Woman Faces The Court For Beating Police Officer With A Cellphone
Melissa Barrett, of Waterford in Portmore, St. Catherine, faced the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where she pleaded not guilty to disobeying a constable’s command, assault occasioning bodily harm and disorderly conduct. Barrett is accused of attacking woman constable Simone Rankine of the Waterford Police Station, who she allegedly battered with a cellphone that [...]
Spanish Town Residents Protest Police Killing
Residents of Mellissa Crescent, near Angels Estate in Spanish Town, were out in their numbers yesterday, protesting Monday night’s (August 10) killing of two alleged gunmen by the police. The men are Omar Green (age – 17) and Shane Roberts (age – 21), both of whom the police say were traveling along the Tredegar Park [...]
Policeman Killed In Spanish Town
29 year old Metro Tulloch, a police constable who was assigned to the Mobile Reserve Division, was shot and killed at approximately 4:40 a.m. yesterday morning in the notoriously volatile Irish Pen area of Spanish Town. It is suspected that his Glock service pistol was stolen. According to police reports, Tulloch accompanied a friend home [...]
Spanish Town Resident Defends Mark Shields
Letter to the Jamaica Observer editor – Monday, November 17, 2008 By Rosemarie Greene (Spanish Town Citizens Against Gun Violence) Regarding her endorsement of Mark Shields’ excellent, respectful work here in Jamaica. Dear Editor, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields has recently come under discussion negatively. This letter is an endorsement of his excellent, respectful [...]