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Two arrested in murder probe

Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of two men on Olympic Way in Kingston 11 last October.

Leroy Burrell, 24, otherwise called, ‘Demar Minto’ and ‘Calibre’, a fisherman of no-fixed address, has been charged jointly with Lennox Williams, 34, otherwise called, ‘Skillfoot’ of Barbados Road, Kingston 11.

Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about 6:50 p.m., 47-year-old Andrew Clarke, otherwise called ‘Boom’, a businessman of Olympic Way, and 48-year-old Gilbert Wade, a labourer of Third Street in Kingston 12, were in a group of persons when gunmen approached and opened gunfire hitting them.

Clarke and Wade were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Following investigations, Burrell and Williams were arrested and later charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Teen charged with wounding

Nineteen-year-old Sivan Pearson, labourer of Duxes district, Point Hill, St Catherine was charged with wounding with intent after he was implicated in the chopping injury of a man in the community on December 18.

Reports are that about 9 p.m., the complainant was walking along a dirt track when he heard the accused call out his name.

He reportedly then turned to look, and was chopped in the face by the accused with a machete. He was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.

Pearson was arrested and charged on Sunday.

Road work to affect Camp Road

Starting today, the National Works Agency (NWA) will begin applying the final layer of asphalt to the reconstructed section of Camp Road, St Andrew between Tom Redcam Drive and the Gun Court.

The work is expected to be completed by Thursday.

Stephen Shaw, communication manager at the NWA, said the works will be done between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day.

In total, some 710 metres of road surface will be repaved along both Camp and Arnold Roads.

Shaw said that the roadway is to be permanently marked at a later date. Traffic signals have already been installed at the Camp Road/Arnold Road intersection.

NSWMA finalising disposal regulations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) said it is in the process of finalising three seminal pieces of secondary legislation to guide the manner in which certain waste are disposed.

The proposed regulations deal with disposal at solid waste facilities; disposal of hazardous waste such as electrical equipment; and public cleansing.

The NSWMA said the Public Cleansing Regulations aim to prohibit the wanton discarding of solid waste from public and private transportation, littering, and prohibiting the deposit of solid waste and noxious substances in watercourses.

The framework also proposes the establishment of a licensing regime for the operation of solid waste facilities.

Senior cops transferred

The Police High Command has announced the transfer of several gazetted officers.

The transfers are as follows:

Effective January 1, 2020

• Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Clinton Laing moves to the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) from the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB).

• ACP McArthur Sutherland moves to IPROB from the CIB.

Effective January 20, 2020

• Superintendent Howard Chambers will move from the Kingston Western Division to the Specialised Operations Branch.

• Superintendent Marlene Wilson-Christie moves from the St Thomas Division to the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ)

• Superintendent Aaron Fletcher moves from the St Andrew South Division to the St Thomas Division.

• Superintendent Dwight Powell will take up duties at the Ports Division from the Trelawny Division.

• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Liscal Williams is being transferred from the CIB to the Portland Division.

• DSP Berrisford Williams will take up duties at the St Andrew Central Division. He will move from the St Ann Division.

• DSP Paul Bernard is being transferred to the St Catherine North Division from the Clarendon Division.