Woman pleads guilty to assault
ELAINE REID-THOMPSON will be praying during the next month that a 10-year-old child that was hit with a piece of block in the head does not die. Reid-Thompson, 39, of a Kingston 11 address pleaded guilty to the charge of assault...

Ailing woman fined for drug trafficking
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE HER HUSBAND being imprisoned in England on drug charges, a London woman decided to take the chance herself and tried to smuggle 3.63kg (8lb) of ganja out of the island last month.

Man held with fake US dollars
WESTERN BUREAU: A ST. JAMES man who was stopped and searched by the police along Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay on Tuesday is now facing a charge of possession of counterfeit money after US$3,100 was found in his pockets.

Several injured in attempted car theft
A MAN'S ATTEMPT to steal a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) from a temporary worker at the WINDALCO Bauxite plant in Ewarton, St. Catherine, ended when police intercepted the car which had crashed into a white Toyota Corolla motor car.

Phony cop charged with stealing squad car
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth charged with stealing a police car and impersonating the police appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The teen appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle...

Community leader gets four years for ganja
A MAN DESCRIBED as a community leader in the Waltham Park area in St Andrew, was sentenced to fours years imprisonment at hard labour after he attempted to export 6 1/2 pounds of ganja to England.