Crime
Turks & Caicos Police warn of possible SEXUAL ATTACK with strangers in illegal Jitneys
#TurksandCaicos, February 7, 2024 – Investigations are open and now TCI Police is cautioning residents to be extra careful when taking rides with strangers.
In a 1 pm press release today, February 7, 2024, Grantley Williams, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Safeguarding and Public Protection Unit informed, “Within the past week the RTCIPF has received two reports of incidents where female members of the public were assaulted after catching what they believed to be jitneys. The females in both incidents received injuries either from the assailant who diverted from their stated destination or from jumping out of the moving vehicle.”
One of the women was assaulted by a male driving a “small blue car” operating in the Blue Hills, Providenciales district.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Serious Crime Unit at 649-231-1842 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-8477.