WESTERN BUREAU

Another of the 10 most-wanted men in St James is now in police custody, bringing to three, the number arrested since Sunday.

He has been identified as Anthony Christie, alias 'Bolo', 24-year-old of Bottom Pen, Glendevon, in the parish.

Christie was reportedly held by a police party about 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday as he stood with friends at Cross Roads in the Bottom Pen area.

The team was headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Area One, Clifford Blake, who has been transferred to the Mobile Reserve in Kingston. It is understood that Christie did not resist arrest.

connected to murders

According to reports, Christie was placed on the police most-wanted list after he was featured in a number of murder and shooting incidents committed in the parish.

The other wanted men in custody are Tadmar Anthony White, alias 'Kente', 28, also of Bottom Pen, and Omar 'Yellow' Lamey, 31, of Lilliput, St James.

White was accosted by a police team at a shopping plaza in Ironshore, Montego Bay, on Monday. He is wanted for questioning in connection with a murder, alleged to have been committed in 2006.

It is said that Lamey was taken to the Montego Freeport Police Station by a justice of the peace about 7 p.m. Sunday. Investi-gators say he is wanted for questioning for multiple counts of shootings and murders committed in the parish.

On July 24, the St James Police High Command released a list with the 10 most-wanted men and offered $100,000 for the capture of each of the men. The others still at large are Cedric Murray, alias 'Doggie', of Hendon, Norwood; Omar 'King Evil' Lewis, of Canterbury; Orlando Richardson, alias 'Ollie', 21, of Baulk, Westmoreland and Hendon, Norwood; Andrew Cross, 24, of Hendon, Norwood; Oneil Brown, alias, 'Kelly', 22, of Piggott Street, Mount Salem; Orlando Minto, alias 'Indian', 21. He escaped from a prisoner's truck in April this year.

The $100,000 bounty remains in effect for the capture of the men, except Murray and Lewis, who are also listed among the country's 10 most-wanted criminals.