Man mugged at gun point
(CNS): A man was mugged in the early hours of Saturday morning outside his apartment complex on Old Crewe Road, George Town. Police said that at around 05:13 am the man was approached by two masked men one of which had what appeared to be a silver coloured pistol. The two men then ordered the victim into his own apartment, and told him to give them what he had. The victim who was afraid handed over CI$54and an old Nokia phone. The robbers then reportedly fled from the scene but it is not clear how they made their escape. One of the suspects is described as 6’2” tall, skinny, with a fair complexion and spoke with a deep Caymanian accent. The second suspect was said to be about 5’ 9” tall, skinny, but the witness was unable to give more details.
No one was physically injured, and no shots were fired during the crime. Officers from the RCIPS attended the scene, and the matter is now under investigation.
Anyone with information concerning this robbery should call the investigator DC Bowen at 949-4222, or persons wishing to provide information but would like to remain anonymous are asked to call CRIME STOPPERS at 800-8477 (TIPS).
Category: Crime
It seems like these people have taken to driving around Cayman in the early morning hours looking for people who are by themselves or inebriated. What's annoying is that they seem to have no fear of getting caught.
The perpetrators where surely high on cocaine from the night before and had probably been prowling around Cayman for hours just looking for a target of opportunity. We need to tackle our cocaine problem. The US DEA estimates up to 5 tonnes of Cocaine transits from Jamaica to Honduras per month (statistic from Honduras bust earlier this week) – I would wager a good deal of that goes via Cayman Islands waters or airspace. We need to take our interdiction responsibility seriously, if not for the international community, then for our own sake. If we are not up to the task, then we should actively seek partnership with DEA and UK enforcement and invite them to patrol our waters and airspace. The longer Cayman's youth believe their drug dealing days are profitable and sustainable, the worse our social problems will become, and that will certainly effect the tourist economy. Need proof? Just ask Jamaica or Mexico or South Florida in the 1980s.
First US-supported drug raid in Honduras since resumption of radar info sharing leaves 1 dead
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-17/world/36410534_1_drug-planes-dea-agents-radar-system
Erryday i'm Hustling erryday i'm hustling Read the Compass today and died laughing robberies are down since 2008 only in Cayman they can get away with such Bull$#!?
Has anyone realize how crime has increased so significantly since the 3000 status grants? There’s no work and social services can not afford to cover all. Therefore they steal to survive! Thanks UDP! The sad part of this whole thing, you wanna go and muck around again with our immigration laws.
When one look at the lists of family surnames on the court dockets, the problem is overwhelmingly and undeniably homegrown. This status grant myth hasgot to be exposed for the BS that it is. There is no discernable correlation between rise in crime and status grants. The Crime rate has to do with the escalation of the drug wars, gang leadership changes and turf boundaries as well as the willful blindness of politicians and will of police to interdict.
Family name on court dockets? the mass status grants are the reason for the escalation of crimes in this country whether you want to accept it or not it is what it is! Cayman is in the mess that it is now because of the mass status grants not because of gangs, or the police this is the fault of politicians and their advisors who wanted absolute power and control. The mass status grants changed the face of Cayman forever and notin a good way.
I am not basing the status grant recipients because it was our ignorant politicians and senior civil servants who were responsible for shamefully and disgustingly giving away Caymanian Status like it was candy. They are the ones who the bashers should attack, not the recipients! They gladly took it as many Caymanians who live in other countries would probably do if given the opportunity. It is not their fault so turn to those who are guilty of giving it to them and cuss their backsides off. They are walking around the place every day so go and cuss them. That said, let me point out that family surnames are no longer a purely local identifier either as many foreign nationals have married into local families and brought adopted family into the mix to share the same surname, so all kinds of nationalities are now cloaked in the Caymanian jacket. Undoubtedly there are a large number of local idiots who have no skills beyond crime but there are also many imported of similar caliber, so lets be fair on this issue. What would really be interesting is if those in charge of the funds in social services would expose the true situation and show how many people who were granted permanent residence by the Immigration Board are being supported by the social welfare fund. Those are the the ones who are quietly taking and eating away at our society and the public purse. Oh, I figet, Foolio might soon find money to put them to work cleaning up the roadsides instead of giving their names to the Immigration Board and demand that they exercise the law and revoke their permanent residence because they cannot maintain themselves.But ,,,,,, oh yea, this is Cayman …
Correlation doesn't equal causation. In order to lend support to this often-repeated claim, a person would need to compare those who were sucessfully prosecuted for crimes against the list of "3000 status grants".
To realise a meaningful statistic, there would have to be a significant portion (say, at least 25%) of the prosecuted criminals being recipients of the recent status grants. If, as I suspect, the majority of prosecuted criminals are our own, then this claim or inference holds no water.
Myself, I'd want to find out for certain — either way — before making any statistical claims, otherwise it's just more political hyperbole.
Why dont you do an FOI request to find out how many of the robberies/crimers were committed by any of the 3000 status grants and/or their dependents in the years since the grants were given.
Maybe after you get that information you can spew more $hit out of your a$$.
Yeah, an FOI would be a great way to really see who is responsible. Except one minor thing- 99% of these crimes have not been solved! Who knows that it is not SOME of the 3000 grantees, let's not knock that possibility off the table unless you have been one of those privileged. It is a fact that many of them are now unemployed and a burden to CINICO, SOCIAL SERVICES etc.
A fact like Bush's tarvel bill? Or a fact like the CIG financial records for the last ten years? Are you talking "honorable" facts or Caymankind facts? Same story different versions and all of them are true opinions.
Or Honduran.
These punks know who to target, expats(whites,Indians etc.) women,frail looking and the elderly. The sapses are smart enough not to rush a crazy looking Caymanian or Jamaican,soon from now the headlines on CNS is not going to be the norm.
Since the country is so lawless, there is an easier solution, move back to where you can from.
Why should I return to Africa, where my ancestors were brought from?
I am Caymanian!
It amazes me and most how these guys are able to commit a crime and go undetected and are rarely brought to justice. The criminal fraternity as the RCIP has labelled those committing criminality are making a mockery of our judicial system. Most of the blame lies on the leaders of the Police Service. There are other forces in play but the Police are not a branch of a Social Services department – they are the enforcement branch of the government and they appear impotent. Knowing this people need to govern themselves accordingly.
Dont let the crime amaze you this is just the first signs of the result of the 2004 status grants; oh yes the chickens are coming come to roost. Don't blame this on the police blame the leaders of government who gave away over 3,000 status without even a background check. No one gave a thought about the displacement of Caymanians and what would happen when they found themselves unemployed with no where to go for the first time in 40 years. You ain't seen nothing yet, and stop blaming the police blame every member that was in the LA during the 2004 status grants.
I cannot be convinced that displaced birthright Caymanians are justified in their robbing and pillaging because they may have lost their jobs. These burdens to society are loser deadbeats, high on cocaine, that don't have the character to hold any legitimate job before or after the status grants.
Poster 15:01 01/21/2013
We should not try to justity the fact that displaced birthright Caymanians are robbing and pillaging because they have lost their jobs. Tell you what go to the courts, see and hear for yourself. The deadbeat losers, were once Caymanians with promise who had a future to look forward to prior to the mass status grants of 2003, they had jobs in their own country. The fact of the matter is you, I and the entire Cayman Islands knows that Caymanians were displaced by the mass status grants of 2003 so this is one that will not go there with you because I have nothing to prove to you and the rest who try to deny this. There are many Caymanians including the politicians who know that this is the facts but keep on hiding the truth and hope that it will go away. Do not address the problems and when it finally rises to the surface it will tear this society apart and it will be no fixing it then, but for the love of my country I pray that we will vote leaders in this country who will have the moral fortitude to correct this problem instead of sweeping it under the carpet like so many people like to do until it reaches our front door when in any event is often too late.
I agree but to be fair a mugging at 5.15 in the am is pretty hard to get witnesses for unfortuntely..sometimesthese things happen not that it makes it right……….
i've got a feeling the perpetrators were caymanian or jamaican…..
They just might be Caymanian or Jamaican but don't go thru the process of elimination without the knowledge that you still have 148 other nationalities to get the feeling about…..
Well the one with a strong Caymanian accent is sort of a no brainer
In CNS-world a strong Caymanian accent is evidence to some posters of a Jamaican pretending to be a Caymanian to avoid detection. Or sometimes it is evidence that the victim does not know what a Caymanian accent is. So the obvious inference that a thief with a Caymanian accent is probably a Caymanian is wrong in their minds.
Well in the past on CNS strong Jamaican accents were evidence of other nationalities pretending to be Jamaican to avoid detection.
I agree that it is probably the case that accent matches the nationality but not always.
This is why there is a desperate need for more gated communities. The place is just lawless and I want them kept away from me and my family.
I agree…because as everyone knows..criminals can't climb over walls or fences and ALWAYS respect "No Trespassing" and "Private Property" signs..
I genuinely feel sorry if it has come to this – and I know why people want to live in a fortified residence rather than a wider community – I’ve come home to my condo and found the back door has been tampered with and our neighbors burgled (luckily for us our dog must have gone crazy and scared them off). But things won’t get any better for the island if if it comes to gated communities – it will just push the problem around. Until the Island collectively takes action on many fronts it isn’t going to change.
This includes welfare reform so that money is spent on those who truely need it and not on those who don’t – and that may mean spending more as long as its done properly, making it clear that welfare is not a dirty word – if you need help ask, residents learning to work with the police and stepping up when they see something, the police being or demonstrating that they are effective and visable and building trust, immigration reform to remove non-working or under-employed permit holders of any nationality where no valid reason for their continued presence exists – but in a consistent and far way, better youth support and programs, a more effective court system with visable penalties – penalities don’t need to be necessarily tougher – but the penalities need to be applied and people need to know what happens if you are caught etc.
There is no magic bullet – but above all there is a need for a united front from politicians/civil service/business/community leaders/church that there is no excuse for crime and it ends now.
I’m not sure what a pithy phrase would be, but we need every leader out there pushing a crime-free Cayman. It really is the number-one issue, as having the highest standard of living in the Caribbean is our key distinguishing feature for attracting business, and sustains the Islands goal of high-end stay over tourism. Having to live behind a gate only reduces that standard. Cayman is going to be a two trick pony (tourism and financial services) for the forseeable future…..and becoming another crime ridden Caribbean nation will just minimize our success in both.
I agree with you about gated communities. However, the problem is that this island is so small that it is almost impossible to avoid crossing paths with this element of society.
If this island was of a larger size, living in a closed communitie would be an option. But the reality is it will be like living in a cage and having to go out into a jungle full of hungry carnivors waiting to pounce.
Crime is the biggest issu facing this country. But yet our "politicians" are too concern with looking out for their own welfare. There are many roots that support this crime tree. Social issue especially. Issues that have been growing for years. We have no one to blame but ourselves for these issues.
Some of the people in these neighbourhoods are the ones you want to avoid!