16,000 PHONES STOLEN MONTHLY
Approximately 16,000 cell- phones are being stolen monthly from the users of Jamaica's two major network providers. Information released yesterday by Digicel Jamaica, one of the island's leading mobile networks...

Accused molester shot dead
An 18-year-old youth, who had been accused of molesting a five-year-old relative, was shot dead in Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday. It is believed that his death might have been a reprisal.

Case parked in night court - Defendant pleads guilty with explanation in parking-space squabble
A squabble over a parking space landed Charles Richards before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Richards appeared in court to answer to a charge of malicious destruction of property.

Body confirmed to be Ananda dean
Police have confirmed that the body of a young girl found in bushes in Belvedere, St Andrew, in late September, is that of 11-year-old Ananda Dean. Dean, who was a grade-six student of the Swallowfield All-Age School...

Fake soldier marches off with a suspended sentence
A woman accused of impersonating a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier for more than a year was given a suspended sentence when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...

Cockpit Country residents complete eco-tourism training
Residents from several districts in Trelawny say they can now approach the tourism and business sectors with new confidence, as they are more armed with the necessary business acumen to do so.

NHT employee charged with $10m fraud
The National Housing Trust employee accused of being behind a $10 million dollar racket at the agency has now been charged. Charged with conspiracy and obtaining money by fraud is 26-year-old Stacy-Ann Garvey.

Judge cuts student free
A student of the Holy Trinity high school, who was held with a knife, was admonished and discharged with a stern warning when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

High Pryce to pay
Andrew Pryce, the man accused of selling goods belonging to others to a business man in downtown Kingston, will have to wait until next Friday to have his case mentioned again...

'Importer' clears bail
Victor Hue Sang, a man accused of collecting over $700,000 under the pretence that he could clear a motor vehicle from the wharf, was granted bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday.