Five persons have been arrested and charged with breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transaction) (Special Provisions) and the Larceny Acts by detectives attached to the Major Organised-Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA). The five individuals possession of identity information, distributing identity information, using an access device to transport money, and...
The Legal Aid Council has announced that it will be offering legal representation to persons detained during the recently declared state of emergency which is in effect for the parish of St James. The Legal Aid Council, in collaboration with the Cornwall Bar Association, has offered the services of 19...
An alleged gunman is now in police custody after he was detained by a police officer following a fatal shooting incident along Henderson Avenue in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew on Sunday evening. According to reports, one person was fatally shot after residents heard several loud explosions coming from a vehicle,...
A teenage has been arrested and charged for a murder in St James. The teen reportedly shot and killed 33-year-old Koyodian ‘Rasta’ Grant, a craft vendor of Lap Land, Catadupa, St James in Ironshore on Sunday, January 14. According to the Coral Gardens Police, about 3:35 pm, Grant was standing along the...
Bill Cosby performed in public for the first time since a sex abuse scandal embroiled him in 2015, joking that he “used to be a comedian” and playing with a jazz band in his hometown as a retrial looms in his criminal sexual assault case. The 80-year-old entertainer took the...
A mother of three was killed execution style at her home in Lionel Town, Clarendon on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Joy Cammock. According to reports, Cammock and her kids were awakened by strange sounds in their yard. She then went to investigate and explosions were heard shortly after. Cammock's eldest daughter...
At least 100 people have been murdered in Jamaica since the start of the new year. The latest statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) revealed that about 100 murders were recorded on the island up to Saturday, January 20, a rate of five per day. The devastating figure is 13 more...
A Barbadian man was arrested and charged after police discovered just over 60 pounds of compressed ganja in his luggage at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston last Friday. Ricardo Bryan, a 47-year-old butler from Brittons Hill, St Michael in Barbados, was arrested and charged with offences of possession...