ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica— Police from the St Catherine North Division recaptured another of the group of eight prisoners who escaped from the Black River lock-up during a jailbreak on June 19, 2023.
The Police recaptured Kenneth Stewart on Thursday, October 19, 2023, in Tryall Heights in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Stewart was awaiting a murder trial when he escaped.
The St. Catherine North Division commanding officer, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Howard Chambers, said law enforcement officers also took Stewart baby’s mother into custody on harboring a fugitive charge.
He reminded the public that harboring a fugitive or felon is unlawful.
“Just want to remind the public that harboring a fugitive is a criminal offense, and so we are asking the public to cooperate with the police; call the police as soon as you see any of these escapees,” SSP Chambers urged.
SSP Chambers
Stewart is the second of eight inmates who escaped jail to get captured since the eight men broke out of the lock-up on June 19. The Police recaptured the first escapee at a bar in Buena Vista near Myersville in St Elizabeth.
Acting Superintendent Coleridge Minto, commanding officer for St Elizabeth, also appealed to all citizens in Jamaica “to share any information you may have on the remaining escapees. You may share your information 119, crime stop 311, or the nearest police station.”
He strongly advised the remaining escaped inmates to turn themselves into the Police.
Among the other escapees still at large is Anward “Kirkie” Hinds, charged with a quadruple murder.
The other detainees who escaped are Oral Cole, 31, from Comfort Hall, Manchester; Alrick Hutchinson, 38, from Brighton district, St Elizabeth; and Dean Simpson, 34, from Turner Top, St Elizabeth, who were all in custody charged with robbery with aggravation; Jevaughn Simms, 25, from Copperwood, St James who was being held for murder; and Demar Williams, 29, from Gravel Heights in Spanish Town, St Catherine, who is facing a shooting with intent charge.
Kemar ‘Ten Days’ Kesone shot dead in Bogwalk.
On Thursday night, October 19, 2023, law enforcement officers responded to a shooting incident on Pineapple Lane in Bog Walk, St Catherine, where citizens found the body of a man along the roadway.
The authorities identified the deceased man as Kemar Kesone, o/c ‘Ten Days’ age 28, a late construction worker from Coolie Lane in Bogwalk, St Catherine.
According to reports, at about 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Kesone visited a grocery shop in his community. Soon after, residents reportedly heard explosions. They went to check and stumbled upon Kesone’s body.
The Police responded and found Kesone’s body with multiple gunshot wounds to its head.
Hospital authorities pronounced him dead on arrival.