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Just days after smashing a major passport/visa racket in downtown Kingston, Flying Squad Sleuths have dismantled a major car stealing ring in the Clarendon Division over the weekend (June 12-13). Four men including the mastermind have been taken into custody; four motor vehicles and two desk top computers were seized in the incident. Detectives are withholding the identities of the...

The Jamaica Military Aviation School (JMAS) in Kingston today (June 18), graduated its second batch of trainee pilots during a wings presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). The graduates: Lieutenants Craig Lewis-Mayne, Joel Nelson, Jaime Walsh, and Brandon Chambers, were presented with their military wings by the JDF's Chief of Defence...

Sixteen-year-old Leandrow Clarke of Edinburgh district, Manchester was recaptured in the parish yesterday, after escaping from the Mandeville Police lock-up two days before. Police on assignment went to the Willowgate taxi stand in the parish about 4:30 p.m. where Clarke was seen. He was arrested and taken into custody. Clarke was earlier arrested on suspicion of robbery and escaped from...

Fire destroyed a five-apartment house in the Nanny Jointwood district of St. Elizabeth this morning. The family of six, who occupies the dwelling, was reportedly at home about 3:40 a.m., when fire was seen coming from a section of the house. The police and fire brigade were summoned and one unit from the Black River Fire Department responded. The fire...

Two men who challenged the police in a shootout last evening, in the White Wing, Kingston 11 community, were fatally shot and a firearm seized. The men are yet to be identified. Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about 5:30 p.m., a team of police was on patrol in the area when a group of men were seen....

Fifty-year-old taxi operator, Trevor Hutchinson of Spring Garden, Buff Bay in Portland was shot dead by unknown assailant/s in the community last night. His car was also robbed. Reports are that about 9:40 p.m., residents heard explosions in the area and alerted the police. A patrol unit responded to the calls and found Mr. Hutchinson's body with a gunshot wound...

Twenty-two-year-old mechanic, Sean Barrett, otherwise called 'Monkey Brain' of Fort William district in Westmoreland was fatally shot after he confronted the police with a gun in the community yesterday. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar CIB are that about 11:30 a.m., police responded to reports of gunmen being in a section of the community. Barrett and another man were seen acting suspiciously....

A leading US Investment publication-'Oppenheimer' has commended Prime Minister Bruce Golding on the bold initiatives he has taken to fight crime in Jamaica. In its June 7 publication, under the heading Emerging Markets Commentary. Jamaica at a Crossroads' by Carl Ross, Managing Director-Investments, the writer noted that the offensive against drug lords and gangs should be 'viewed as an extraordinary...

Member of Parliament for North East St. Catherine, Gregory Mair, has called for increased action on justice reform and the recommendations from the strategic review of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), as part of efforts to tackle crime and violence. Member of Parliament for North East St. Catherine, Mr. Gregory Mair. "Let us do it now.The reform of the police...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that it will cost an estimated $58 million to restore two police stations, which were extensively damaged during the civil unrest in sections of West Kingston late last month. "One (is) $8 million in terms of the repairs and the other is for $50 million, which...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 8) continued debating the six Anti-Crime Bills, which the Government wants to support the efforts of the security forces to reduce crime and violence in the country. The Bills are: an Act to amend the Bail Act; an Act to further amend the Firearms Act; an Act to amend the Offences Against the...

It began in the parish of St. James in July, 2004 with 15 persons recruited as pioneers in a pilot programme being implemented by the Department of Local Government. Today, in four of the parishes in western Jamaica, the cadre stands at 51 officers, and they can be seen in the town centres of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland; Lucea, Hanover; Falmouth, Trelawny...