In ST CATHERINE, Jamaica, police reportedly indicted a St Catherine man with the 2021 fatal shooting of Kevin Morris, 40, a farmer. Law enforcement identified the accused as Jadon Wilson, o/c, ‘Jay Bad,’ 21, of Caymanas Estate.
Reportedly, detectives charged Wilson with murder and several gun-related charges.
According to reports, Kevin Morris, o/c ‘Kill Bill,’ was a goat farmer from the Caymanas Estate community.
Morris and another man were at his home at about 8:40 p.m. on Monday, May 3, 2021. Wilson and an accomplice allegedly entered the premises, armed with guns, and opened fire. Both men sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The police responded and transported the injured men to the hospital, where the authorities pronounced Morris dead. They admitted the other man in serious but stable condition.
After evading the police for three years, law enforcement captured Wilson in a dragnet on Friday, September 6, 2024.
Detectives indicted the accused after a question-and-answer session conducted in the presence of his attorney. His court date is on Friday, September 27.
Wilson’s accomplice is still at large.
Romario Grant Charged in Kingston Woman’s Murder.
In Kingston, Jamaica, a man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman on Nelson Road on Wednesday, June 26. The individual, identified as 30-year-old Romario Grant, also known as ‘Kaka,’ is from the same community as the victim.
The deceased has been named as 59-year-old Irene Laing, also a resident of the area.
Grant also faces charges of possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, and using a firearm to commit a felony.
According to reports, at approximately 7:35 p.m., Laing was seated at her gate when assailants in a Toyota Probox motor vehicle approached her and opened fire, striking her.
Law enforcement was alerted, and upon their arrival, Laing was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds. She was later transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
After an investigation, Grant was arrested for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting. The authorities are still pursuing his accomplices, who are still at large.
Jamaican Scammer Sentenced to Three Years in US.
A United States District Court Judge has sentenced Sereika Savariau, a native of Montego Bay, Jamaica, to a term of 36 months in prison for her role in orchestrating a fraudulent debt relief scheme that primarily targeted financially vulnerable Americans.
Savariau, 37 years old and also known as Sereika Savariau-Goodison, entered a guilty plea on April 16 to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Together with her prison sentence, Judge Amit P. Mehta has ordered her to make restitution payments to the victims affected by her actions.
The plea agreement reveals that from June 2016 to September 2018, Savariau along with her co-conspirators ran a network of fraudulent debt-relief companies. They systematically deceived U.S. citizens, compelling them to pay non-existent processing fees while also extracting personal identifying information.
One fraudulent website falsely asserted that consumers could access up to $60,000 (approximately J$9.4 million) in government aid for bill payments, while another promised as much as $25,000 (approximately J$3.9 million) in annual debt relief.
Savariau and her accomplices sought to defraud victims of over $550,000 (approximately J$86.5 million). More than 50 individuals fell victim to this scheme, with many transferring money via Western Union under the guise of processing fees for the purported debt relief. Many of these individuals, desperate to alleviate their financial burdens, were exploited repeatedly by the false assurances of government assistance.
The conspirators also misappropriated the victims’ personal information for illicit activities, including the creation of PayPal accounts and applications for prepaid credit cards. In one notable instance, a victim’s information was used to register one of the fraudulent websites.
Savariau was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2021, apprehended in Jamaica in July 2023, and then extradited to the United States in September 2023.