Gunshot victim seeks help
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2005, started out as a normal day for 16-year-old Hubert Bartley. He visited his friends off Old Harbour Road, St. Catherine, gave money to 'run a boat' and watched television.

Sexual molestation case put off until January
THE MOTHER, BROTHER and stepfather who reportedly are before the courts after a 14-year-old relative was sexually molested will return to court on January 4. The accused men, a 19-year-old unemployed youth and a 39-year-old, all of Kingston 8...

Farmer contests drug charge
WESTERN BUREAU: A 69-YEAR-OLD farmer accused of attempting to smuggle 34 pounds of ganja out of the island, was granted bail when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Benjamin Gordon of Bethel Town...

Teacher charged with bigamy
SPANISH TOWN: ROHAN JOHNSON, A teacher charged with bigamy, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at hard labour in the St. Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday. The Crown led evidence that Johnson, 31, a teacher...

Two shot at bar in Montego Bay
THE ST. JAMES police are trying to decipher the motive for Wednesday's shooting of two persons at a bar on Market Street in Montego Bay. Reports say about 7 p.m., an employee at the popular bar went to the storeroom, and was accosted by a gunman...

Indecent assault case put off for the third time
WESTERN BUREAU: A THIRD TRIAL date was set in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for evidence to be heard in the case of a 40-year-old St. James man accused of indecently assaulting his 11-year-old daughter.

Four shot, one dead in twelve hours
IT WAS A busy period for law enforcers throughout the Corporate Area between last Wednesday night and Thursday morning with three persons being shot, one being murdered and one armed robbery.

Kingfish creating waves in the fight against organised crime
JUST ONE YEAR old, and already Operation Kingfish is creating waves in the fight against organised crime, as it is successfully putting a big dent in the criminal networks in Jamaica. With several organised criminal networks severely impacted...

Man killed in two-vehicle collision
ONE MAN WAS killed and two vehicles left overturned after they collided at the intersection of Hagley Park and Waltham Park roads on Tuesday. Shattered glass and a pool of blood were the remnants of the accident...

Cop hit, motorist shot during patrol
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A MOTORIST AND a police constable attached to the Spanish Town Police Station were hospitalised on Wednesday night from injuries received in an incident that started along the Young Street...

Murder accused denied bail
LIONEL THOMAS, WHO is accused of killing Cement Company supervisor Wayne Clarke, was denied bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas, who represents Thomas, filed a bail application...

Cuban fined for forgery
A CUBAN CHARGED with forgery, uttering false documents and breaching the Bail Act, must pay $500,000 in fines and will be deported. José Carlos De-Moya Hernandez, 19, first appeared in the Corporate Area...

Cops on extortion charge denied bail again
POLICE CONSTABLES Christopher Burton and Andrew Freeman, who are accused of extorting money from a businessman, were again denied bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently.

Man on simple larceny charge granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN ACCUSED of withdrawing $105,000 from at least two National Commercial Bank (NCB) customers' accounts, was granted bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.