Teenager charged with grocery shop robbery

| 23/07/2012

hills grocery (2).jpg(CNS): Continuing their run of success in rounding up  and charging suspects in a number of recent robberies a spokesperson for the police said Monday that a 19-year-old man is expected to appear in court tomorrow (Tuesday 24 July) charged with the robbery of a local grocery store last month. The teenager is accused of holding up the Hills Grocery and More store in West Bay on 12 June. The suspect, who was arrested in the afternoon following the crime, is said to have entered the convenience store on Stadium Drive, at lunchtime with what appeared to be a handgun. He threatened staff before making off from the premises with a small sum of cash.

The man from West Bay has been charged with robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.

Anyone who has information on any crime in the Cayman Islands is asked to call the police on the RCIPS tip-line 949-7777 or Crime Stoppers on 800-8477 (TIPS).

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  1. Anonymous says:

    As someone who has long commented about our social butterfly, commissioner of police, who always seemed overly defensive to our complaints at the rise in crime, it seems that it is now time for me to give Ceasar what’s due to Ceasar. The extensive arrests for the CNB robbery, along with the general mop up of some of the other outstanding cases, is giving me a new found confidence in the Commissioner. As I’ve said before David, we WANT you to succeed! So well done and hopefully legal dept can deliver some convictions. Now, about that long outstanding matter of the 3 investigations into the Premier, might they be getting closer to the top of the to-do list?! Just asking.