Gun Trafficking Police Sergeant Slapped With Bribery Charge
Sergeant Russell Robinson, the policeman facing various illegal weapons charges as a result of the big arms find at Munster Road in East Kingston last month, was slapped yesterday with an additional charge of bribery. Robinson allegedly attempted to bribe the arresting officers at the scene of the arms bust, when he reportedly begged them to let him go during the course of his arrest.
Businessman, Garnett Pellington, who was arrested along with Robinson and two others, was also charged with bribery, after he allegedly offered the police $200,000 to release him.
Tags : Attempted Bribery, Bribery, Garnett Pellington, Police Bribery, Russell Robinson
Homestead Residents Protest Police Killing
Residents of Homestead, St. Catherine, staged a protest in their community yesterday, as they disputed the police’s version of a shooting incident that took place in the area on Sunday (March 7).
According to police reports, at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday, one Julian Dillon allegedly arrived at a business place in Sydenham Park on a bicycle. He reportedly brandished a gun, and was immediately challenged by a plainclothes policeman who shot him. The gun was seized, and Dillon died of his injuries yesterday morning.
As news spread of his death, residents blocked the streets in protest, claiming that Dillon was killed in cold blood. The police’s Bureau of Special Investigations are reportedly investigating the matter.
Tags : Julian Dillon, police killing, police shooting
Jamaica Observer Editorial – Fighting Police Corruption
Today’s Editorial in the Jamaica Observer newspaper, speaks to the ongoing fighting to clean up Jamaica’s police force, and rid it of corruption.
“In its ongoing effort to clean up its performance, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has decided to set up a unit of its anti-corruption branch in St James, one of the most crime-infested parishes in Jamaica,” … more
Tags : jamaica observer, police corruption
Three Policemen Acquitted In 2005 Shooting Death Of Wanted Man
Three policemen – an inspector of police and two constables – have been acquitted of murder in the Home Circuit Court, after the prosecution was forced to offer no evidence against them. A formal verdict of not guilty was entered in favour of the men due to the absence of the Crown’s main witness, and also due to the fact that the said witness had given contradicting statements to investigators regarding the circumstances surrounding the June 2005 fatal shooting of Duran ‘Patel’ Blake.
Inspector Lloyd Wilson and constables Derrick Roach and Jermaine Bennett, all previously assigned to the Central Police Station, were charged with murder for the fatal shooting of Blake in premises along Ransford Road in downtown Kingston. They asserted that they went in search of Blake, and were forced to defend themselves after being fired upon by him. At the time of his demise, Blake was wanted on a number of charges, including murder.
One of the witness’ statements reportedly substantiated the defendants’ version of how Blake met his demise, while the missing witness (who happened to be Blake’s common-law wife), did not say in her statements that she witnessed the actual shooting incident. As a result of these factors, the Crown noted that the case could not be tried by way of the Evidence Amendment Act (which allows trials to proceed on the written statements of absent eyewitnesses), and noted that it therefore had no evidence against the men.
Tags : Derrick Roach, Duran 'Patel' Blake, Duran Blake, Jermaine Bennett, Lloyd Wilson, Not Guilty, Policemen Acquitted
Two Men Wanted For Policeman’s Execution-Style Murder
The police say they have identified two additional persons who they believed could provide them with information about last month’s abduction and execution-style murder of police constable Miguel Cuff in Portmore, St. Catherine. The two persons are identified only by their aliases – ‘Jubba’ and ‘Dirt Lump’.
The police believe the two men are members of a gang that has been operating in sections of Portmore. The police’s latest information indicates that Constable Cuff’s murder was possibly linked to an ongoing feud between two violent criminal gangs in Portmore – the Uprising and the Umbrella gangs. It is believed that the men carried out the attack on the constable and his house, thinking he was a rival gang member.
Tags : Dirt Lamp, Jubba, Miguel Cuff, Miguel Cuffe