Lawman gets 10-year sentence
A policeman has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for abducting a 16-year-old schoolgirl and attempting to rape her. Constable Dwayne Whyte was sentenced yesterday to a total of 22 years, but the sentences are to run...
Housewife freed of illegal possession of firearm charge
A woman who said a man hid his gun in her waistband on the approach of the police has been freed of illegal possession of a firearm. The Crown offered no evidence yesterday against 57-year-old housewife, Franceta Edwards...
Former NHT employee gets court date
Stacy-Ann Garvey, the former National Housing Trust (NHT) employee accused of being behind a $10 million dollar racket at the agency, is to return to court on March 2.
Criminality to be eradicated in Spanish Town
Spanish Town: Head of the St Catherine North Police, Superintendent Assan Thompson, has said extortion, intimidation and other acts of criminality will be eradicated in Spanish Town.
Man killed by straddle carrier
A 31-year-old man was killed in a freak accident at APM Terminal, Port Bustamante, Newport West, Kingston 13, on Tuesday night. Dead is Dafton Hall of Top Road, Mavis Bank, St Andrew.
Bartender repays hefty sum
A bartender, who used a customer's credit card to purchase $107,000 worth of goods and services, repaid the entire sum when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
6 months for stealing alcoholic beverages
Two men who were employed to the Biscuit Company of Jamaica and who were accused of stealing alcoholic beverages valued at over $42,000 from the Real Value Supermarket in Santa Cruz St Elizabeth will spend the next six months behind bars.
Men detained by cops in Old Captial
Spanish Town: Police in Spanish Town detained several men from the Old Capital on Tuesday. The men were taken from several communities surrounding Spanish Town, including French Street, Burke Road and other areas....
Stabbed to death for parting fight
The St Andrew North police are investigating the circumstances under which a 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed moments after he stopped a fight between two other teenagers on Monday.
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