Little shottas
A NUMBER Of children are being recruited and used to commit murders and other serious crimes, police investigations have discovered. The police said seasoned criminals are now turning to pre teens and teens...
Cops continue assault on extortion in 'Spain'
CONTINUING THEIR offensive against extortion in Spanish Town, the police took several men from the bus park into custody yesterday. The men, popularly known as 'back up men', were detained by a strong contingent of police.
Bus driver gets eight years for rape
A BUS CONDUCTOR who abducted two schoolgirls and sexually assaulted them two years ago was on Wednesday sentenced to a total of eight years' imprisonment. He is Junior Salmon, 23, of 11 Daffodil Avenue, Kingston...
'Karate Georgie' case dismissed
WESTERN BUREAU: POPULAR ST. JAMES policeman Corporal Clive 'Karate Georgie' Lawrence had his simple larceny case dismissed in the Montego Bay RM Court, yesterday. RM Winsome Henry dismissed the year-old case...
Man held with forged documents
WESTERN BUREAU: DAVID DIXON, WHO tried leaving Jamaica using a false document, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment suspended for two years, in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
The drawbacks to insuring property in Jamaica
TENANTS WHO ARE worried about losing contents in the event of disasters or accidents need not worry anymore as most insurance companies will cover the contents of the house. Checks by THE STAR revealed...
Brit on drug charge denied bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A BRITISH WOMAN before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on ganja charges was denied bail on Tuesday despite her claims that she is married to a Jamaican citizen living in Westmoreland.
No road for car thief
A MAN PLEADED guilty to stealing a motor car in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Tafari Tucker, 35, from Kingston 11, is to be sentenced on Tuesday for robbery with aggravation.
Men murdered in Portmore
TWO MEN WERE murdered on Wednesday in the Bridgeport area of Portmore, St. Catherine. The dead men have been identified as 17-year-old Richard McMaster, of Edgewater, Portmore, and a man only known as 'Warrior.'
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