Policeman Found Guilty Of 2009 Murder
A Home Circuit Court jury deliberated for 40 minutes yesterday, and found 32-year-old Special Corporal Vince Edwards guilty of murdering 21-year-old Tyrone Powell, during an incident which occured on the night of August 9, 2009. The court heard that Powell was shot and killed on Bob Marley Boulevard, Cooreville Gardens, Kingston 20.Two witnesses testified that [...]
Police Seek Residents’ Support In Making MoBay The ‘Friendly City’ Once More
For years, Montego Bay in St. James was branded the ‘tourism capital of Jamaica’ and ‘the friendly city’ of the Caribbean. Since 2003 however, when the parish of St. James recorded more than 100 murders for the year, it has been an uphill battle with well-armed criminal gangs, a bloody lotto scam, and numerous unplanned [...]
Jamaica Police Co-operative Credit Union Scholarships & Awards
The Jamaica Police Co-operative Credit Union Limited (JPOL) has been awarding the successes of its member’s children who are top achievers in the GSAT examination, and who’ve been saving with the credit union through the Smart Savers Account for the past nine (9) years. This is done through scholarships and bursaries awarded to Smart Savers [...]
2011 Regional Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Conference – March 22-23
Law-enforcement officials from across the region are slated to be in attendance here in Jamaica, for the first regional law enforcement anti-corruption conference, which is set to happen March 22 and 23. The Jamaica Constabulary Force and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be partnering to stage the conference. Representatives of law-enforcement [...]
Gunmen Attack Spanish Town Police Station
According to reports, gunmen (believed to be from the Clansman gang) attacked the Spanish Town police station last night, using the cover of darkness from a power outage in Spanish Town, to shoot at the police station. Reports indicate that at about 7 p.m., a barrage of shots were fired at the police station. It [...]