Naughty dad granted bail
western bureau: A 60-year-old man charged with sexually molesting his 16-year-old daughter was granted bail when he appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's court yesterday. It is uncertain, however, when he will take up his $100,000 bail offer...

Catching the Baites
western bureau: A 39-year-old Kingston man who obtained a Jamaican passport by using a false name was fined $150,000 after he pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday. Cornelius Baites admitted to uttering a forged...

Huge demand for RGD records
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, has reported that there was an 18 per cent increase in the demand for all types of documents processed by the department in 2006/07.

Two on murder charge get bail
western bureau: A preliminary enquiry date was scheduled in the matter against two St. James men, Carlton McNaughton and 57-year-old Roland Collins, who are facing a murder charge in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

Fraud document driver gets bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A man who was caught with a motor vehicle, for which no proper documentation can be located, was granted bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Twenty-seven-year-old Marlon Kerr of Darliston...

One more year in stripes for Zebra
He has already spent six years in jail, but popular entertainer Garfield Vassell, more commonly known as Zebra, will still have to wait for another year before he is eligible for parole. The earliest possible date for the deejay to be released...

Attorney-General soothes the media
Justice Minister A.J. Nicholson yesterday assured the leadership of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) that journalists will be allowed to carry out their professional duties in the courts unhindered.

Deportee jailed for three months
WESTERN BUREAU - A 44-year-old St. James taxi operator and deportee, who pleaded guilty to cocaine charges, was sentenced to three months in prison in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

Pakistani cops aid in Woolmer case
Some 30 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been working full-time on the investigation into the murder of Pakistani cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, in addition to two officers from the Pakistani police who arrived in the island...

Accused cigarette thief found guilty
Spanish Town: Horatio Heslop's JAW dropped in the St. Catherine Night Court on Feb 28 when he was found guilty of robbery with violence. Detective Corporal Craig Walker outlined that on January 28 this year, about 11 a.m....