Inland Revenue clerk shot dead
ST. ELIZABETH: DWAYNE SCOTT, 20, a clerk employed to the Inland Revenue Department in Black River was shot dead at his home at Lovers Lane, New Town, in the capital at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

17-year-old trial for Family Court
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE OF a 17-year-old boy, who is charged with rape, has been transferred to the Family Court for trial. The juvenile, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, is alleged to have raped an 18-year old woman...

Mother searches for missing boy
INDEPENDENCE DAY LAST month was a joyous occasion for many Jamaicans who celebrated the country's freedom, but for Marcia Richards it was the day her son ran away from home. Since August 6, Richards, who lives in Papine, St. Andrew...

Kidnapped men rescued
TWO PEOPLE WHO were kidnapped by four men from a hotel car park in Negril, Westmoreland on Saturday, were rescued on Wednesday night during a police operation. One of the alleged kidnappers was shot dead and a firearm seized...

Sisters on murder charge granted bail
ST. ELIZABETH: TWO SISTERS CHARGED with the murder of Holden 'Owen' Nembhard of Barbary Hall district in St. Elizabeth, were on Tuesday granted $700,000 bail each in the Santa Cruz RM Court...

Messenger on buggery charge to face court
BERT WILLIAMS, THE Christian man charged with buggery, is expected to appear in the Home Circuit Court on September 23 for trial. Williams, a messenger, is charged with the buggery of five boys.

Generator thief gets six months
CLARENDON: RICHARD BLAKE, 28, was sentence to six months hard labour in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's Court before Senior RM Glen Brown on Monday. Blake, from Sandy Bay district, Clarendon was found guilty of larceny.

Businessman pleads guilty to defrauding Judy Mowatt
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, CMC: A MAN ACCUSED of defrauding Jamaican artiste Judy Mowatt of more than US$20,000 (J$1.2 million) pleaded guilty when he appeared in a Corporate Area court on Wednesday.

Accused 'masked stabber' remanded
WESTERN BUREAU: NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Nevlon Buchanan, of Norwood, in St. James, who is accused of attacking and inflicting 19 stab wounds on another man, was denied bail on Thursday when the case against him was first heard...

Man wanted for murder captured
ST. ELIZABETH: A MAN WHO was wanted for murder, but was on the run from the Black River police, was captured in Bull Bay, St. Andrew on August 31. He is Rohan Taylor, 24, labourer of Croft Ford district, St. Elizabeth...