Cops catch latest robbers
(CNS): Police have arrested three men following an armed robbery which took place at the Tortuga store in West Bay this afternoon (Monday 28 February) after stopping what was believed to be the getaway on Easterly Tibbetts Highway. Officers said the robbery took place at about 2.30pm when two men armed with what appeared to be a firearm entered the Tortuga shop next to the Cracked Conch Restaurant on North West Point Road. The men threatened staff, though no shots were fired and no one was hurt, before the men fled the scene with a small sum of cash. The suspects ran off towards the Turtle Farm and one was seen entering a green Hyundai motor car. (Photos Dennie WarrenJr)
Police attended the scene and a short time later officers stopped the suspect vehicle close to Camana Bay, where the driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
Following a subsequent police operation in the West Bay area two other men were arrested in connection with the incident, both of whom were also arrested on suspicion of robbery. Police said that all three men currently remain in police custody while enquiries are ongoing.
This is the 14th armed robbery of 2011 on Grand Cayman and despite several arrests recently by the police there seems to be little let up in the increasing frequency of the incidents, which are averaging almost two per week or one robbery every 4.2 days.
It is not clear how many customers if any were in the store when the robbery took place but there were four cruise ships docked in George Town Monday. The store is situated between the Turtle Farm, the Cayman Car Museum, one of the dolphinariums as well as the Cracked Conch restaurant and Macabuca Tiki bar, all of which are popular tourist locations.
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Thank God, and in this instance good job RCIP. But the fact remains that on an island that is so tiny (smaller than some Texas ranches I’d imagine) we really shouldn’t be having any of this to begin with. It’s ridiculous. CCTV will hopefully be of some help, but I have the persistent feeling that something is lacking with our law enforcement system when we evidently have quite a number of lower-life-forms thinking they can do whatever they feel like and probably get away with it. XXXX we need a sentence that serves as a deterrent, and one served a long way away from this place as clearly they aren’t afraid of a period of custody at Northward prison – it’s a joke to them, that’s pretty clear. Time to get tough on crime long overdue. The public are getting angrier and angrier the longer this deplorable situation continues. Time to start fighting back.
Well done RCIP for your quick response and capture. Hope you found the guns too in that vehicle. Politicians we need an island wide rally for the unemployed, the unemployable and the young idle upstarts. You Elected members needs to gathere these people and find out exactly one by one what it is they want for themselves, their Islands and their future. They needs to know that the Politicans care or building this North Sound Channel, Mega Yatch docks, new Airport extention and the Oil Refinery will all be for naught. Your focus is ONLY on the INVESTORS, who in turn are ONLY for themselves. YOUR focus needs to be on your local people and their sufferings or its gonna get worse. Losing your soul and gaining the world is a great sin, McKeeva. REfocus, Refocus, Refocus on what is RIGHT in the eyes of the LORD. Meet with the local people now, not during elections ONLY. Meet with them now and I don’t mean at a Chamber of Commerce forum or Fidility Financial forum, but go door to door or at the West Bay Playing field and find out what suppression your people are going through or they will ruin everything for you, me and dupree.
I think everyone needs to play their part in stopping crime. We are all to quickly jumping on the police and the gov’t and while I agree they may not be doing the best job how many citizens are turning a blind eye because they don’t want to tell on their family or friends? Anyone who knows these criminals will probably notice them all of sudden have an abundance of cash or selling cigarettes etc. Everyone needs to step up and play our part.
People don’t turn a blind eye because of family/friends, they do it because:
A. They doubt it will make a difference because they don’t have confidence in the police
B. They’re scared because they don’t trust the police will protect them/not leak the information
"Armed Robbery". Armed. The criminals are armed and the police are not. Police with batons are not a deterrent. The police are a brave bunch, facing armed criminals, but they could be brave AND imposing with a Glock strapped to their sides.
All of us with any sense knew this would happen following the mass status grants. Status was given to over 3000 people with no proper background checks or consideration. Many poor uneducated people were given status and immediately ran to social services. The Premier gave his birthright away for what – re-election – self interest not for the good of the country. The UK was appalled when they heard what was done. It was done for one reason and one only and now we reap what was sown.
I will be the first to admit; I dont have any sense – so can you please explain to me what does the mass status grants have to do with this? These criminals does not have the word “work” in their limited vocabulary. If you gave them the job of the Premier with all the perks, they wouldnt want it, cause it entails “work”. The names I have heard are difinately our own Caymanians – so please explain to senseless folks like me how does the status grant cause this? Boss these criminals will never stop, because they have people like you always looking for someone else to blame rather that attacking the bull by its horn.
looks like a bunch of unarmed cops to me stopping the get-away-car with armed robbers. either they are brave or just plain fed up and don’t care about their safety anymore in the interest of catching these bastards.
It’s neither. They are cops. It’s what they do.
I was a cop for 14 years. An unarmed cop. I never wanted to be armed and always said the day they told me I had to carry a gun would be the day I left.
Well done to the RCIPS. I saw them arresting the guy on the bypass. They acted good and fast
"We" know who these Punks are, but "we" are ALL content to sit back and do nothing about them.
This is not the fault of ‘The System’, but rather the fault of ‘The People’ of this country.
What have WE done to make those that we have appointed get off of their laurels and do what we have charged them to do on OUR behalf?
Must we revert to the kind of ‘Vigilante Justice’ of days gone by?
Do we have to start taking these punks "fishing", just like our forefathers used to do?
“We all know who these punks are”. Does that “we” include you because if it does I need YOU to spill the beans. Tell us what you know right now
Tunisa, Lybia, Yemen, Bahrain, China… Cayman ?
Martin Luther King learned civil disobedience from Gandhi, who learned it from Tolstoy, who learned it from Boetie the 16th century philosopher. If we knew what he looked like it would be his picture on "T" shirts and not CHE!
I saw them surrounded by cops on the Harquail Bypass and I was most impressed to see female officers taking charge of the arrest. XXXXX Well done RCIP, XXXXX
We need to re-introduce the death penalty by hanging as soon as possible. This will act as a deterrent to these sorts of incidents. Good, Christian people need to be protected!
Though i disagree, I am glad you made that remark, because it shows the people what so called "christians" really are.
Clearly writer speaks himself/herself and not for Christians generally even if the writer is one. Your comments have simply revealed your own prejudice.
I don’t think there has been a death penalty for robbery since the 19th century.
And the evidence is that the death penalty has no deterrent effect. In fact because juries convict less often on death penalty cases, more criminals walk free in death penalty jurisdictions.
What we only protect “Good Christian people”. All but the perpetrators need to be protected.
Yes, and what a good Christian you are- HANG THE BASTARDS! Typical Christian mentality I’m afraid
Those punks are placing this small country down the drain further and further everyday, and for what a few lil dollars, but then again our leaders are doing the same thing.
Its high time now the government needs to get off its backside and address crime. its time for them to pay more attention to the cracks in our roof, because no investor want to get wet once the come to our house (the cayman islands).
robberies, violence, unemployment etc. are the cracks in our roof so lets get it fix mr premier.
UDP huh I reckon they care.
to me since the UDP has come into this; they dont know what theyv’e been doing to our islands.
it was all better when it was just ppm
since mckeeva became premier he has just made our island go down drain
every time you hear we need this & we need that for what?!?!?!? i dont know
Good! Let’s hope these are the criminals! Good work RCIP, I mean to the ground officers 🙂
Congratulations to these smsrt Cops.We the Public know that you have more on the fire than you can manage, however we are looking forward to soon hearing that you have something on poor Anna. By the way I understand that there will be a fundraising day this Sunday on the Public Beach for a reward for who may have information on her disappearance. Brilliant idea, lets hope that an attractive amount will be picked up so that someone might come forward. I am still hoping that Firemen and ex Police will join our Police in the search for Anna.
I’d like to know what happens AFTER they get arrested. The cops are doing a great job of catching them, but then what? Are they released with a fine or sent to jail?
Oh Please! Keep these comments on track. Any f’ing moron wearing a uniform (or pretending to be a cop while in plain clothes) can effect an arrest. The power crazed ill-educated coat hangers that populate the RCIPS should not EVER be praised for making an arrest, that is their job. What they should be praised for is building a reliable case that even the ‘experts’ in the legal department can get home, RELIABLY, at court without screwing it up.
For God’s sake Cayman, stop falling for this propaganda by Baines is perpetuating and will you look at the examples of the rest of the world and call your administrators to task. at the moment, you are no more than a tragic joke, with pone egotistical fool after another bullying you around the place.
The poor boys are stressed out. They cant get any jobs. Society has fail them. Blame it on the school system and the multinationals big business who are not giving them “a fair crack of the wip”. The worldwide recession is another contributing factor.
Well done RCIPS. Please keep up the good work.
Am I the only person that loves my country and just cannot accept the crime in Cayman. Someone else will fix it, it will solve itself, I am to busy what is it ? It seems that the leader of the country, Mr. Bush, just accepts the fact crime is something that we must tolerate as time marches on. "This is not acceptable". Something needs to be done and if the elected government turned into a one man government does not want to do anything then march on the glass house, march on the governors house and ask for a true leader to emerge and deal with the countries issues.
Re: "march on the glass house"
Unfortunately, safety is not something you can give the general public, because safety is a decision each person must make for themselves and it is also a commitment to their families, friends and our society.
Dealing with criminals is easy and lawful, marching on the Glass House, now that takes real guts and is far more dangerous! Speak from experience in 2002. However, why do you think a march is the right and necessary action to take?
Give it your best shot (pun intended), because you might convince me.
Dennie, where I do agree with most of what you are saying, I am wolndering where are we going to find those people tomarch to Glass House. Those days are gone. Those were the days when we had Caymanian Men and Women. I dont see anyone that I could find to march with unless the status and Resident Caymanians decided that they want to truly call themselves Caymanians and join the march, otherwise cannot see any resultd.
Necessity is the mother of all inventions, whether you’re Caymanian or not, but when it hurts enough change will occur. Things don’t just happen, people make things happen. Consider what Adolph Hitler once said: “It is a great advantage to Governments that the people they administer do not think.”
Now think about it, what change do the people want and why?
Dennie, you make some good points. I believe the public can do a better job fighting crime. Some people know where the drugs, guns, gang members are and they choose to not say anything. Yes, some are afraid or threatened but the system is failing them with no safe confidential crime reporting system, which IMO could be run from Miami with a third party contracted group. Dealing with criminals was easier ten years ago but the administrations pointed fingers at the UK/Governor and ignored the situation which IMO is wrong. Now we have illegal guns, gangs, drugs and organized/disorganized crime completely entrenched into a small Caribbean society.
We now have a one man government by his own doing. You can demand from him and the silent cabinet………
1) To sit with The Governor and create a small group, Governor, Commissioner and three MLA’s to attack crime. 2) Pass a budget providing the funds to stamp out crime in Cayman. 3) Provide the courts with harsh penalties and any tools they require. 4) Contract a non Caymanian third party group in the USA with a toll free tip line and a financial reward system for tips that result in convictions. 5) Turn the prison over to a professional private USA, Canadian or UK contractor. 6) Contract a professional outside provider. 25 officers to work with and provide additional training for small RCIP groups. 7) Keep the helicopter on the island with full time maintenance staff in CI. 8) Beef up the marine group, they do a tremendous job. Give them more equipment and training. 9) Low level radar units….stop the drugs and guns. 10) Commit permanent funding for a professionally run boys and girls homes. Provide a safe, clean, nurturing and educational environment to help children get off the wrong path. 11) Provide jobs for any one getting out of jail. 12) Make social services in Cayman the best in the region. Help people and educate parents so they can help their children.
Dennie, I have more, but I believe people need to go the Mr. Bush and address crime now. It is not going away and is getting and will continue to get worse. We are getting so callous about murders, rape, muggings. I will join any group or endorse any approach to the elected Government.
I hope that answers your question. Best…..Lachlan MacTavish
Lach for Premier!…LMAO
It is time for us to band together and take them all out. They are the scumbs that are taking this country down the drain. What is our government doing about CRIME??? I am sick and tired of hearing about guns, robberies, and home invasions. Good citizens, wake up and let’s get out and march, do what they are doing elsewhere and oust the useless seat warmers out. Take our country back and find an sensible leader to lead. If that is what it takes to make the Cayman Islands the best place to live, then let’s get the ball rolling. To have a Jackass without a saddle, he serves no purpose.
LOL. You mean a Jackass with wings; no good on earth! LOL