May 7, 2009
Star News

THUGS TAX LOTTO SCAMMERS - Con artists paying big extortion money
“ Law-abiding Jamaicans are not the only ones facing heavy taxes as THE STAR has learnt that lotto scammers from at least one community in Montego Bay, St James, are having a hard time enjoying their loot as thugs from the neighbourhood..... read more
KARTEL NO-SHOW AT COURT

Black River: Deejay Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer was a no-show at the Black River Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, where he should have appeared in a civil case brought against him by radio personality GT Taylor. ...

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UWI students beat alleged thief

A man who ventured on to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus in his quest to steal a laptop on Tuesday night received the beating of his life after a group of students accosted him.

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Woman held with drugs in TV

A woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into the island by hiding it in a television, told the court that she was asked to take the TV to Jamaica by a friend. Christine Blair, 36, from Whitehouse, Westmoreland, appeared in the Corporate Area...

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Suspect turns self in

A suspect wanted in connection with a recent double murder in Seaview, St Andrew, has turned himself in to the Hunts Bay police on Monday. His name is being withheld pending the outcome of a scheduled identification parade later this week.

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'Lover boy' released

WESTERN BUREAU: A no order was made in the case against a man whose alleged obsession with a woman may have led him to break into her house to steal photographs of her, after the complainant failed to attend court...

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A clean conscience and a hard sentence

A former security guard, who was charged with stealing, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The accused man, Ripton McKenzie, pleaded guilty to the charge ...

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One year for robbery

WESTERN BUREAU: Alroy Davis, who along with two other men, robbed a female security guard of $200,000 last August, was sentenced to 12 months at hard labour in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday....

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Men implicated in murder case remanded

WESTERN BUREAU: Two men who were recently implicated in the 2006 murder of a man in Mount Carey, St James were remanded in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday....

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Grandmother of 5 seeking help

At 61 years old, Irene Johnson has no job but she still has to provide for herself and her five granddaughters during this present economic crisis.

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Double trouble for accused

A 21-year-old man, accused of breaking into a car and stealing two cellular phones, stunned the court when it was revealed that he had a pending shooting matter in the Circuit Court, as well as another simple larceny charge...

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