BLACK RIVER, ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica–Detectives assigned to the Black River Police Department in St. Elizabeth are probing a love triangle incident in which a woman allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend to death on Tuesday morning, November 14, 2023.

According to reporting by Nationwide, the woman was in the parish capital, Black River, when the man confronted her.

She reportedly went to the police station to make a report, and he tailed her.

After making the report, she left the police station to get a taxi to take her to the transport park, where her new boyfriend boarded the taxi with her.

The ex-boyfriend, reportedly stalking the woman, attacked her as she sat in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. In defense, the woman allegedly used a sharp object to stab the man.

Good Samaritans rushed him to the Black River Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Manchester taxi operator charged for alleged rape of passenger.

MANCHESTER, Jamaica–The police arrested and charged a Manchester taxi operator who had been on the run since September 2019, when he allegedly raped a female passenger.

The authorities identified the suspect as Duval Sterling, 45 years old. The police charged him with grievous sexual assault.

According to the authorities, the accused committed the felony in the Greenvale District, Manchester, in September 2019.

The police stated that the complainant had boarded Sterling’s taxi to go home, but instead, he took her to a secluded area in the community and sexually assaulted her.

The woman reported the incident to the police. The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) launched an investigation.

The police arrested Sterling on Monday, November 13, 2023, after more than two years. They charged him.

His court appearance date is pending.

Man shot dead at Falmouth Market gate.

FALMOUTH, TRELAWNY, Jamaica– Police in Trelawny responded to a shooting near the Falmouth Market on Tuesday afternoon, November 14, 2023, where an unknown assailant shot and killed another man.

The police have yet to identify the deceased.

According to reports, at about 4:30 p.m., residents heard loud explosions from a section of Market Street in Falmouth and alerted the police.

Upon arrival, the officers found a man suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds near one of the two entrances to the market.

The police reportedly rushed the victim to the hospital, where he died.

Noel Maitland returns to court for a bail hearing.

KINGSTON, Jamaica–When murder accused Noel Maitland returns to the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, his attorney is expected to make a bail application on his behalf.

Maitland, a police constable, is accused of killing his 24-year-old girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson, a social media influencer, in July 2022. It is believed she met her demise at Maitland’s New Kingston apartment, but her body has not been found.

Maitland has been refused bail since he was arrested on July 27 last year in relation to Donaldson’s disappearance; he was charged with her murder five days later.

A bail application was made on Maitland’s behalf in October last year, but it was subsequently denied.

Donaldson was reportedly last seen with Maitland on July 11, 2022. She was reported missing two days later. The police have theorized that she was killed sometime between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on July 12.

Investigators believe that Maitland acted alone in the killing of Donaldson but theorize that he may have received help to dispose of the body. The cop, who doubled as a music producer, has maintained his innocence.