Police injured, alleged gunman killed in shoot-out
Spanish Town: A policeman was injured while an alleged gunman was killed during a shoot out along St. John's Road, St. Catherine, yesterday. An illegal gun was also seized by the lawmen after the incident.
Alleged gunman identifed
Spanish Town: An 18-year-old man who was shot and killed by the police on Sunday after he allegedly pointed a Taurus revolver at a police party has now been identified. He is Germain Brown, of McCooks Pen, St Catherine.
67-year-old woman burnt to death
An elderly ST. THOMAS woman died in a fire which destroyed her four-bedroom house, in White Horses, on Sunday. Dead is 67-year-old Blanch Hufman.Reports are about 3:20 a.m., neighbours saw fire coming from a section...
Accused rapist gets 10 years
Shouts of "the blood of Jesus" recently forced a 44-year-old man to flee from the house of a 13-year-old girl whom he attempted to rape after she had her bath. But while the man fled then, he was obviously determined to carry out his attack...
Former caretaker remanded
Former People's National Party caretaker for North West, St. Elizabeth, Lloyd Myrie, was remanded in custody yesterday when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on carnal abuse charges.
Woman on assault charge gets bail
A 28-year-old woman, who has been in custody since last November facing a charge of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, after she allegedly doused her 84-year-old stepmother with Gramoxone, was last Thursday offered bail...
Men held in credit card scam
westmoreland: The Savanna-la-Mar police last Monday made a sizeable dent in a credit card scam which has been plaguing western Jamaica, when they arrested and charged three St. James men. Charged with obtaining goods by false pretence...
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