Jamaica Star

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:00:42 -0500
St James bartender runs from cops, caught with firearm
The St James police charged a man following the seizure of a pistol with a magazine attached during an operation in Tucker district, Granville, in the parish on Thursday. Twenty-three-year-old Waquar Beaton, a bartender from the parish, has been....

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:18:43 -0500
Man accused of abduction and rape remanded until July 11
A St Catherine man charged with the abduction and rape of a 21-year-old woman was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday. The court ordered that he remain in custody until July 11, pending verification of an...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:12:42 -0500
Woman pleads guilty to stealing $1.2 Million from parked car
A St Catherine woman, Disanthia Ainsworth, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft of over $1 million from a parked vehicle in Spanish Town on June 11. In the St Catherine Parish Court Ainsworth admitted to simple larceny and...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:05:44 -0500
Cops placed on leave after video shows suspect beaten in St Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC -Two members of the Special Services Unit of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing them beating up a man...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:20:13 -0500
Two people killed at vigil for teacher allegedly murdered by cop
A candlelight vigil in Essex, St Mary turned into a crime scene Thursday night when two people who were thought to be relatives of a police constable who was accused of killing an assistant teacher were shot dead. The victims have been...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:26:23 -0500
Two cops hospitalised after firearm mishap at Central Village Police Station
A probe has been launched into an incident at the Central Village Police Station in St Catherine where a police sergeant allegedly shot himself and another cop between Thursday night and Friday morning. It is alleged that while the sergeant was.....

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:04 -0500
Car thieves go high-tech - Criminals block GPS signals to avoid tracking
A frightening new tool in the arsenal of car thieves has surfaced in Jamaica, raising major concerns among investigators and vehicle security experts. The device, believed to block or jam GPS signals, was discovered recently during a probe into a.....

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:12 -0500
Pain in any language - Former hospital worker, jobless, sick and hungry
Andrae Greenland tried desperately to hold back the tears as he related a recent incident, when a man allegedly threatened to rip feeding tubes from his body because he was begging for food. Greenland, 32, suffers from dysphagia, which is a...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:03 -0500
Love blooms from a ‘please call me’ text - High school sweethearts share lifelong bond
Even though they left Titchfield High School as lovebirds and went in separate directions, nothing could stop Shanteena Chen-Martin from choosing Shevon Martin as her life partner. Now, both 27 and living in the UK, their story is proof to many......

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:20 -0500
Security guard slapped with gun, assault charge
Chevanne Campbell, security guard of Harbour View, St Andrew, will have to answer to charges of possession of a prohibited weapon, assault at common law, and assault occasioning bodily harm following an incident at Dennis Avenue, Morris Meadows,......

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:19 -0500
Watchman allegedly caught stealing on camera
Seventy-six-year-old Leopold Bromley, a night watchman and resident of Havendale Mews, Kingston 19, St Andrew, has been charged with housebreaking and larceny following an incident on Hope Road, Kingston 6, on June 23. Reports indicate that at 2:....

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:18 -0500
Phone tech charged with receiving stolen property
A phone technician has been charged with receiving stolen property after a stolen cell phone was discovered in his possession on Orange Street on June 18. He has been identified as 52-year-old Kevin Wallace, of Haughton Road, Kingston. Reports...

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:01:17 -0500
Carpenter implicated in boat theft
Thirty-three-year-old carpenter Kerick Green, otherwise called 'Mega' of Big Bridge, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has been charged following reports of a boat theft in his community between June 13 and 14. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police....

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:41:04 -0500
‘Coolie-Bap’ charged with alleged murder of plumber on Nelson Mandela Highway
A court date is being arranged for 24-year-old Nicholas Bhalai, otherwise called 'Coolie-Bap,' who has been charged with the June 11 murder of 34-year-old plumber Dominick Grant along the Nelson Mandela Highway in St Catherine. Bhalai, a...

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:21:03 -0500
$7.5m in crime stop rewards paid out last year
In 2024, Crime Stop Jamaica received 867 tips, resulting in $7.5 million in rewards - $6.3 million of which was paid under the Rewards for Guns Campaign. This is contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2024 Economic and Social...

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:28:03 -0500
National Children’s Registry received nearly 14,000 child abuse reports in 2024
Nearly 14,000 reports of child abuse and protection concerns were made to the National Children's Registry (NCR) last year, involving 25,005 incidents, according to the latest Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ). Of those incidents, 14,794....

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:16:55 -0500
Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother killed in a car accident in Spain
(AP) Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, 28, and his younger brother, Andre Silva, 25, were killed Thursday morning in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames, according to police. The Spanish......

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:48:55 -0500
Cops kill suspect in murder of 14-y-o US girl in St Thomas
A man believed to be responsible for the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Tianna Sutherland, a US citizen vacationing in Jamaica, was fatally shot by police on Wednesday, July 2. The Morant Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) report that Tianna....

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:01:20 -0500
Health ministry warns about sex-boosting drugs
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is urging the public to stay away from three specific brands of so-called sexual enhancers - Black Bull Extreme, Erectemax, and Royal Honey - which it says pose serious health risks. The ministry said the...

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:01:14 -0500
Scoliosis couldn’t stop Hilary from achieving PEP success
When Hilary Allen, a past student of Harbour View Primary School, walked into her PEP examinations room, she had to endure excruciating pain. The youngster said she did not wear the pain of severe scoliosis on her face though, and when her...

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