RASTA, SCHOOL BATTLE
A verbal battle is brewing between the administrators of a Corporate Area prep school and a Rastafarian woman, who is accusing them of not only dismissing her because she taught patois, but also forcing her daughter to leave....
St Lucian drug dealer changes plea to guilty
WESTERN BUREAU: After maintaining her innocence to drug possession charges for the past six months, the 19-year-old St. Lucian changed her plea on Friday and was sentenced to 18 months in prison before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.
JCF seeks auto licence plate readers
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is seeking to get an Automated Licence Plate Reading System, to assist in identifying stolen motor vehicles and those used to commit crimes. Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, who made the announcement...
Mom hysterical when daughter remanded
Spanish Town: A woman who was in court to witness her 17-year-old daughter's case cried loudly when the girl was remanded on a charge of simple larceny. The woman became hysterical after RM Lorna Gayle remanded the teenager after the court...
No bail for would-be kidnappers
The four men who attempted to kidnap two Chinese nationals from the parking lot in Northside Plaza recently, were all remanded when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Hanover woman charged with murder
WESTERN BUREAU: Detectives attached to the Lucea CIB in Hanover have arrested and charged a woman with the murder of her husband. Charmane Chambers, 31-year-old housewife of March Town, near Green Island in the parish...
Ice pick juvenile taken into custody
A juvenile, who is alleged to have stabbed a bus conductor with an ice pick several times after he refused to give him $50, was yesterday remanded to a place of safety. Cons. Adrian Robinson told the court that on February 7...
Charged with robbing 'paperboys'
A Portmore resident has been slapped with charges of robbery with aggravation, shooting with intent, and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, after he was shot by police when he allegedly attempted to hold up two newspaper vendors...
Man shot at bus driver in hold-up
A bus driver and his passengers were lucky to escape with their lives after gunmen attacked and robbed them en route to Half-Way Tree from Portmore. Reports are that at about 7:40 on Tuesday night, two men posing as passengers boarded the bus...
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