The prosecution in the matter before the Court against a police officer accused of hijacking a delivery truck transporting cooking oil in St. Catherine last December has signaled its intention to file an application seeking to extract the cop’s DNA.
Detective Corporal Maurice Whittingham and construction worker Michael Daley are facing robbery charges with aggravation and kidnapping.
When the matter came before the Home Circuit Court on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, the prosecution told the Court it intended to make the application on November 20, 2023, when the men returned to Court.
In the meantime, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes offered Mr. Michael Daley $600,000 bail with conditions.
The Communication Forensic and Cybercrime Division has yet to submit their report.
Police arrested two after gun and ammunition seizure in Bogue Village, St James.
ST JAMES, Jamaica – The St James Police arrested two suspects following the seizure of a Glock 19 pistol and 15 9mm cartridges during a joint police-military operation in Bogue Village, St James, on Friday, October 13, 2023.
The police have withheld their identities pending further investigations.
Law enforcement authorities said between 5:45 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Friday, October 13, 2023, the police conducted an operation in the community. During a search at a premises on Bogue Heights Drive, the police found the weapon and ammunition in a dresser drawer in a bedroom.
Residents St Catherine are perturbed over garbage pile-up
Unacceptable garbage pile-up in St Catherine has spurred the sanitation committee of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation to call for the removal of the head of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
The committee’s chairman, Sydney Rose, cited garbage pile-up throughout St Catherine as the main reason for the committee’s action, claiming Gordon “cannot manage” the post he occupies.
“We are fully aware that the operational failure which resulted in a backlog is a result of bad management. Mr Gordon cannot manage, and he must be replaced,” Rose said.
Sydney Rose
Rose spoke at Thursday’s general meeting of the Municipal Corporation.
During the meeting, parish manager Nigel Gooden revealed 71 loads of uncollected garbage throughout St Catherine.
“We are lagging because of the constant rains, which resulted in greater challenges even on the landfill. But we are working to address the issue,” Gooden said.
Nigel Gooden
Councillor for the Waterford division, Fenley Douglas, also complained about the great challenge in garbage collection in his division.
“We need proper collections, as in the more affluent communities. These problems don’t exist there! It is as if we are having two Jamaica,” Douglas said.
Fenley Douglas