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Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:46 -0500
Nearly 100 stabs - Clarendon monster stabbed baby 11 times
Rushane Barnett, who yesterday confessed to killing his cousin and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, reportedly inflicted more than 100 combined wounds to his victims with a knife. Barnett pleaded guilty in the Home Circuit Court to...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:45 -0500
It is not a nice feeling - Mother of missing St Ann teacher sympathises with Donna-Lee Donaldson’s family
Sheryl Williams, the mother of missing St Ann teacher Ruchelle Williams, said she understands perfectly what the family of social media influencer Donna-lee Donaldson is currently going through. Williams is still struggling to accept that she may....

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:34 -0500
Oral sex rumour sparks brawl in Cross Roads
Incensed that it was being rumoured that he eats the forbidden fruit, a Kingston man armed himself with a knife and went in hot pursuit of his friend who was responsible for telling people he was engaged in oral sex. Police officers who saw...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:49 -0500
Mom allegedly assaults boy for bullying her daughter
A Corporate Area mother allegedly assaulted a boy who she accused of bullying her child at their school. The mother is charged with malicious destruction of property and unlawful wounding. She did not enter a plea yesterday when she appeared in....

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:37 -0500
‘Sweetie Girl’ demonstrates resilience in surviving college
Her name is Jasmine Collins, but she is more popularly known as 'Sweetie Girl' on the campus of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) in St Andrew. She recalled being on campus and having just $1,000 to her name and......

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:53 -0500
Missing man found dead
A day before the body of Garrie Myers was discovered near a canal along Jobs Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine, his mother said she dreamed that her son was in grave trouble having been missing for nearly a week. The distraught mother said she......

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:52 -0500
‘Soft Mouth’ and ‘Bag Juice’ facing gun charges
Two men who allegedly fired at a police team that was on an operation along the Seaforth main road in St Thomas on July 16 have been arrested and charged. The men have been identified as 38-year-old Delano Rankine, otherwise called 'Soft Mouth',.....

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:47 -0500
Men out on bail break curfew to attend party
Two men who are before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for larceny-related charges, admitted to breaching their bail conditions as they wanted to buy food and attend a party. Odaire Frazer and Rushawn Alvaranga pleaded guilty yesterday.....

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:24:46 -0500
'Blacks' killed in westmoreland
Thirty-four-year-old Shawn Smith, otherwise called 'Blacks', of 3 Miles River, Frome in Westmoreland was shot and killed in Savanna-la-Mar in the parish a short while ago. Smith, who was featured on the Jamaica Constabulary Force'...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:03:25 -0500
Patrick Bailey disbarred
Attorney-at-law Patrick Bailey was today made ineligible to practise in Jamaica for failure to hand over US$17,640 to a client. The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) made the decision to disbar Bailey following a...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:22:56 -0500
Rushane Barnett pleads guilty, psychiatric evaluation was done
Rushane Barnett, the Cocoa Piece, Clarendon quintuple murder accused has pleaded guilty to killing all five of his relatives and will be sentenced on September 22. His admission of guilt was made a short while ago in the home circuit court. The...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:03:17 -0500
Subpoena issued for cop in Donna-Lee case
A subpoena was issued for Constable Noel Maitland, the boyfriend of missing social media influencer Donna-lee Donaldson, to attend the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The subpoena was issued by Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque on......

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:53:08 -0500
Donna-Lee mom in hospital
The mother of missing social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson, has been hospitalised. Neil Lugg, Donaldson's brother, told The Star that he took their mother Sophia Lugg to the University Hospital of the West Indies on...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:29:43 -0500
Two bodies found near Job Lane canal
The bodies of two men who were reported missing since Friday were discovered near a canal along Job Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine this morning. It is reported that residents stumbled upon the bodies around 9:30 a.m. and an alarm was...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:10:45 -0500
Joint police-military operation in Waterhouse
Led by Senior Superintendent Kirk Ricketts, head of St Andrew South Police Division, a joint police-military operation is currently underway in Waterhouse, St Andrew. The police are searching for several men they believe are connected to Tuesday...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:47 -0500
Cop arrested in Donna-Lee case
Yesterday, a tight-lipped Fitz Bailey, deputy commissioner of police, refused to disclose the charges likely to be proffered on police constable Noel Maitland, who was arrested yesterday in relation to the disappearance of his girlfriend and...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:45 -0500
Woman admits to making false rape claim
A social enquiry report was requested for a 24-year-old woman who made a fake report that she was abducted and raped by a bus driver. The request was made by parish judge Jacqueline Wilcott after the defendant Samantha Campbell pleaded guilty to....

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:40 -0500
Chinese-Jamaican ‘Ghetto Kirk’ racking up views on TikTok
For Jia Zhang, content creation has always been a dream of his. While stacking the shelves of his wholesale in downtown Kingston, Zhang daydreamed for 10 years about the content he could create for online consumption. However, it wasn't until...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:43 -0500
‘Top Boy’ Michael Ward at peace while visiting homeland
After 20 years away from home, Netflix's Top Boy actor Michael Ward has returned to Jamaica to reignite family bonds and celebrate the country of his birth in its 60th year of Independence. Ward, who was born in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:48 -0500
Lawyer blasts gang trial evidence
Defence lawyer Kymani Brydson yesterday argued in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial that the prosecution's expert witnesses, including a ballistic expert, did not strengthen the Crown's case. Brydson said the prosecution failed to discharge its...



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