4 arrested in jewel heist
(CNS): Four men have been arrested and are currently in police custody in connection with the Kirk Freeport robbery on Monday evening. Police said that the men had been arrested on suspicion of various offences including being in possession of an offensive weapon, possession of ganja and taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent as well as robbery. The suspects reportedly made off with a significant quantity of Rolex and Breitling watches during the armed hold up which happened around 6:45pm at the duty free jewellery store located at the Strand off the West Bay Road in the heart of Grand Cayman’s tourist district.
One of the masked men was reportedly brandishing a handgun when the gang entered the store and threatened staff before making their escape, the police believe on foot to the rear of Kirk Freeport and towards the construction site on West Bay Road opposite The Caribbean Club.
An RCIPS spokesperson stated Wednesday that officers investigating the crime were continuing to follow positive lines of inquiry but were appealing for witnesses to the robbery or to anyone who may have seen the suspects either before or after the incident.
Three of the four men are described as being over six feet tall and the fourth between 5’5 and 5’9. All of the men were wearing masks and the first man was described as having a slim build and wearing a woollen black ski type mask with no holes cut out for the mouth. He was wearing a heavy black ‘bomber’ style jacket and black pants or possibly jeans with dark coloured gloves.
The second robber was slim to medium build and was wearing a black mask, a black jacket, black pants and black shoes, also with dark coloured gloves. The third man was described as slim wearing a black mask, a black jacket, black pants and black basketball style shoes with white soles and white toes. He was wearing light coloured gardening style gloves. The final robber was described as medium build and wearing a black mask, a black jacket, blue jeans and black shoes. He was also wearing light coloured gardening style gloves.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Drugs and Serious Crime Task Force at 949-4222, or Crimestoppers on 800 TIPS if they wish to remain anonymous.
Category: Crime
I want names…
We all want to know who they are. Dosent matter where they are from, they are a nuisance to society. Well done Police. On another matter there was three fires off Bodden road on New years Eve.These fires were supposed to have been caused from some sort of fire works and we are told that perhaps kids were using them. People are out to work or busy with some chores and what if when they arrive home to find that their house was burnt down. It is past time that we ban these fire works or at least sell them to selected people. One of my friends home as well almost caught a fire at christmas because of fire works that fell on her house roof. This might be something that Ju Ju will deal with before her time is up in May.
Good question 18:12, why are they hiding names of who were arrested. I can understand hiding faces, but the names? Something is not correct.
CNS Note: The RCIPS has always followed a policy of not usually naming people who are arrested as there is obviously every chance they will never be charged. There are circumstances however when the press are able to identify suspects and as a result depending on the circumstances names make their way into the public domain.
One has now been charged – Aaron Bernardo. Check out his Fb 'likes'.
Yes, 11:54…Its called "flogging tourism"……do you know how may people would turn up here for that!!!! BOOM!
They are 4 Caymanians – This means they are "British"
Which 4 Caymanians? The 'new' Caymanians who hate anything British that they can't even admit we're a British territory? Try telling the UK there is a legal definition of 'Caymanian'!
Or are you referring to the British nationals who have Caymanian status and resent fact that so many of us are 'British OVERSEAS TERRITORIES Citizens? remember many locals never said they want to be or think they are English, Scottish etc but are aware that they are BOTC!!!
Have not been charged- nothing to congratulate on. Don't forget how many murderors were let go, even with 100% convicting evidence.
Unfortunately it seems like since some of these guys are "popular" young men that everyone hangs out with in the club, no one wants to step up. I went to school with one of these guys. They are nothing more than ganster wannabes, they should not be your friend, much less be protected by your silence because they are your friend.
Man up Cayman, grow a pair and report to the cops or it will be those same "friends" that come barging through your work place and shooting up the place for a couple dollas.
Kudos to the RCIP Lets hope that these are indeed the ones and if so throw the book at them.Armed robbery anywhere else is a life sentence.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arrested on suspicion…no charges.
Said the man with "clean hands and a pure heart". hahahha
McKeeva has got you all thinking that you are supposed to be charged immediately as you are arrested, eh? lol.
Get excited when rcips charges them, not arrest…
Even getting excited at the charge stage is also much too early!
Get excited if there are convictions / sentences which are upheld after all appeals have been exhausted AND if the Court sentences are realistic, keeping the guilty persons imprisoned for a minimum of 15 years. Not some flim flam sentences that allow the guilty persons out on the street within a few years.
However if the arrested persons are really the guilty persons then we can allow a very guarded acknowledgement of good preliminary work by RCIPS.
We also hope that this good initial RCIPS work will be fully supported by the Legal Department .
We do not want to see a repeat of the Legal Department / Court flim flam nonsense of the Blackbeard robbery in Grand Harbour when a real gun with a real bullet in the chamber was clasified as an "immitation firearm" because the gun was not working properly and did not fire after the trigger was pulled three (3) times, attempting to kill the persons who bravely fought the criminals to stop the robbery.
On the matter of calling a gun that failed to fire three (3) times when the trigger was pulled with the intent to kill, an "immitation firearm", is a bicycle with a flat tire an "immitation bicycle"? Come on Legal Department / Court / MLA's do your jobs to stop this nonsense which encourages the criminality terrorizing our society.
In the end the Court and Legal Department called the Blackbeard attempted robbery with a real gun with a real bullet in the chamber an "immitation firearm",
In that robbery the criminals with known "good connections" resulted in short prison terms (if they have not been "paroled" already), that will see them soon out on the Cayman streets to commit further criminal acts against our people.
We will now watch to see the connections of these persons arrested for the Kirk Freeport robbery to see how they are charged, tried, sentenced and the appeal results.
i've got a feeling that they are caymanian or jamaican……..
Hmmm, whilst expats may be the victim of discrimination and dislike from some Caymanians on this beautiful island (reaffirmed by some of the comments on CNS at times), let's not be hypocrytical by being xenophobic. Wait until they're identified; don't jump to conclusions.
Saying that they are likely to be Caymanian or Jamaican is not xenophobic. Missing is Honduran. Between the three that covers 99% of all robberies.
even so, what's the point, I'll bet you 99% of the robberies in Finland is carried out by Fins, 99% of robberies in Jamaica carried out by Jamaicans, 99% of robberies in the US carried out by Americans…etc…etc..
fair point but finland does not have 50% expats….
Yeah but to be an expat you need a work permit which means you have a job which means less likely to commit crimes…
On what panet are you? Sometimes no job and sometimes $3 per hour is food for thought.
I wish Cayman was like that.
Read the post again – "between the three".
Now that’s xenophobic!
As an American I resent your sweeping under the rug of all the good robbing that we and our Canadian brothers perpetrate. Our collars may be white but you can’t deny we like a bit of larceny as much as the next nationality.
Yeah, you guys prefer the white collar crime – fraud, embezzlement, moneyalundering and all that.
look who's talking money laundering and the Cayman Islands are synonymous – how do you Caribbean people say it? "The Pot calling the kettle black"
Dum, dum you've lost the thread The point is that it is generally carried on by North American and European EXPATS in Cayman.
Exactly what I just said my friend
The Jails in Florida, Toronto, England and Cayman are filled with Jamaicans…Not French, or Serbo Croats or Fillipinos… but Jamaicans. (Caymanians by status grant only)
Assumption that Jamaicans are involved is not at all xenophobic or unreasonable.
unnecessary comment
why.?..does the truth hurt….. the sooner caymanians start facing up to reality the better….
They can also be crooked Canadians, Americans or Filipinos. Cause God knows we have enought of them here on Island pretending to be something that they are not. Lets not be bias here.
No, Italian me say!
plus they won't be european or north american….
Coz they would have on necktie n suit – millions from the books!
I hope most of you wont be coming back here in a few days disgusted with the police; cause they have not caught the right individuals – we will soon see suspect released from custody – waiting patiently.
Throw them in jail & throw away the keys! I hope you’ll find my stolen engine rcip?
Caymanian
Did you mean stolen Indian?
Lets see when is the trial date? Let me guess…… 2015
No man, around March 2013, that seems to be when Rolston and Edlin will go back to Court too for their dealings
To be fair, Mr. Maghoo could have caught these guys…they were driving around the Republic trying to flog this stuff on the street….
…..and did you report that fact to the police? No, I didn't think so.
I would not have reported it had it been me.
Why, the RCIPS gives no protection to reporters of crime!
What? And miss out on some cool ice and watches?
I believe you mean Magoo, Maghoo’s blind American cousin
The Police are catching these suspects very quickly these days.
Good job Mr. Baines and crew…
I hope that Gov Legal Dept will not screw this up now and it doesn't turn into one of those "catch and release" cases.
What else do you expect; actually it is not the Legal Dept that is gonna screw it up, it is the incompetent RCIPS. Where in the world you ever hear of the RCIPS solving a crime of this nature within 24 hrs. Baines and his English policing mentallity have the whole of us fool. They want us to think they are doing their jobs so that is why everytime they detain someone for questioning they announce an arrest. Good policing announces an arrest when they have gone through the process and when they can nail down an suspect they annouce an arrest.
i can tell you up to late last night only one of these suspects were questioned, the police at that time had nothing to tie these persons to the crime. But because Baines know we are gulliable they tell us anything and we jump up and down like jack in the box singing praises to the RCIPS.
What the RCIPS is good at doing is witholding information from family members about persons they arrested, but divulging it to their friends so that they can spread the suspect names on the social medias.
Please note the changes in capturing these theifs after the over 50 recruits came in from Jamaica. Good move Mr Baines to recruit from Jamaica. They are experience and show no favour.
Last time I had to deal with a Jamaican 'detective' I had to virtually write my repor for him as his spelling and grammer was so bad.Only took 2 hours for a A4 size report….
Clearly you miss the point. So i figured thats why you though the Jcan police cannot write. You youself sound slow. LMAO!!!!!!!!
It is bad form to criticise someone's spelling and grammar and then misspell "grammar" and use a singular verb with a plural subject (his spelling and grammer WERE so bad).
no favour except to my own
Catch and release game…
The best news I have heard since the year begun. It's past time to change laws and have public floggings or like other contries public stonings and rid this 'once paradise', of undesirables.
This type of behaviour is taking us down the slippery slope. It is time for every citizen to rise to the occassion of reporting CRIME, but we need police with the testiculor fortitude to thoroughly investigate reports immediately and not hours or days after. Wake up from your slumber,
At least, this is one incident that the RCIPS has earned a star for in the New Year, Keep up the good work and always be vigilant.
Public flogging indeed. What comes next? Chopping off fingers and hands? Good that suspects have been caught, but no convictions yet. That's a different matter as we all know the record concerning convictions. Not the article made no reference to charges of possessing stolen goods.
"Chopping off fingers and hands?" Yes, Castor, that's right. You can't steal watches, wallets jewels etc if you have no hands. So, if you want to keep your fingers and hands, don't bloody steal.
Better to chop off some other body part so they won't ever reproduce their own kind.
gotta be a woman. bitter much?
or it could be a jealous man
So, if there are public floggings and public stonings then this 'once paradise' will become 'paradise' once more…..
Bling bling, good work coppers!
In the first article about the robbery I wrote a comment entitled "These idiots will be caught" andsome of you effectively laughed at me. I'll bet you're not laughing now! I'm not surprised at the speed by which suspects were apprehended. Too often the police are given a hard time over crime and I hope they are given credit now. Well done RCIPS!
My sincere apology, you truly are the Jedi. And bravo to our service for stepping up big time.
No one really likes an "I told you so" smarty pants……
Accent???
What does it matter about their accent ? Thank God and the RCIPS they have caught them.
5.36. Of course the accent matters! Wouldn't you prefer to be robbed by classy criminals?
The last time we had an accent discussion, the gist of some of the posts was that a "Caymanian accent" signifies either a Jamaican who had practised using a Caymanian accent during criminal activities for the purposes of throwing people or that the person who reported the accent as Caymanian probably did not know what a Caymanian accent was – i.e. that if the answer to the question was "a Caymanian accent" then the logical conclusion was that the person involved was not Caymanian. So I suggest we avoid the whole accent issue on this one.
Jamaicans are sounding more Caymanian than Caymanians these days. How do you tell them? A true Caymanian you can tell which district they are from by their accents while the JA's have a generic sing song "Caymanian" accident.
If in doubt, count the fingers.
"Accent"? Caymanian most likely. It usually is. So what? Would you rather it was American? English? Canadian? Indian? Filipino? Jamaican?
Er… no it's not usually and you know very well who the usual culprits are from your list. You're just pretending to be stupid.
Word on the marlroad is that they are from the UK.
Would Oxford English help?
I have heard that they had Pennsylvanian accents, but specifically Western Pennsylvanian accents, although probably not from the Pittsburgh area. One of them sounded like he spent some time in New Jersey but that would have been sometime ago it was predominantly south-western Pennsylvanian. Does that help?
Could it be a New Castle accent? The west side of town?
Great job RCIPS! Get this scum off the streets. Nothing but a bunch of wannabe gangsters mama boys..
All gangsters are wanna be gangsters and mammals boys. They are still dangerous though.
True enough, but neither tough or real men.
as opposed to reptile boys?