UWI student escapes custodial sentence
A final year student at the University of the West Indies escaped a custodial sentence in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to drug charges.
Teen on murder rap faces court today
Formal charges have now been laid against the 15-year-old student of Frome Technical High School in Westmoreland. The teen is accused of being involved in an incident during which a female student of Petersfield High School...
Interior decorator gets bail
western bureau: An interior decorator who was charged with causing the death of a man along the Lilliput main road in St James was granted bail when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Mother in jail, son on the run
A mother languishes in jail, while her son, who she allegedly help to escape from a murder scene, remains at large. Charged with aiding and abetting murder and accessory after the fact is Debbie Myers...
Man attacked, murdered by thugs
western bureau: A man who police say was trying to preserve his girlfriend's dignity was attacked and murdered by a group of thugs in downtown Montego Bay Wednesday morning.
Man threatens witness denied bail
A man on a murder charge who is also accused of threatening a Crown witness denied the allegation in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Savage's guilty explanation
A man accused of destroying another man's car, told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court that the car was damaged while he was in the process of parting a fight.
17-year-old missing
Heather Lawson, 17, of South Haven, Yallahs, St Thomas, has been reported missing from her home since Tuesday. Heather is of fair complexion...
Vice-principal to be formally charged
Detectives from the Montego Bay Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said that formal charges are expected to be brought against the vice-principal implicated in a fatal stabbing in John's Hall, St James, next week.
Accused thief beaten to death
A man accused of breaking into a shop at White Hall in Negril, Westmoreland, was yesterday morning beaten and stabbed to death by a mob of angry residents.
Gas thief pleads not guilty to assault
Andrew Blake, a man accused of trespassing into a man's yard and using a hose to steal gas from his parked car, pleaded guilty to simple larceny in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Cops suspect robbery in elderly's death
The Mandeville police in Manchester are theorising that a 86-year-old man whose body was found on Waltham Road in the parish was robbed before he was killed.