Detectives in Trelawny are investigating alleged death threats made to the PNP’s caretaker of Northern Trelawny Dennis Meadows.
Meadows stated he had been getting threats for months and decided to record one of the calls.
In the recording, an unidentified caller said:
“I am a Labourite from Falmouth, and your body will be in Meadowrest. We are coming for you.”
Unidentified caller on voice note
Superintendent in charge of the Trelawny Police, Winston Milton, confirmed receiving a report of the threat.
“We have received the report of the threat to Mr Meadows. Our Criminal Investigation Unit has commenced an investigation into the report. We are treating the matter with the utmost seriousness it deserves,” Milton told The Gleaner.
Superintendent Winston Milton
“I have since put security for myself and family in place…Nothing can deter me from wresting the seat from the governing party.”
Dennis Meadows
Meadows has unsuccessfully represented the Jamaica Labour Party three times in the Northern Trelawny constituency.
Man held on murder charge after eluded for nearly a year.
Detectives from the Hunts Police Department arrested and charged a suspect known in the streets as ‘Percy’ and ‘Lala Boy’ with the December 2022 fatal stabbing of a man in Kingston.
Police identified the suspect as Cedric Powell, age 34, a party contractor of Bloomsberry Road in Kingston 10.
The authorities identified the dead man as Patrick Newby, age 36, a late resident of Venables Crescent in Kingston 11.
The Hunts Bay Police stated that at about 7:30 a.m., Powell and Newby had an altercation about rent, during which Powell used a knife and inflicted a wound to Newby’s chest.
Hospital authorities pronounced Newby dead on arrival.
The Police responded to the scene and launched an investigation.
Powell was able to elude the Police until October 8, 2023. At about 11:00 a.m., the Police acted on information, led an operation at the Ocho Rios Bay Beach, and apprehended Powell.
The Police later charged him after a question-and-answer interview.
Powell’s court appearance date is pending.
Former Clansman-One Don Gang defendant accused of robbery granted $200,000 bail.
Dwight Hall, one of the accused the Home Circuit Court freed in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, was offered $200,000 bail on a charge of robbery with aggravation by a St Catherine Parish Court judge on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Hall, known in the streets as ‘Jim Brown’ of Buck Town in Spanish Town, St Catherine, is accused of stealing a knapsack containing almost $500,000 from the complainant.
The Police opposed bail, citing that the accused was involved in the gang trial and faced serious allegations.
However, Hall’s attorney, Courtney Rowe, argued that the Court freed his client. Therefore, he is a fit candidate for bail.
Parish Judge Annette Austin granted bail on condition that Hall does not interfere with witnesses, surrender his travel documents, and reappear in Court on December 1.
The allegation stated that on May 24, 2023, the complainant was carrying out a business transaction in Spanish Town when the accused held him up and robbed him of his knapsack containing $496,000.
The Police subsequently arrested and charged Hall with robbery with aggravation.