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Fast acting Clarendon cops charge murder suspect in 24 hours
Written by Super User
Sleuths in the Clarendon Division arrested and charged a man with the murder of a Kingston woman just 24 hours after her body was discovered in bushes along Sevens
Road in the parish on Monday, November 25.
Clarendon’s crime officer, Deputy Superintendent Anglin, who led the investigative team, said the team worked tirelessly following up on leads and completing the necessary paperwork to lay the
charges.
“They showed true commitment to their oath of office and to the people of Jamaica,” he said.
The accused, 31-year-old Simester Ellis, otherwise called ‘National’, of Buck Common district in Clarendon, was charged with the murder of Nadia Nicholson, whose decomposing body was
found by residents about 3:30 p.m.
Ellis was picked up on Tuesday, November 26 during an operation in May Pen in the parish. Investigators say several items of probative value were seized during the operation, and have
pledged to continue to explore all leads.
Ellis was charged after being interviewed in the presence of his attorney. His court date will be announced later.
This year’s Canex Investment Summit will focus on reducing barriers and finding ways to boost the legal cannabis trade between Canada and Jamaica.
A man accused of killing a woman and her daughter in Lauriston St. Catherine has been found guilty on both counts. The jury deliberated for two hours and 27 minutes before returning with a unanimous verdict.
He will be sentenced on December 11. His three co-accused who pleaded guilty to the same crime will also be sentenced that day.
Charmaine Rattary and Joeth Lynch were shot, chopped and beheaded by gunmen who invaded their home on July 19, 2011.
Investigators said they were killed by members of the Klansman gang.
FAME FM disc jockey Raymond ‘DJ Venom’ Peart and a University of Technology student Abigail Rowe have been killed in a motorcycle crash.
60 year-old Jamaican born Miami man guns down Ak47 wielding robber in self-defence
Written by claudemills
Yard man no play wid people. That was the reaction of most Jamaicans to a news clip making the rounds of social media that reported that a 60-Year-old Miami man with a heavy Jamaican accent --- was forced to shoot and kill a gunman who had broken in to his van early Monday morning.
Minister Karl Samuda orders investigation into Pembroke Hall High school incident
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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda has ordered an investigation into an incident in which a teacher at the Pembroke Hall High School allegedly threatened a student with physical harm and "murder".
Two policemen, assigned to the now disbanded Mobile Reserve, have been convicted of the 2008 shooting death of Omar Andre Marshall in central Kingston.
Constables Christobel Smith and Garrett Davis were found guilty for the offences of manslaughter and murder respectively in the Home Circuit Court on Thursday.
The court heard that Marshall was shot nine times inside his yard at 16 Blake Road on October 9, 2009.
Goat thieves killed in confrontation with residents in Middlesex
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Two goat thieves were killed in the rural district of Middlesex in St Ann. On Tuesday, residents of Middlesex, a community between Guy's Hill and Moneague, saw three men travelling in a Toyota Probox motorcar with what appeared to be a goat.
Social media star Ivany Wright shot three times in Waterloo drive by
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Social media influencer and comedienne Ivany Wright, who goes by the handle Ivany Most Wanted on Instagram was shot several times in upper St. Andrew last night but survived the attack.
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Bascho store robbed of $40 million in downtown Kingston
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Criminals reportedly over $40 million from a Bashco store in downtown Kingston late Tuesday.
Man who mowed down two pedestrians fined $42,000
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Chad Ingram, the driver who lost control of a car that nearly killed two persons in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew on October 23, has been fined a total of $42,000 for his actions. In addition, Ingram has been slapped with 14 demerit points on his drivers licences.
BRIGADIER JERRY CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND GUN CHARGES in the US
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The Waterbury Police in Connecticut have confirmed that reggae entertainer Brigadier Jerry has been hit with a battery of charges such as first-degree robbery, first-degree reckless endangerment, illegal discharge of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, illegal transfer of a pistol and altering a serial number on a firearm. The charges stem from a shooting incident a few days ago.
Woman remanded in Reggae Girl stabbing death case
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Twenty-year-old Russelle Foster, who was charged with the murder of 23-year-old national footballer, Tarania Clarke, was remanded in custody when she appeared before the court yesterday.