Crime Report: Police shot and killed a suspect regarded as one of Honover’s notorious gangsters. The tragic shooting unfolded Thursday night during a confrontation at Facey’s house.
Dead is 49-year-old Marvin Facey, o/c Pele, an unemployed man from Dam Road, Green Island.
According to reports, at around 10:35 p.m. on Thursday, a team of officers from the Hanover Police Investigation Unit went to Facey’s house to execute a search warrant.
Upon reaching the premises, the police said occupants in the house fired upon them. They took evasive action and returned the fire.
When the shooting stopped, the police made checks inside the house. There, they reportedly saw Facey lying on his back, clutching a firearm, and bleeding from gunshot wounds.
The police transported Facey to the Noel Holmes Hospital, where the medical staff pronounced him dead.
Crime Report: Jamaican Extradited for Lottery Scamming Charges.
Crime Report: On Thursday, October 17, Jamaican authorities extradited Alando’ Tight Pants’ Gentles to the United States (U.S.). The U.S. D.O.J. indicted him on charges related to lottery scamming.
According to reports, an American official said U.S. Marshalls handed Gentles over to authorities in South Carolina. He will face charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
Gentles is the fifth Jamaican extradited to the U.S. this year on charges related to lottery scamming, according to Eric Shen, Inspector in charge of the Criminal Investigation Group at the US Postal Inspection Service.
Shen told The Gleaner in an interview that one other case was pending this year.
Gentles extradition comes amid what the U.S. official said is the increased use of technology by Jamaican lottery scammers to reach more American victims and to collect their ill-gotten gains.
“Social media gives them more reach, and they can reach out to more people, and then when it comes to the movement of the funds, you are seeing more cryptocurrency being utilized,” he said.
Firearm Seized in St Andrew: Suspect Arrested.
Crime Report: On Wednesday, October 16, police arrested a suspect after seizing a firearm during an operation on Seivwright Drive in St. Andrew.
The police recovered a .38 Taurus revolver, along with eight .38 rounds and one .56 round of ammunition.
Reportedly, at around 4 p.m., officers on patrol in the community observed a man acting suspiciously.
Upon noticing the police, the suspect ran. The police gave chase and apprehended the suspect.
Officers searched a bag the man was carrying and allegedly found the firearm and ammunition.
The cops arrested the suspect, but they have withheld his identity pending further investigation.