Several residents in the Crescent Road area of St Andrew were on Friday adamant that they would be heading to the United States-Mexico border after the latest explosion of violence which claimed two lives and left a third man injured.
Read more: Jamaicans Willing to be Trafficked Through Mexico to US to Escape Murder Spree
Despite showing no remorse for raping a nine-year-old girl, who he strangled while buggering, the mother of the child says she has forgiven the cold-hearted, young killer.
Read more: Mother Forgives Teeanged Boy Who Raped and Killed Her Nine-Year-Old Daughter
Over 1,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$25 million or J$3.7 billion was seized in St Mary on Friday, law enforcement sources have revealed.
Read more: Cocaine worth $3.7b seized at Ian Fleming airport
The sentencing of Cocoa Piece killer Rushane Barnett has been set for October 20 in the Home Circuit Court.
Read more: Clarendon Massacre Butcher to be Sentenced October 20
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has pulled the death penalty as a sentencing option for Rushane Barnett, the Trelawny man charged for the June 21 murder of his cousin and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Chapelton, Clarendon.
Read more: Death Penalty Off the Cards for Cocoa Piece Murderer