Police apprehends mastermind of 21 gun shipment

  A man who has been described as the suspected mastermind behind the illegal importation of 21 guns into the island in March of this year, was arrested in Ocho Rios, St Ann on Sunday, August 7, the police have reported. The man, whose identity is being withheld pending formal charges being laid against him,…

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A parked truck in trelawny leaves two dead after a car plucked into it

  Two persons – a man and a woman – died as a result of injuries they sustained in a motor vehicle collision along the Northern Coastal Highway in Falmouth,Trelawny on Sunday, August 7. The deceased have been identified as 31-year-old Cherylee Payne, a hairdresser of Lilliput, and 24-year-old Maurice Thomas of Rose Heights, both…

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One more motorcycle’s crash results in one dead in St Ann

  AA 28-year-old motorcyclist died as a result of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle crash along the Discovery Bay main road in St Ann on Thursday.  The deceased is Jeffery Broadie of Stewarts Castle, Duncans in Trelawny.  The police reported that at about 9pm, Broadie was driving a motorcycle along the roadway when…

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No bail says cops: on murder charges of St Andrew Man

  Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were on Friday denied bail on murder charges stemming from the killing of a tiler whose death allegedly resulted from his refusal to pay a bribe. Corporal Miguel Ebanks and Constable Purcell Carter appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.  The men are also…

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Armed robber held with stolen property after attack in Kingston

  Twenty-seven-year-old Mario Hinds, otherwise called ‘Panka’, of Pink Lane in downtown Kingston, has been arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm arising from an incident on Friday, July 29. Reports from the Elletson Road police are that about 7:25 pm, the complainant was walking home along with a young…

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Four injured two fatally in Manchester shooting

  Detectives assigned to the Major Investigation Division are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of two men and the injury of another man and a woman by unknown assailants in Manchester. The victims have been identified as 34-year-old Adrian Nation otherwise called ‘Blue’, a chef of 14th Street, Greenvale, Manchester, and a man…

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St James double shooting leaves one man dead said to be a humble man

  Grief struck Catherine Hall, Montego Bay in St James on Friday night after gunmen shot and killed a popular man from the area.  The deceased is 29-year-old Kemar Wilson, a cable technician. A teenager was also hit by stray bullets, and was hospitalised for his injuries.  According to the police, Wilson and other persons…

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Riverton city dump will be out of service, says holness

  After decades of posing a smoke nuisance and its attendant health risks to thousands of Corporate Area residents, the Riverton City dump off Spanish Town Road in St Andrew is to be decommissioned. The announcement was made on Friday by Prime Minister Andrew Holness during the special joint sitting of the Senate and House…

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Sizzla Affiliate Culture Shot And Killed At Singers Judgement Yard

 Sizzla Affiliate Culture Shot And Killed At Singers Judgement Yard Man found shot to death at Sizzla’s Judgement Yard identified as singer name Culture. The Jamaica Constabulary Force is investigating the circumstances of the death of a man whose body was found at Sizzla’s famous Judgment Yard in August Town. According to news reports, the…

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Manhunt Now On for 4 escapes from Ochi Rios police lockup

  A manhunt is underway for four prisoners who escaped from the Ocho Rios police lock-up in St Ann on Friday, August 5. Reports are that at about 1:00 am, police officers on duty performed routine cell checks. Shortly after, sounds were heard coming from the direction of the cell and the police went to…

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