February 10, 2012
Star News


Residents fear war...If don returns
“The possible release of Eldon Calvert, the man who is reputed to be the leader of the Stone Crusher gang, has reportedly caused tension in the Salt Spring community of St James, leaving residents fearing a bloody.... read more
WOMAN FORCES ORAL SEX ON 9-Y-O - Report claims she covered child's mouth with pillow

The police have arrested an 18-year-old girl after it was alleged that she forcibly performed oral sex on a nine-year-old girl, while covering up her mouth with a pillow to conceal her screams....

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Blaze leaves family homeless

Fairy Hill, Portland: Eight family members are now homeless after fire gutted their three-bedroom house at Fairy Hill, Portland, shortly after midday yesterday.

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'Micey Rat' recaptured

Thirty-year-old Tyrone Coley, who escaped police custody last year, was recaptured by cops in St Thomas on Wednesday night. Coley, who is also known as Micey Rat...

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'Livity' trial to continue at Gun Court

Leighton 'Livity' Coke, brother of former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, was remanded as his trial will continue in the Gun Court...

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Two arrested after ganja seizure

The St Elizabeth police on Wednesday arrested two men in the parish following the seizure of about 1,000 pounds of compressed ganja....

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Jamaican fugitive captured

A Jamaican fugitive who has been implicated in a 'major crime' in Chicago, and who is believed to have been on the run for 20 years, was arrested on Wednesday during a traffic stop, a report in The Grand Rapids News...

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Bleaching cream thief sentenced

There was an outburst of laughter in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday after a matter involving the theft of skin-lightening items from Super Valu was mentioned...

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Man pleads guilty to larceny charge

A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of Salada coffee from the Hi-Lo Food Stores in Cross Roads was fined $10,000 or six months in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

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Inmate pleads not guilty to charge

March 5 was the trial date set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday for an inmate who was allegedly found with a cellphone concealed in his underwear.

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After Patois forces judge to declare mistrial ... New trial to start for J'can on attempted-robbery rap

A new trial is expected to begin sometime this week after a judge granted a request for a mistrial in a case of an illegal immigrant from Jamaica accused of attempting to rob another man at knife-point nearly two years ago in Martinsburg...

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Man sentenced for phone theft

A man who pleaded guilty to larceny of a cellular phone was sentenced to three months' hard labour in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He is Isaac Aarons, a labourer of Spanish Town, St Catherine. ...

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Madman remanded

An obviously mentally ill man was led into the docks of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court on Wednesday to answer to charges of malicious destruction of property.

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New court date for cocaine case

The August 27 case of a teacher and his grandaunt who were arrested for cocaine inside instant chocolate will be mentioned again on February 14. Ryan Nembhard of London, England, and Verna Powell of Bull Savannah, St Elizabeth...

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