ANGRY MAN CRAPS ON WOMAN'S LAWN
A St Catherine man was sentenced to 30 days hard labour in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to defecating in the yard of a woman with whom he had a disagreement....
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JCF plans to increase personnel
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is planning to increase personnel by 800 recruits this year. This would increase the size of the JCF to 9,200, and police complement to 13,000, including the additional 1,800 members...
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30 days for machete slap, nipple bite
A man who used a machete to slap his wife several times and bit her on her breast, almost detaching her nipple, will spend 30 days in jail. Desmond Pallache, charged with assault occasioning bodily harm...
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Cops seek baby's mom
The mother of a child who was abandoned at a bus stop along the Bog Walk Main Road in Linstead, St Catherine, on Tuesday, is being sought by the police.
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Preliminary inquiry into Portland accident to resume
Preliminary inquiry into the Portland accident which claimed the lives of 14 persons in December 2008 is to resume on February 12, following yesterday's adjournment.
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Gunmen attack family in Top Hill
With just a week gone in the new year, thugs in St James have started their blood quest, firebombing and spraying a house in Top Hill, St James, with bullets, killing a 29-year-old man and injuring his family.
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Woman facing murder charge deemed unfit to plea
Kareen Daley, a 30-year-old woman facing a murder charge in relation to the stabbing death of a man from Mona Commons, Kingston 6, was yesterday deemed unfit to plea when her matter was mentioned...
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Licensed firearm holder challenges robbers?
If the word on the street is correct, then a group of thugs who yesterday robbed a licensed firearm holder of approximately $110,000 received the shock of a lifetime when the victim challenged and shot...
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Judge warns attorneys
High Court Judge, Bertram Morrison, warned attorneys that justice will not be held ransom, while they come to court late and used tactics to stall trials. "With the long list that we have, I want to use this opportunity to implore the private Bar...
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Accused back hoe thief to be tried in RM court
A man accused of stealing a back hoe from his employer, scrapping it and then burying some of the pieces, is to be tried in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on April 8.
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Bail for mom on cruelty charge
A woman who is alleged to use boiling water to douse her 12-year-old daughter, was granted bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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Man gets suspended sentence for abuse
A man received a stern warning and a suspended sentence in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday for physically abusing his wife.
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Alleged carjacker in custody
One of two men who allegedly engaged the police in an alleged shootout yesterday, after being intercepted in a stolen car, was shot and injured.
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Man accused of slashing cop's throat faces court
The man accused of slashing the throat of a policeman at the entrance to Jamaica House on Hope Road in St Andrew in December last year, was yesterday deemed to be of unsound mind.
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