Cop shoots cop
Vendors and shoppers were sent scurrying for cover on Saturday, when two policemen, who mistook each other for gunmen, had a daring shoot-out in the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland, THE STAR understands.
When the dust settled...
Community service for Salvation Army fence
An 18-year-old boy was sentenced to 240 hours of community service after he was caught receiving items stolen from the Salvation Army earlier in December. Christopher Palmer, of a Harbour View address, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property...
Fix-it : This is utter rubbish!
AS PART of our mission to be the People Paper, THE WEEKEND STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will focus on a particular area until the problem....
Teen caught with illegal gun
Thanks to a joint military-police operation in St. Catherine, another illegal weapon has been removed from our nation's streets. A 14-year-old youth was one of two persons arrested and charged last night for breaches of the Firearms Act...
Three 'Stone Crushers' killed
Three members of the notorious Montego Bay-based Stone Crusher gang were shot dead early Thursday morning during a joint military-police operation in St. Ann. One of the dead men, identified only as 'Damion' was reportedly wanted in connection with the mu
Cops freed of corruption charges
spanish town: Two Special Constables were freed of corruption charges in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. However, only one was released as the other is currently serving 15 years on gun charges.
Bootleggers busted
western bureau: Two men, who the St. James police charged with breaches of Copyright Act, were fined a total $119,000 when they appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Denton Bennett, 26-year-old security guard...
Accused gets mad over money
western bureau: "I am executioner Sterling, Senator sworn in by the former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson," was what a man told Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry on Wednesday when he appeared before the Montego Bay RM Court to answer a charge of malicious.
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