Car-theft spree - Auto criminals run wild in Brown's Town
The Brown's Town police say two men have been taken into custody following a series of motor-vehicle thefts in the St Ann's community last Thursday and Friday in which three cars were stolen, one at gunpoint.

Man on bail for wire transfer
WESTERN BUREAU: A senior accounting clerk who is facing more than 54 counts of simple larceny and larceny as a servant charges was granted bail last Thursday when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

Ram thieves get jail time
Two men who were last week arrested and charged with larceny after they were caught with two ram goats valued at over $45,000 were remanded in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court recently.

Campbell charged with escaping custody
After being sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on April 11 for unlawful wounding, woun-ding to intent, robbery and possession of gun, Omar Camp-bell tried to escape only six months later from the Horizon...

Gregory Park residents breathe sigh of relief
RESIDENTS of Gregory Park, St Catherine, where two women were shot during the 'Gulf' gang's reign of terror last year, breathed a general sigh of relief last Thursday after the sentencing of Joseph...

Old stabber court date set
A November 20 mention date was set in the case of an elderly man who is accused of stabbing his housemate in the abdomen while both were at the Golden Age Home on St Joseph's Road, Kingston last month.

Loneliness blamed for fraud
"Your Honour, I beg you some leniency, I was doing it for my wife," Steven Lake told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. Lake pleaded guilty, with explanation, to conspiracy to deceive...

Salt Spring murder scene
WESTERN BUREAU: The community of Salt Spring in St James was the scene of a murder on Sunday night, in which a 23-year-old man was chased, shot and then tagged as a rapist by his killers.