January 18, 2010
Star News

Blind man beats robber - Thief knocked out during armed attack
“A 24-year-old man from Old Harbour, St Catherine, is probably wishing he could have seen what was about to happen to him after he was hit in the head twice and knocked unconscious by a blind man who he allegedly tried to rob. . read more
Preliminary report on cop's death expected soon

A preliminary report on the incident in which a lawman was accidentally shot dead by one of his colleagues in Montego Bay, St James on Saturday, is expected to be handed to Acting Commissioner...

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COP SHOT DEAD - Killed by gunman waiting behind house

Another policeman was shot dead yesterday, during an encounter with gunmen in Cherry Tree, near Denbigh in the Clarendon division. Special Constable Clive Virgo from the May Pen police, was killed when he and other lawmen...

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Man remanded for attempted theft

A man who told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday that he is temporary homeless, was given a two weeks stay in prison when he was remanded for attempting to steal a computer from a law...

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Superintendent freed of constable's death

Superintendent Yvonne Martin-Daley was freed in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday for the death of Constable Mark Needham. Martin-Daley was freed following a successful no-case submission by her lawyer Anthony Pearson.

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Cops seek public's help in gun murder

The Major Investigations TaskForce is seeking the public's assistance in solving the gun murder of an unidentified man whose body was found in an open lot at Athena Place, Queensbury, Kingston 19 on Saturday.

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GRIEF AFTER WOMAN'S KILLING - Community mourns tragic loss

Residents of the Glenco Housing Scheme in Santa Cruz, St.Elizabeth, are in mourning, following the tragic death of one of their own. The residents are still in shock following news of the death of Rosemarie Blackwood...

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Man charged with son's death remanded

A 45-year-old man was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court Friday for allegedly been involved in his son's death. The accused man was identified as Ian Brown of a Kingston address...

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Woman fined for passport fraud

A woman accused of tampering with a passport in order to get passage back to Europe, was fined $112,000 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court last Thursday.

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Twenty-eight-year-old woman missing

Twenty-eight-year-old Peta-Gaye Graham of Gusford Road, Greendale, Spanish Town has been reported missing from home since Saturday, January 9. She is of brown complexion, slim build and about 168 centimetres...

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News Briefs

MAN STABBED TO DEATH - A 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed during adispute with another man at Barbican Square, Barbican Road, Kingston 6 Saturday. Dead is Allan Johnson of Washington Drive, Drumblair, Kingston 8....

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Three in custody for robbing man

Two teenagers and a 21-year-old man who are accused of stealing an iPhone and $20,000 from a man, were all remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court last Thursday.

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