TTPS disrupts ‘Tall Boots Crew’ linked to 24 home invasions

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says a co­or­di­nat­ed mul­ti agency op­er­a­tion has dis­rupt­ed a group of in­di­vid­u­als in­for­mal­ly re­ferred to as the “Tall Boots Crew”, be­lieved to be be­hind a se­ries of home in­va­sion in­ci­dents across Cen­tral Trinidad.

Po­lice say the group op­er­at­ed in Cunu­pia, Las Lo­mas, Ch­agua­nas, Freeport and Long­denville over the past sev­er­al weeks and is linked to ap­prox­i­mate­ly 24 re­port­ed home in­va­sions with­in the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion and sur­round­ing ar­eas.

Of­fi­cers car­ried out the op­er­a­tion on Sat­ur­day 2nd May, 2026, in­volv­ing per­son­nel from the Home In­va­sion Team (HIT), Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment (CID), Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force, Guard and Emer­gency Branch, Ca­nine Unit and the In­ter Agency Task Force (IATF).

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the ex­er­cise re­sult­ed in the ar­rest of two sus­pects, while four oth­ers were fa­tal­ly wound­ed in sep­a­rate vi­o­lent con­fronta­tions with re­spond­ing of­fi­cers.

Po­lice iden­ti­fied the de­ceased as Mikhail Guiseppe, of Wa­ter­hole, Co­corite, whose age is pend­ing con­fir­ma­tion; Davion Guiseppe, 30, of Lee Trace, North Cunu­pia; Kevin John, with fur­ther de­tails pend­ing; and one ad­di­tion­al male whose iden­ti­ty has not yet been es­tab­lished.

The TTPS says in­ves­ti­ga­tions re­main on­go­ing and are at a sen­si­tive stage, adding that fur­ther de­tails will be pro­vid­ed when it is op­er­a­tional­ly ap­pro­pri­ate.

As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Richard Smith, of the Crim­i­nal Di­vi­sion, said the Ser­vice re­mains com­mit­ted to iden­ti­fy­ing, tar­get­ing and dis­man­tling crim­i­nal groups that threat­en the safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty of com­mu­ni­ties.