Students charged with illegal possession of firearm
TWO STUDENTS WERE held and charged with illegal possession of firearm on Monday, in Bog Walk, St. Catherine. Police reports are that they had carried out a raid at 13 Lane, Church Road, Bog Walk, where the two teens, one 16 and the other 17 years old...

Help Dorothy find 'Nose'
STANLEY 'NOSE' HEADLAM has been missing since June 8, this year. According to his wife, Dorothy, "Him just walk outta di yard an go weh." She is especially concerned because her husband suffers from a mental disorder that has not yet been diagnosed....

Cop on soliciting charge granted bail
SPANISH TOWN: A POLICEMAN CHARGED with soliciting money was granted $20,000 bail when he appeared in the Spanish Town RM Court on Tuesday. He is Corporal Donovan Brown of the Spanish Town Police Station.

Adams praised by Spanish Town business sector
spanish town: THE RETURN OF Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams to duty is a welcome move, according to several business persons in the Spanish Town, St. Catherine, area. Mr. Adams was credited with bringing peace to the community some years ago.

Men accused of procuring a minor plead not guilty
TWO MEN CHARGED with procuring a 14-year-old girl to become a prostitute, pleaded not guilty in the Corporate Area RM Court on Tuesday. One of the accused, woodworker Agon Stephens, 52, from Love Street admitted a Caucasian man asked him...

Elderly woman perishes in fire
CLARENDON: THE CLARENDON POLICE are theorising that a fire that caused the death of Ivy Merchant, 73, of Water Lane in the parish on Monday, was as a result of an overturned kerosene lamp.

Man charged with murder to stand trial
FABIAN MCDERMOT, THE young man charged with the murder of teacher Delta Bailey in Manley Meadows, Kingston, last year, will soon be sent to trial. When McDermot appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday, the court was told...

Police searching for shooters in drive-by
THE ST. ANDREW South police are trying to find the persons behind the drive-by shooting of four people in Seaview Gardens on Monday night. Police reports are that at 8:15 p.m., four people, including a 14-year-old child, were standing along Caribbean...

Accused kidnapper refuses lawyer
STEVE MCCALLA, THE man accused of being the mastermind behind the kidnapping and robbery of two LOJ agents in March, was also the person who kidnapped president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Beverly Lopez in November 2000...