FEMALE 'SHOTTAS' PLAGUE RESIDENTS
group of female 'shottas' from Hanover has residents cowering in fear, THE STAR has learnt. Checks with residents and the police confirmed reports of the women's daring acts.
Risto Benji gets bail
Entertainer 'Risto Benji', who is charged with robbing a woman with a knife, was granted bail in the sum of $40,000 when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday...
STEPDAD ON BAIL FOR CARNAL ABUSE
A man accused of having a relationship with his 15-year-old stepdaughter and impregnating her, was granted bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
US$43.9 million enhancement project for Utech
Head of the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Social Sector Division, Yvonne Moses Grant, has said that institution was providing support for Jamaica as the country deals with the global financial crisis...
Alpart to make 900 workers redundant in May
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart ) will be making 900 workers redundant when it closes its operations in May. A release issued by the company yesterday, said: " ... Owing to the continuing severe decline...
Hit-and-run driver gets bail
A young man was on Friday brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to charges of dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident.
Man freed of rape after only getting to first base
A rape accused was freed by a jury after he said he had only fondled the complainant and made plans to have sex with her the next day. Troy Harris, 33, mechanic of Gayle, St Mary, was freed last Friday in the St Mary Circuit Court...
Game turns sour, costs man $5,000 fine
A game of ludo between two men turned ugly when one of them decided that losing was just not his thing. The ensuing brawl landed them before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Police kill two in shoot-out
Two of three men who reportedly challenged police in a gunbattle at Thompson Avenue, Buff Bay, Portland, yesterday, were fatally shot. They are Abraham Campbell, 27, and Craig Clarke, 21, both of Smith Avenue, Buff Bay...
RM fires off arrest warrants in Lutan Fyah's arson case
Bench warrants were ordered for the investigating officer and one of the complainants in the arson case against Anthony 'Lutan Fyah' Martin. When it was mentioned in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
Pump attendant charged with credit-card fraud
The police last week arrested and charged another pump attendant in relation to an ongoing scam at several service stations where unscrupulous employees copy and use the credit card of customers for fraudulent transactions...
Man remanded for breaching curfew
A St Catherine man, whom the police claimed was not at home during his curfew hours, was remanded for breaching a curfew order when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday....
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