One man hurt during burglary

A man sustained injuries to his hand after he disturbed four men who had broken into the Lighthouse restaurant on Bodden Town Road last week.

The 34- year-old victim called the 911 Emergency Communications Centre at 2:40 am reporting that four men had broken into the building. Police responded to the scene and learnt from the victim that he had been working in the kitchen when he heard noises coming from the restaurant.

Upon entering the room he saw four masked men in the area of the cash register. He said he was hit on the arm with a crowbar and the men fled from the location.

The man did not require an ambulance but was advised to seek medical attention. A small amount of cash had been taken from the register and some items were missing from a showcase. The fire extinguisher had also been set off in the restaurant.

Three further burglaries occurred in the Eastern Districts overnight. Officers were called at 1:50 am by a woman reporting that her house in Paradise Villas on Sea View Road had been broken into. The woman said she had been woken by dogs barking and when she went downstairs she found the front door open. Officers responded and found the woman’s TV had been taken along with her handbag, some cash, some jewellery and a Nikon Coolpix digital camera. A second break-in at Paradise Villas was reported to police at 6:35 am.

A man reported that an X-Box game and a number of bottles of alcohol had been taken from his house overnight. It is thought the offenders gained entry to each apartment by prising the front doors open. Officers believe the dead bolts on the doors might not have been functioning properly and so would not have been as secure as they could be.

At 5:55 am police were alerted to the fourth break-in at Chester Watler’s heavy equipment on Bodden Town Road. The office of the company had been entered after a door was forced open. Some alcohol, a box of cigarettes and a small amount of cash has been confirmed as missing and an inventory is being carried out to see if anything else has been taken.

Detectives from Bodden Town are leading the investigations. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Joseph Wright at Bodden Town police station on 947-2220. Residents are reminded to do all they can to protect themselves from burglary, including locking all doors and windows, not leaving valuable items on display and using stoppers on windows and sliding doors so that even if the lock is broken entry cannot be gained easily.

Anyone with information about crime taking place in the Cayman Islands should contact their local police station or Crime Stoppers on 800-8477 (TIPS). All persons calling Crime Stoppers remain anonymous, and are eligible for a reward of up to $1,000, should their information lead to an arrest or recovery of property/drugs.