ONE ORDER MEMBERS AT ODDS?
The St Catherine North police say members of the One Order gang are now at odds over extortion rackets being operated in the parish. The rift is being blamed for the death ...
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Five PEOPLE injured in three-vehicle collision
At least five people sustained injuries in a three-vehicle collision along the Flint River main road near Hopewell, Hanover last night. The WEEKEND Star was able to ascertain the correct names of only two of the victims...
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$400,000 ROBBED FROM THIEF - Held up and stabbed after he took money from couple
An alleged thief, who committed armed robbery at a house in Manchester, did not get to enjoy his spoils, as he became the victim of a similar act just moments later. THE WEEKEND STAR has learnt that the 24-year-old man...
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Cops caution Mavado
Popular deejay Mavado was yesterday cautioned by the police after residents of the 'Gully side', also known as Cassava Piece in St Andrew, protested against the postponement of his birthday bash.
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Man on assault charge runs from court
A man before the court for assaulting the mother of his children, made a mad dash from the courtroom after the Resident Magistrate ordered that he be remanded for behaving in a disrespectful manner...
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Mother and child doused with hot water
A 27-year-old woman accused of boiling a pot of water and using it to douse her mother and a two-year-old child, was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday on assault charges.
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Two years suspended sentence for child abandonment
A mother who reportedly left her children, including a one-year-old alone for an entire night, while she went to visit her boyfriend, was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for two years...
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Irate lover severs man's hand
Tradegy struckfor a young man who went to a 'set-up' in Cokers district, St Elizabeth, and danced with a girl. His hand was severed by another man who was apparently angry that he had danced with the girl.
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Teen shoots police commander in leg - Young thugs being sought
The search is on in Falmouth, Trelawny for two youngsters who THE weekend STAR understands are allegedly behind Tuesday night's shooting of a police officer. Reports are that sometime after 9 p.m., the policeman...
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Cop attacker still not charged
The man believed to be responsible for the attack on a policeman at Jamaica House on Wednesday evening has still not been charged. The man, it is alleged, slashed the throat of a policeman attached to the Protective Services Division...
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Blind man refuses to press charge against companion
The man whose eyes were allegedly gouged out by his male companion during a quarrel, yesterday told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court that he was not interested in pressing charges against the accused man...
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Witnesses fail to show in murder case
WESTERN BUREAU Witnesses in a case against a St James man who has been accused of killing his brother during an altercation have refused to appear in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court to give evidence...
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