INDECOM To Investigate Police Killings In Williamsfield District, St. Catherine
The Independent Commission of investigations (INDECOM) has reportedly started a probe into the recent shooting deaths of two men by the police in Williamsfield District, St. Catherine. The men, Michael Wayne Smith and Richard Anthony Ellis, of Crawle District, Riversdale, St. Catherine were allegedly killed in a shootout with the police on Saturday, March 26. [...]
Policeman Charged For Spanish Town Robbery
Constable Altemond Shakes of the Motorised Police Division, who was arrested in connection with an August 31, 2010 robbery at Angels Plaza in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, has been charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm. An alleged accomplice, 21-year-old labourer Gayelon Blackwood of a Spanish Town address, has also been charged. [...]
Policeman Killed In Linstead, St. Catherine
Constable Otis Barrett of the Mobile Reserve Unit became the 14th Jamaican police personnel to be murdered this year, when he was shot and killed last night in Linstead, St. Catherine. According to reports, Barrett was visiting his girlfriend at a house in the Rosemount Housing Scheme in Rose Hall District, when gunmen barged into [...]
Policeman Killed In Westchester, Portmore
34 year old Corporal Garfield Anderson of the Island Special Constabulary Force, became the 13th policeman to be killed since the start of the year, when he was shot and killed near his home in Westchester, Portmore, St. Catherine last night. He also became the third member of the Island Special Constabulary Force to be [...]
Policeman Believed To Have Drowned In The Rio Cobre
A police Corporal from the Constant Spring Police Station in the Area 5 Division, is believed to have drowned in the Rio Cobre river early this morning. According to reports, the policeman was among a team of police who were chasing alleged gunmen in the Gordon Pen area of St. Catherine. They were reportedly running [...]