May 22, 2009
Star News

50-Y-O FORCED TO DRINK ACID - Woman dies after also being attacked with pot
“The cops now have in custody a Tivoli man who they allege forced a woman to drink acid and beat her in the head with a Dutch pot. Rhona Graham, 50, who was also a Tivoli resident, died in hospital a week after.... read more
Woman charged after leaving children at home alone

The August Town police recently charged a woman after she was accused of leaving her five children alone at home. At first the situation sounds simple, but it becomes disheartening as the children...

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Elderly on wounding charge granted bail

An elderly man, accused of joining his son in an attack that resulted in the loss of the complainant's hand, was granted bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...

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Ascot students log on to laptop project

By now, students at Ascot High should be logging on to a new stage in their development. Kevin Wallen of Students Expressing Truth (SET), a programme that was developed in the island's penal institutions and instituted at Ascot...

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Double murder in Flankers

man and his girlfriend were shot dead by unknown assailant/s at their home at Seaview, Flankers, St James, on Wednesday night. Dead are Toussaint Cummings, 30, and 19-year-old Shamio Ladrick.

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$750,000 fine for drug courier

A man, who told the court that he was trying to help his impoverished family when he imported cocaine into the island, was fined $750,000 and given a mandatory nine-month sentence in the Corporate Area ...

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Baby boy taken from pit latrine

A newborn boy was taken from a pit latrine at a church at St D'Acre district, Alexandria, St Ann, on Wednesday. The mother of the infant is being sought by the police...

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Good Samaritan granted bail

The man who was allegedly rescued by West St Thomas Member of Parliament James Robertson and taken to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been offered $500,000 bail with one or two sureties.

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Gunshots hit tourists' car

Six Canadian tourists experienced the shock of their lives yesterday afternoon when they got caught in a shooting incident while in a line of traffic on the Spanish Town main road in Kingston.

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Woman flees with thugs' $5m

The disappearance of a woman and $5 million in cash have sparked tension among thugs from Waterhouse and Wilton Gardens, more popularly known as 'Rema', both in St Andrew, police sources say.

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St Elizabeth man jailed for stalking 14-y-o

BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: A St Elizabeth man was yesterday sentenced to three months at hard labour for stalking a 14-year-old female student of an all-age school in the parish. Thirty-eight-year-old Conrod 'Fonto' Josephs...

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Family searches for missing soldier

The family of Travis Saunders, a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who went missing in February 2009, is still hoping for the best, despite some three months passing without any word from him.

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St Ann fire department cuts down on hazards

The St Ann department of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is working hard to minimise the outbreak of fires in the parish, according to the officer in charge, Louiston Gooden.

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Alleged child molester gets bail

A 26-year-old man who was accused of fondling a 10-year-old girl was granted bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently.

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