Alleged motor thief offered bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A man who was allegedly held in possession of a motor that had been reported missing in Montego Bay, St James, was offered bail in the sum of $180,000 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday...
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'Back-To' residents protest against police shooting
Angry residents of Majesty Gardens, also called 'Back-To' in St Andrew, yesterday staged a protest against what they say was the unfair shooting of a young boy by the police.
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Man receives hefty fines for drug
WESTERN BUREAU: "I hope you have come with your pockets full of money," Resident Magistrate Wilson Smith told a man before he imposed fines amounting to more than $250,000 for drug-related charges in the Montego Bay...
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Four shot, one fatal
Four persons were shot, one fatally, by unknown assailant/s at a bar on Molynes Road, Kingston 20, on Tuesday. Dead is 41-year-old Alphanso Small otherwise called 'Got-to-go'...
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PMI presents back-to-school packages
The St James Peace Management Initiative (PMI) on Monday presented 346 students drawn from 11 inner-city communities in Montego Bay with back-to-school gift packages. The students who were enrolled at primary...
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WANTED MAN HELD BY KARATE EXPERTS
A notorious con man, who had eluded the Newport West police for months, was captured and handed over to the lawmen by five martial-arts specialists on Tuesday evening. The man, identified as Renford Soares, is now in police custody.
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'Bungles' says conspiracy being plotted against him
Superintendent Harry Daley yesterday told the court that he believed that a conspiracy against him was being plotted for the last 11 years. Under further cross-examination by the Assistant Director ...
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Man steal parts from Claro cell site
A man who the pleaded guilty to stealing parts from a Claro cell site told the court that he had a bad drug habit which had caused his deviant behaviour. Egbert Smart, unemployed of Chambers Lane, Spanish Town, St Catherine...
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Construction worker on wounding charge remanded
WESTERN BUREAU: A construction worker, who allegedly chopped a co-worker he believed was withholding money from him, was remanded when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
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Ganja vegetable lands woman in court
A ST Catherine woman who took a bowl of rice and peas and chicken with ganja vegetable to a prisoner, found herself in trouble with the law and is scheduled to face the court to answer to charges....
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Criminals rob drinks and alcoholic beverages from storeroom
Crafty criminals broke into the storeroom of a 58-year-old businessman in Pittersfield district, Westmoreland, last week and made off with some $50,000 worth of drinks and alcoholic...
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Inmate stabbed to death
A 38 year-old inmate of the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre was stabbed to death by another inmate at the facility on Tuesday. Dead is Ivan Brown of Kidd Lane, Kingston 13.
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