Troubled nightclub forced to close its doors
Nectar nightclub in Seven Mile Shops on West Bay Road closed its doors Tuesday following demands from mall owners that the club shut down. The call came following the Oct. 1 fatal shooting of Justin Manderson on the mall property.
FBI offers $10,000 reward in disappearance of comic book artist
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation this week announced a US$10,000 reward for information about Norman Lee, an artist who worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, who went missing in the waters off East End on March 5, 2015.
Police seek stolen car
Police are requesting the help of the public to track down a stolen car.
Police awarded for bravery, professionalism
Eight Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers were recognized last week for their bravery and professionalism while performing lifesaving efforts in the line of duty.
Police investigate shots fired at West Bay house
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reports that it is investigating an incident in West Bay at which shots appear to have been fired at a home in Water Course Road.
Police officers argue age, nationality discrimination
A human rights case of 10 Caymanian police officers who claim they were discriminated against on the grounds of age and nationality when they were forced to retire or accept a demotion at age 55 stalled in Grand Court on Tuesday.
One dead in single-car crash overnight
A 43-year-old North Side woman died in a single-car wreck on Rum Point Road early Friday morning, according to police.
Man ‘seriously’ beaten by 5 people in Brac bar
A man was beaten by five attackers at the Coral Isle Bar on Cayman Brac around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, police reported. Police say five men entered the bar and attacked the victim. “The man was seriously beaten but no police or emergency services were called, and the man did not attend the hospital."
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.
‘Leave it to God and the law’: Grieving father calls for peace
The father of Justin Manderson has appealed for peace on the streets, urging his son’s friends not to seek revenge for the killing and “leave it to God and the law.” Jake Manderson said he was devastated following the death of his 24-year-old son, who was shot and killed outside Nectar nightclub in 7 Mile Shops in the early hours of Saturday.
Cayman has first homicide of 2016
Justin Manderson of West Bay was shot and killed outside 7 Mile Shops in the early hours of Saturday in the Cayman Islands’ first homicide of 2016.
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.
EDITORIAL – Child sex abuse: Investigating the police investigation
Governor Kilpatrick has spoken with clarity, authority and righteousness. It’s an auspicious beginning to an arduous process of truth-seeking.
Judge: Police investigation into alleged sexual assault ‘grossly incompetent’
A judge described a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a child “grossly incompetent” as he found two men accused of indecently assaulting their young female relative not guilty on Thursday.
Tasers used 63 times since weapons first introduced
Police have used Taser stun guns 63 times and fired them at suspects on 19 different occasions since the weapons were first introduced in February 2013, according to information from an open records request.
Officer says he feared for his life before using Taser
Police officer Cardiff Robinson gave evidence on Thursday that he used a Taser on a suspect in May 2014 because he honestly believed the man was a potential threat to his safety and the safety of other officers.
Woman restrained by police at John Gray High School
A woman acting erratically and apparently suffering from mental health issues had to be restrained by police at the John Gray High School campus on Wednesday.
Police employee misses her court date
Two civilian employees of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service were due in Summary Court on Tuesday on charges that included breach of trust, but only one appeared.
Police employee misses court date
Two civilian employees of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service were due in Summary Court on Tuesday on charges that included breach of trust, but only one appeared.
Police: Mobile homes abandoned ‘for years’
Two mobile homes that police said had been abandoned for at least two years burned in a fire in North Side district late last week.
Arrest for writing ‘indecent words’ on declaration card
A traveler was arrested by Cayman’s Customs Department for disorderly conduct after he wrote “indecent words” on his declaration card.
Services recruitment drive draws hundreds
More than 250 applications were submitted at a recruitment drive on Wednesday by those seeking to join the emergency and prison services.
Police: Tourist attack was ‘indecent assault’
A female tourist was indecently assaulted during a mugging that occurred along South Church Street in George Town last month.
Large amount of ganja found on BT beach
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service recovered an unspecified amount of ganja from a Bodden Town beach Monday afternoon.
Savannah man charged with firearm offense
A Savannah resident appeared in Summary Court on Monday afternoon charged with possession of a revolver and ammunition without a firearms license.
Governors foresaw immigration troubles
Successive Cayman Islands governors foresaw the overseas territory’s current immigration difficulties as far back as the late 1980s and reported the potential for “serious social problems” if various perceived disparities were not addressed.
Bahamian national held for illegal landing
A Bahamian national charged with illegal landing has been remanded in custody so that local authorities can check the story put forward on his behalf on Monday afternoon in Summary Court.
EDITORIAL – Arresting development: Cayman’s police deserve our applause
The succession of recent headlines in the Cayman Compass read like a spinning-newspaper montage scene from a black-and-white crime-fighting picture.
Police make arrests in serious cases
Royal Cayman Islands Police put more than a dozen serious crime suspects in lockup or before the courts in August, culminating in the last full week of the month with the arrest of three attempted murder suspects, five drug suspects and the seizure of two unlicensed firearms.
Two plead guilty to cocaine conspiracy
Seven people appeared in Grand Court on Friday accused of conspiring with Alexander Adrian Ebanks to supply controlled drugs. All were given return dates, with two who pleaded guilty coming back for sentencing on Sept. 28.
Police: Woman mugged on South Church Street
A woman was reportedly mugged in the vicinity of Sunset House on South Church Street in George Town on Friday night, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
Senior immigration officer accused of harboring illegal immigrant
A senior Cayman Islands immigration officer, accused of harboring an illegal immigrant, was among five people arrested during a police raid Thursday morning in Savannah.
Brac customs officer arrested
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers arrested a Cayman Brac customs officer on suspicion of possessing an unlicensed firearm after a search of the man’s home Tuesday recovered the weapon, police said.
Bicycle squads boost neighborhood policing
Police have revealed their latest weapon in the fight against crime in Cayman – pedal power.
Quick arrests in recent violent attacks
Royal Cayman Islands Police have made quick arrests in a string of violent incidents that occurred around Grand Cayman since the start of August.
Gunshots fired in George Town
Shots were fired at a George Town apartment early Tuesday, but no one was hurt, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
Police get second helicopter pilot
Police have hired a second helicopter pilot to bolster the understaffed Air Operations Unit, which has been down to a single pilot since February.
Police: Jamaican robbery suspects harbored locally
Two undocumented immigrant Jamaican nationals charged with robbing a money transfer business in Bodden Town earlier this month were being harbored at a local address, Royal Cayman Islands Police detectives confirmed Monday.
Man in coma after East End beating
Police are looking for possible witnesses to a late-night beating in East End over the weekend that left a man in a coma at Health City Cayman Islands after he had to have brain surgery.
Three stabbed outside Fete along Seven Mile Beach
Police and witnesses say three people were stabbed when a fight broke out outside of Fete Nightclub on West Bay Road early Saturday morning.
36-year Irish police veteran tapped to head up RCIPS
Derek Patrick Byrne, a 36-year veteran of Ireland’s National Police Service, has been selected as the new commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, the Governor’s Office has announced. Mr. Byrne will join the RCIPS in November on a four-year contract.
Donated defibrillators boost police response for heart emergencies
The Police Service received a donation of 20 automatic external defibrillators, AEDs for short, this week from the Cayman Heart Fund.
Three arrested after prison drug-tossing
A man and two women were arrested overnight Tuesday after prison officers captured a suspect who they said was tossing packages of ganja over the wall at Her Majesty’s Prison, Northward.
Real estate broker Lund injured in fall
Kim Lund, the well-known local real estate agent and co-owner of Cayman Islands company RE/MAX, was injured in a fall over the weekend and was expected to be flown off island for medical treatment later today.
EDITORIAL – When children are forced to wait for justice
In 2012, a young girl stepped forward with the most serious of allegations – that she had been the victim of sustained sexual abuse. And then, she waited for someone to do something about it … and waited … and waited … and waited.
Chief inspector denies abusing officer
A police chief inspector accused of assaulting an officer under his command in a public confrontation in central George Town said he was simply admonishing the man in a “firm but fair” manner.
Armed robbers hit Savannah store
Two men, one armed with a handgun, robbed a store in Savannah Friday night, police reported.
Concern over child abuse investigations
Child advocates have raised concerns over how sexual abuse allegations are handled in the Cayman Islands in the wake of a judge’s warning that “inexcusable delays” had impacted the chances of justice in a recent case.
New indecent assault charges laid against chiropractor
Police charged chiropractor Jemal Khan with two more counts of indecent assault last week, bringing the total number of charges against him to 20.
Doctors: Shooting victim in stable condition
A man who was shot in the arm early Sunday in central George Town was in stable condition following surgery at the Cayman Islands Hospital, police said.
Man in court for loaded gun, 50 rounds of ammo
Randy James Parchment, 35, appeared in Summary Court on Monday, facing three charges relating to possession of unlicensed firearms – a loaded .38 revolver and an additional 44 rounds of ammunition.
Update – Man shot in dispute outside restaurant
A man was shot during an early morning dispute outside a central George Town eatery Sunday.
Taser used on armed suspect outside bar
Police used a Taser to subdue a George Town man who was carrying a loaded firearm outside a local bar early Friday, according to a police report.
Campaign to increase number of Caymanians on police force
A new recruitment campaign began Friday to find the next generation of Caymanian police constables as senior officers acknowledged the number of locals on the force had fallen to less than 50 percent.
Counterfeit $50, $100 bills in circulation, CIMA warns
Counterfeit $50 and $100 bills were collected in the Cayman Islands during mid-July, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority reported Thursday.
Police sound alarm over false alarms
Police are contemplating asking business owners to pay compensation when officers are repeatedly called out to false alarms.
Brackers alarmed at crime wave
A dozen burglaries in six months may not sound like a crime spree. But on sleepy Cayman Brac, the statistic is causing alarm, affecting the economy and impacting people’s way of life.
Man jailed for North Side knife attack
A 23-year-old man who slashed an unarmed rival with a knife in a “potentially deadly” attack following a dominoes game in a North Side yard has been jailed for three years and eight months.
EDITORIAL – Cayman police: To protect and serve (warrants)
A broken system is overloading our police, clogging up our courts, and engendering disrespect in our community for the concept of timely and efficient justice.
DVDL, police continue probe of vehicle inspector’s crash
The head of Cayman’s Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing said Friday that his inspectors “have and continue to test vehicles on public roads,” in response to Cayman Compass questions about an ongoing investigation into a July 11 auto crash involving a DVDL inspector.
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.
‘Tell it to the judge’
It appears the Cayman really does not want others to come there any more than for a short visit.
UPDATE: Arrest in Public Beach stabbing
A 21-year-old man remained in hospital Thursday after being stabbed in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the parking lot near Seven Mile Public Beach.
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Webster charged with four counts of gross indecency
Errington Albert Webster, 54, was charged with four counts of gross indecency with a minor Wednesday and appeared in the Cayman Islands Summary Court to face the charges.
Commissioner: We do not need more police
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service does not need any more officers to be effective, Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis said last week.
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.
