Cop briber to be sentenced
A man who tried to use $4000 to bribe himself out of receiving a ticket for a traffic violation, found himself on the wrong side of the law after he was arrested and brought to court for the offence....
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Kidnapped woman freed
A St Andrew woman who was on Wednesday kidnapped by two armed men who later demanded ransom from her family, was freed on Thursday, unharmed....
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Sizzla released from lock-up
Popular reggae artiste Sizzla Kalonji was yesterday released by the St Andrew Central police after he was arrested on Wednesday following reports that gunshots were fired at a group of persons at a river in August Town...
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Ganja smoker fined $100
A man who was brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday for possession of marijuana, told the court that he smokes because his daughter was shot last year and he was still in pain....
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Stone thrower gets one-year probation
A 19-year-old man who fractured the arm of a one-month old baby when the stone he threw at his mother missed and hit the baby instead, was sentenced to one year's probation ...
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Squatters removed - Shops along Gregory Park main road dismantled
Persons who occupied a piece of land along the Gregory Park main road in Portmore had their shops broken down by the Portmore Municipal Council. The enforcement team, accompanied by members of the police force...
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NEWS BRIEFS
MAN DIES IN MOTOR TRUCK MISHAP - Fifty-five year-old Henry Dickens of Seville Heights, St Ann, was killed when he was crushed by a truck along the Exchange main road in the parish on Thursday.
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