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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:58:07 -0500
Two security guards charged for stealing from workplace
Suzette Nugent Hunter, 49 and Earl Wilson, 45, security guards of St Catherine addresses have both been arrested and charged for warehouse breaking and larceny. Reports are that on August 1 Hunter and Wilson who were employed as unarmed...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:46:27 -0500
Jamaica will follow WHO guidelines in administering COVID-19 booster shots
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry will continue to be guided by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it relates to administering coronavirus (COVID-19 booster shots. Speaking in the House of Representatives....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:33:45 -0500
Training for testing of local variants of COVID-19 being finalised
Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, says training arrangements are being finalised to facilitate local testing for COVID-19 variants. Jamaica acquired a genome sequencing machine to test for COVID-19 variants in late October. It is....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:55:33 -0500
JUTA operator charged in connection with cocaine seizure
Kirk Lewis, 45, a JUTA operator from Manchester has been charged by detectives assigned to the Narcotics Division in connection with the seizure of a quantity of cocaine. The Narcotics Police reports that about 6:35 pm on Wednesday, November 24...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:42 -0500
Mourners, workers clash over hole at Meadowrest
A melee between mourners and several workmen at Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine over the size of a hole has left several persons reportedly nursing gunshot and stab wounds, according to the police's Corporate Communications Unit. The.....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:32 -0500
After witnessing birth of his child ... Dad has new-found love and respect for women
Kevin Wilson, a resident of Lenwood Path off West Bay Farm Road in St Andrew, said he has a new-found love and respect for women and the police after watching his babymother, Tasheka Wright, give birth to their son at home last Thursday....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:34 -0500
Murder suspect facing extradition escapes lock-up
A murder suspect who St Lucian authorities are seeking to have extradited escaped from the Central Kingston Police Station lock-up yesterday morning. The man, Orville Purnell, is of a light-skinned complexion with a dreadlock hairstyle. The 27-......

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:39 -0500
Man gunned down close to police station
A brazen daylight murder carried out by armed men in Anchovy, St James, on Wednesday, turned into a heated gun battle and high-speed chase between the police and the gunmen. The chase ended along the Bogue main road in Montego Bay, as the gunmen.....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:43 -0500
Second shooting at gas station in 10 days
Some residents and small business owners in Jackson Town, St Andrew, are now fearing the worst for their Christmas after a man was shot at a Red Hills Road gas station, more than a week after two men were killed at the same spot. One resident...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:40 -0500
Cop’s green shirt catches Blackman’s eyes
The chief investigator in the Clansman-One Don Gang case yesterday recalled that when he first saw reputed leader Andre 'Blackman' Bryan he was shocked by his appearance. "Looking at his structure, I was saying a yuh a di don fi Jones Avenue," he....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:38 -0500
Husband pays dearly for hitting wife
A man who was remanded last week for wounding his wife was sentenced to one-year probation yesterday when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Carlton Stephenson, 57, had previously pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding. The...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:37 -0500
Self-taught mechanic keeps weed whackers buzzing
Nyron Fyffe used to walk at least a mile from his home in Above Rocks, St Catherine, every day in 2013 to get transportation to the Corporate Area where he sold ground provision and coconuts. But one day he approached a disgruntled man whose weed.....

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:36 -0500
Westmoreland gangster convicted
Isiah Perry, a man who the police describe as a top-tier member of the Westmoreland-based Kings' Valley Gang, was found guilty of four criminal charges in the Home Circuit Court on Monday. Perry, otherwise called 'Cat', was Westmoreland's most......

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:33 -0500
Suspected thieves held in Portmore
Three persons, including a teenage boy, were nabbed and an illegal firearm seized by a patrol team in the vicinity of the Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine, on Monday. Reports are that the vehicle with the armed men aboard was...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:30 -0500
Please, help me find my dad - Errol Kennedy’s disappearance has family worried
Rushelle Kennedy has always looked forward to spending Christmas with her father, Errol Kennedy. For her, Christmas is a time when family come together for food and in fun-filled atmosphere and reminiscing about the golden moments of the past,...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:29 -0500
‘Insta Boss’ family hails justice system as ex-cop sentenced to life imprisonment
Four years after her son, Kriston 'Insta Boss' Pearson, was gunned down by a policeman's bullet at Sorrow Lawn in Trinity, St Mary, Carolyn Proudlove and her family are lauding the country's justice system. Her son's killer, Oshane Thompson, a...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:02:27 -0500
Woman robbed after refusing to play cards
A man who admitted that he stole $16,000 from a woman who did not want to play a card game was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Michael Downer pleaded guilty to simple larceny. The court.....

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:45:49 -0500
King Valley gang member found guilty
Isiah Perry, a reputed top-tier member of the Westmoreland-based King's Valley Gang, was found guilty of several charges when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court on Monday, November 29. The investigative team has been commended by the head of...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:13:43 -0500
Jamaican fugitive escapes again
Orville Purnell, 27, of Belgium Road, Buff Bay in Portland escaped custody from the Central Police lock-up on Wednesday, December 2021. Purnell was awaiting extradition to St Lucia. Purnell was first arrested on a warrant in St Lucia for alleged...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 05:02:43 -0500
Ganja hidden in ice
A waitress who was caught trying to smuggle ganja into a police lock-up in the Corporate Area was ordered to serve community service when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Judith Saunders-Johnson pleaded guilty......



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