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Angry residents reportedly used large rocks and debris to mount roadblocks along the roadway in the community of Tucker in St. James yesterday, a day after the police shot dead two young men who they alleged had engaged them in a firefight. The two men, who were said to be friends, were identified as 19-year-old [...]

A building that had been earmarked and was being renovated for use as a police station in the community Salt Spring community of St. James, was reportedly set ablaze by unidentified persons at approximately 1:30 yesterday morning. According to police reports, the arsonists used an old mattress and clothing to start a fire which damaged [...]

Damain Reid (aka “Que Que”), an alleged gunman who was reportedly had a hand in the killing of police Sergeant Allan Lindsay in Glendevon approximately two years ago, was shot and killed during an alleged shoot out with the police earlier today. Sergeant Lindsay was attacked and shot by a group of men while in [...]

As part of a wider effort to improve the crime fighting, and to better investigate alleged corrupt practices by some police in that parish, the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to establish an arm of its unit in the St. James Police Division. Superintendent Merrick Watson, head of the St. James [...]

Last night’s killing by the police of 25 year old Alvin James (aka Toyan) in Norwood, St. James, lead to fiery roadblocks and protests by area residents earlier today. According to the residents, James was at a wake, and was smoking ganja, when he spotted a police patrol. On their approach the residents say, he [...]