ALLMAN TOWN, KINGSTON, JAMAICA–In the wake of a major earthquake that struck the island of Jamaica, a lone gunman shot and injured a man on Water Lane and Hitchens Street in Allman Town, Kingston, at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, October 30, 2023.
According to unconfirmed reports, a lone thug attacked the victim as he and a relative entered a restaurant in the community.
The gunman reportedly shot the victim several times, leaving his mute relative traumatized and in tears as she used sign language to indicate that her life was in danger.
Residents assisted the injured man to the hospital.
Detectives assigned to the Kingston Central Police Department are investigating.
Police charged a man with a 2021 murder in Rose Town, Kingston.
KINGSTON WESTERN, JAMAICA – Detectives assigned to the Kingston Western Police Division have made a breakthrough in the July 7, 2021, deadly gun attack in the community of Rose Town, where armed men shot and killed one man and injured two.
The police have identified the deceased as 31-year-old Ricardo Anthony Williams, a resident of Fitzgerald Avenue.
On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the authorities charged 22-year-old Jordan Raphael with murder, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, and shooting with intent.
According to the police, a group of people were playing dominoes at the intersection of Harris Street and Tewari Crescent in Rose Town when a car with men inside drove up.
The men got out of the vehicle carrying rifles and handguns, and began firing at the group, hitting Williams and two other individuals.
The police quickly responded and transported the victims to the hospital. Sadly, Williams was pronounced dead, while the other two men were admitted for treatment.
During the investigation, the police recovered over a dozen spent shells from the scene.
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Trelawny.
TRELAWNY, Jamaica – On Monday, October 30, 2023, two people lost their lives from injuries they sustained during a two-vehicle collision along the Braco Main Road in Trelawny.
The authorities have yet to identify the deceased.
According to preliminary reports, at about 5:00 p.m., a truck and a car collided on the roadway, leaving the driver of the car and a passenger dead.
Investigations are now underway.
St Catherine scammer gets six years in prison for scamming an elderly American woman.
SPANISH TOWN, ST CATHERINE, JAMAICA–A St Catherine Circuit Court judge sentenced a St Catherine man to six years in prison for defrauding an American senior citizen in a sweepstakes racket.
Justice Bertram Morrison handed down the sentence in the St Catherine Circuit on Friday, October 27, 2023, after a jury returned a guilty verdict.
Kemar Townsend was convicted of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretense, engaging in a transaction involving criminal property and possession of criminal property. Attorney-at-law Davian Vassel represented him.
The Crown led evidence that in June 2023, Townsend told the 72-year-old complainant that she won US$682 million plus two motor cars and US$297,000 in refunds.
He told the woman that the money was in Jamaican banks and that she needed to send funds for processing.
The complainant testified via video link that she sent several sums of money to an account held by Townsend.
The court heard testimony of Townsend’s withdrawal of the respective sums amounting to US$44,000.
In his defense, Townsend testified that he thought the monies were sent to him by his girlfriend in Switzerland.
Under cross-examination, he admitted that he didn’t tell investigators of any such girlfriend.
A jury had retired for 30 minutes and returned a unanimous guilty verdict.
Illicit drugs and weapons were seized at some schools in St. Catherine South
St. CATHERINE, JAMAICA – Illicit drugs and weapons in Jamaican schools have been thorns in school administrators’ sides for many moons, but the subject never gets talked about until something serious happens. However, this see no evil, hear no evil approach is changing.
Recently, the JCF Territorial Officer Deputy Superintendent Paulette Baker revealed that several searches carried out in schools across the St. Catherine South division yielded alarming quantities of illicit drugs and weapons.
She disclosed the seizures during a Safety In Schools meeting at the Portmore police station, organized by the Jamaica Constabulary Force, to minimize violence and indiscipline in schools.
DSP Baker said safety has become a priority in high schools amid a spate of violent incidents in recent months.
“It is not by mistake that we invited members from the drugs abuse unit to be here to present to you because, during that search, we would have come upon ganja, all the different items that we are not expecting to see our students within schools, weapons. And, of course, we know we would have seen the increase in school violence in recent times, not only in the St. Catherine South division but all over the island.”
DCP Paulette Baker