Trending in Jamaica News: Taxi operator charged with Robbery and Aid and Abet Rape

The Half Way Tree police have reported that they have arrested Kemar Mc Carty, age 28, a taxi operator of Balcombe Drive, Kingston 11. According to the police, on November 8, 2022, McCarty assisted two men who robbed and sexually assaulted two women at their home.

According to information from the CCU, the police used technology to track down the vehicle McCarty was driving hours after the three men allegedly committed the crime. The police later located McCarty and arrested him.

Pursuant to the crime report. The Half Way Tree police stated that at about noon, November 8, 2022, the three men invaded the women’s home, robbed and sexually assaulted them, and left. The women alerted the police, who responded quickly. The police activated their tracking system. And located and intercepted the motor car was intercepted and searched, and McCarty was apprehended.

The police carried out a follow-up search at McCarty’s house and recovered the stolen items. The police interviewed McCarty in the presence of his lawyer and subsequently charged him with robbery with aggravation and aiding and abetting rape.

The accused is due to answer to the charges in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on December 9, 2022. The other two men are yet to get caught.

There is something weird about this case. McCarty did not participate in the rape, but the police recovered the allegedly stolen items at his house.

Also Trending in Jamaica News: Cops gunned down a wanted man in St Ann.

The police gunned down a wanted man, one of four men, who had escaped lock-up at the Ocho Rios Police Station on August 5, 2022. The police identified him as 40-year-old Terrence Harrilal.

According to the police, at about 5:00 pm on Saturday, December 3, 2022, a police team acted
on a tip via Crime Stop and raided targeted premises in the Hampstead area of Runaway Bay. Upon arrival at such premises, they did not find Harrilal.

But on their back, they spotted Harrilal on the roadway. They challenged Harrilal, and he reached for his waistband and pulled out a shiny object. The police said they immediately took evasive action, and Harrilal got shot. The police took a homemade firearm with two 12 gauge cartridges off him. And they took him to the hospital, but the doctor pronounced him dead!

In the meantime, the police continue their search for the other three men.