December 5, 2011
Star News


CHILD BITTEN 3 TIMES - Cops charge mom
“An unemployed woman who allegedly bit her 13-year-old son three times after beating him, had her bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. She is 41-year-old Venice Hall from Nannyville.... read more
RAPISTS STALK BOG WALK - Women scared, calling for more cops

The police are searching for a gunman who raped a woman in Bog Walk, St Catherine, last Thursday. Reports reaching The Star are that about 11 p.m., the woman was walking home when she was pounced on by a man armed with a gun...

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Businessman on fraud rap remanded

A 62-year-old businessman who has been accused of swindling over $1 million from a female complainant, was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday...

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Two charged with kidnapping granted bail

One of two men charged with kidnapping has been granted bail in the sum of $300,000 with surety in the Spanish Town RM Court on Friday...

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14-y-o dies after being hit by vehicle

A 14-year-old boy died as a result of injuries he received when he was hit by a motor car on Washington Boulevard, Kingston 20, on Saturday evening, police said.

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Police seize illegal firearms

The St Thomas police yesterday seized a semi-automatic pistol on the Hordley main road in Golden Grove in the parish. Reports are that between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., a team of police was on an operation...

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Wanted man captured

A 20-year-old man of a Rocky Point, Clarendon, address who was reportedly wanted by the Clarendon police for almost six months, was captured in Lionel Town in the parish on Thursday night...

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Election date announced

Jamaicans will elect a new Government on December 29. Prime minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Andrew Holness, announced the date in Mandeville, Central Manchester...

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Teen reported missing

Seventeen-year-old Taniesha Thompson, a ward of the state at the Glenhope Place of Safety on Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 10, has been reported missing since Friday, December 2...

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16-y-o reported missing

Sixteen-year-old Abigail Simpson of Baldpate Way, Kingston 11, has been reported missing from home since Friday, December 2...

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Ambassador appeals for Spanish to be compulsory

Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, and president of the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation, Her Excellency Celsa Nuņo, has issued an appeal for the Ministry of Education to make Spanish compulsory at all levels of the education system...

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Higgler gets bail extension

A higgler who is accused of dosing her boyfriend with an acidic substance had her bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. She is 40-year-old Icylin Elliott from a St Catherine address.

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Clarendon man remanded on multiple charges

An unemployed Clarendon man who is facing multiple contraband-related charges was remanded until December 19 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...

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