Licensed gun holder in trouble due stone throwing woman

  A 44-year-old customer service manager of a St James address was charged with assault at common law, unlawful wounding and illegal possession of a firearm following an incident in Rhyne Park in the parish on Independence Day, August 6. Reports from the Montego Bay police are that about 4pm, the complainant and another woman…

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Top Criminal DRMA charges filed in parish court in 2021

  The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on the country’s justice system with breaches of the Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) (DRMA) Act, 2021, and related charges heading the list of the three most frequent criminal charges filed in the parish courts during the year. The other two were assault occasioning bodily harm and…

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30 left homeless as firebombs & shots rain in central Kingston

  Over 30 people were left homeless after a fire gutted several homes in Central Kingston on Monday.

 Initial reports coming from sources in the community are that the fire that destroyed the houses in sections of Smith Lane and James Street was believed to be started by criminals.   A few residents claim that…

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A 14 year old girl from St James is reported missing

  An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Tia Jackson of Tucker district, St. James who has been missing since Friday, August 05. She is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 152 centimetres (5 feet) tall. Reports are that Tia was last seen at her home at about 10:00 am wearing a…

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Mobay robbery foiled after cops intersect robbers

  Three men were arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm following an incident at a supermarket in Orange Lane, Montego Bay, St James on July 31. Charged are: Doni Malcolm, 25, otherwise called ‘CJ’, of Paradise Row; Nathan Campbell, 29, otherwise called ‘Bubinile’, a chef also of Paradise Row;…

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Grounds keeper shot dead at funeral home

  The Westmoreland police have launched a probe into the killing of a Westmoreland Municipal Corporation employee who was gunned down in his Savanna-la-Mar community while on his way to work Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Adrian Samuels of Dalling Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Reports are that about 5:30am, Samuels, who works…

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Suspected killer shot by cops moments after committing a murder

  The man who was fatally shot during a reported shootout with police in Central Village has been identified. The deceased is Devon ‘Blender’ Brown. Police said Brown was a person who was featured on the police’s most wanted list recently. His name was also posted on Jamaica Constabulary Force’s  Wanted Wednesday platform on social…

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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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