Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell has revealed that Constable Lynden Barrett was killed after members of the Strikers’ Gang were tipped off that he was in the Denham Town community. The new information comes as the Police High Command continues to...
Published:Tuesday | August 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
THE NATION'S crime chief has taken issue with public comments made by one lawmaker that the lottery scam, which police investigators say has left a trail of death across the Second City, provides an economic windfall for businesses in St James....
Published:Sunday | August 2, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has poured scorn on claims that rampaging criminals are being allowed to spread mayhem because its rigid oversight of the police has caused some senior crime fighters to drop their hands.Amid a...
Published:Saturday | August 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Police investigators are still trying to determine how a 17-year-old boy came into possession of more than half a million dollars in cash.The boy was reportedly held with the cash in multiple bags and boxes on a passenger bus last Friday evening.A...
Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 2:05 PMLivern Barrett
JUSTICE MINISTER Mark Golding has sought to allay fears that proposed changes to the operations of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) would undermine the independence of the oversight body.A joint select committee of Parliament,...
Tyrone Thompson, the 32-year-old Clarendon police corporal who last night committed suicide in Newport, Manchester was reportedly under severe stress. Thompson, who would have turned 33 in October worked at the Four Paths Police station near May...
Published:Tuesday | July 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
The Jamaican Government has taken issue with the country's ranking in the 2015 Trafficking in Person Report released by the United States, countering that in some cases, the findings were not evidence-based, while in other instances, they were...
Published:Tuesday | July 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
THE ST Andrew headquarters of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being held together by termites, Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams quipped yesterday."Some might think it's a joke, but it's not. If you go there, you will see the termites...
Published:Tuesday | July 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
By the end of the year, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) could start wearing body cameras when they are deployed to front-line duties.That's according to National Security Minister Peter Bunting, who revealed yesterday that the United...
A police corporal has been shot dead in Newport, Manchester. His name has not yet been released, however the corporal was attached to the Clarendon Police Division. The commanding officer for Clarendon, Superintendent Maurice Robinson confirmed the...
Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams this morning quipped that termites have been holding together the Old Hope Road headquarters of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Williams was speaking after gaming company, Supreme Ventures Limited, donated...
Published:Monday | July 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
WHILE acknowledging Jamaica's efforts over the past year to identify more adult trafficking victims, the United States government has raised concerns that local authorities have only identified one child victim over the period.The US State...
Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams has acknowledged that he is aware of a report that a Corporate Area criminal gang has ordered the death of four police personnel as payback for the killing of its leader.The admission came yesterday after...
Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams has rejected claims by west Kingston residents that police constable Lynden Barrett was last night killed by his colleagues in Denham Town during a 'friendly fire'. "Not true, not true!"...
Police Commissioner, Dr Carl Williams and other members of the Police High Command are now at the Denham Town Police Station in west Kingston meeting with senior officers. Williams did not address reporters as he joined a case management meeting...
A member of the Police Federation’s Executive has charged that members of the constabulary are being targeted by criminals. Corporal Rohan Jones, the Federation's Welfare Director says his view is supported by intelligence available to...
Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Within a seven-month period, the man accused of defrauding the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) of approximately $95 million was able to acquire three properties valued at $64 million without a mortgage, despite earning an annual salary of...
Published:Monday | July 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
People's National Party (PNP) Deputy General Secretary Raymond Pryce yesterday backed away from comments critical of the party and instead sought to explain that he was reflecting the concerns of some supporters.Addressing the biennial congress of...
Published:Wednesday | July 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
It was just after 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening when Crystal Thomas telephoned her mother to ask a favour.Jacqueline Brown, a vendor in the Spanish Town area, recounted how her daughter needed bus fare to go back to work at the Denham Town Police...
Published:Wednesday | July 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
The shattered glass littering the backseat of a passenger bus parked at the Hunt's Bay Police Station in St Andrew yesterday told the story of the brave struggle woman Constable Crystal Thomas waged against three robbers before she was eventually...
The police have recovered the service weapon of slain Police Constable Crystal Thomas, who was shot and killed last night by gunmen. This was confirmed a short while ago by the head of the Major Investigation Task Force, Senior Superintendent of...
Firefighters are now at the scene of a bush fire in an area adjacent to the Tinson Pen Aerodrome, Newport West in Kingston. Our news team observed smoke blanketing the runway to the airstrip. It was one of several blazes firefighters say they have...
Officers at the Denham Town Police Station in West Kingston were still in disbelief this morning following the murder of one of their colleagues last night. Constable Crystal Thomas was pointed out by gunmen as she attempted to make her way home on...
Published:Monday | July 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A warning is being issued that members of the criminal underworld own a "substantial number" of the illegal taxis that have flooded the streets of the Corporate Area.The warning comes from chairman of the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (...
Published:Monday | July 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A jury has just freed alleged Kingston gang leader, Uriel James, of the 1999 murder of security guard, Errol McGeachy. The 12-member jury returned the 9-3 not guilty verdict after more than five hours of deliberation. Trial judge,...
