Prefect robs school
An 18-year-old prefect from a Corporate Area high school and two minors were placed on 18 months probation yesterday when they appeared in the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to charges of computer theft. ...

Beware of stolen deadly pumpkins
A batch of pumpkins which was sprayed with deadly insecticides is now possibly available to consumers after they were stolen from a farm in Clarendon. The police have now issued a warning to citizens to be careful when purchasing the produce.

Jail not so sweet
WESTERN BUREAU - A man accused of stealing sugar from a warehouse spent his 24th birthday behind bars when he was ordered to remain in police custody on Wednesday in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

'Executioner Sterling' remanded
western bureau: "How yuh fi send the senator go back a jail without bail?" an accused man, said to be mentally ill, asked RM Winsome Henry after she remanded him for him to be seen by a psychiatrist. Newton Sterling, charged with malicious...

Twilight just after dawn - Mother plans funeral instead of birthday party
Eleven-month-old Brodrick 'Pharell' Wright never will get to attempt blowing out the candle on his birthday cake. Nor will he ever become the centre of attraction at what should have been his first birthday party.

No resources to fix 'rubble road'
AS PART of our mission to be the People Paper, THE WEEKEND STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will focus on a particular area until the problem...

Shoot-out over ganja
spanish town: The Riversdale police in St Catherine are still searching for a group of men who, they claimed, engaged them in a shoot-out when they found several pounds of cured ganja.

Wait, you're not Samantia
A woman who went to the United States Embassy with a fake passport to obtain a visa, was fined in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Cadesha Wilson, 27, house-keeper of All Man Hill, Above Rocks, St Catherine...

Law catches up with alleged stabber
western bureau: A security guard accused of stabbing another man confining him to a wheelchair, was remanded on Wednesday after his bail application was denied in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court. Delano Wilson, originally from Kingston...

Big fines for 'little draw'
western bureau: A St Thomas coffee farmer, caught on a public transportation with two pounds of ganja, was fined $10,000 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Carlton Graham pleaded guilty "with explanation" for possession...