Cops catch burglary suspect

(CNS): The burglary suspect who was chopped in the head with a machete by a homeowner as he entered a house in Sandy Ground Road, Savannah, last Thursday has been arrested and is in police custody. The 28-year-old man was arrested in the George Town area late Sunday night and was immediately conveyed under police guard to the Cayman Islands Hospital, where he received treatment for his injuries. He is now in custody at George Town police station on suspicion of burglary. At about 11:30 on 25 July, a green Honda car with three men inside approached the house. One of the men left the car, broke a window of the house and then entered the building. However, the householder was home and he confronted the suspect and struck him with a machete.

All three men were said to have dark skin and were wearing ‘construction attire’. 

anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Bodden Town police station 947-2220, the RCIPS tip-line 949-7777, or Crime Stoppers on  800-8477 (TIPS).