August 7, 2009
Star News

Cops say... 14-year-old PREGNANT FOR 53-Y-O BLIND MAN
“A blind 53-year-old shopkeeper is now in police custody after he was accused of getting a 14-year-old girl pregnant. It is further alleged that the man was in a sexual relationship with the minor since she was 12 years old. . read more
A Gala Affair

Many Jamaicans, clad in their traditional black, green, and gold outfits, came out to embrace the excitement surrounding the the much-anticipated Independence Day Float Parade yesterday....

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Hairdresser shot dead in Little London

The Little London police are yet to establish a motive for the murder of a 37-year-old hairdresser who was shot dead and her house torched on Wednesday morning.

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Man killed in alleged shoot-out with police

A man was killed and a firearm recovered from him in a shoot-out with the police along Fiddies Road, Kingston 13 on Wednesday. The dead man has not yet been identified.

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Five in custody

Five persons including a female, said to be the sister of St Elizabeth's most-wanted man, were taken into custody following operations in Warminster and Leeds districts in the parish on Wednesday.

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Luciano will face trial on October 20

The trial date was set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday following a hearing at which the singer was absent.

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Accused faces court for assault

A man accused of using a stick to beat a child and then assaulting his mother was dragged before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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Cops buckle under an upsurge of murders

The St Catherine North police continue to buckle under an upsurge of murders with nine persons being killed in the last three days, bringing to 89 the number of persons killed in the division since January....

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Man remanded for stealing cellphone

WESTERN BUREAU: A man who allegedly stole a cellular phone from a woman was remanded and trial date set for September 24 when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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Body found with stab wounds

The body of Leon McCalla of Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, was found in Spring Village in the parish yesterday with what appeared to be stab wounds - almost a week after he went missing....

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