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Police seize illegal gun in Allman Town, Kingston 4, offender escapes

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:17:22 +0000

The police seized an illegal firearm but failed to arrest the man found with the weapon during a confrontation at Sarah Street, Allman Town, Kingston 4 this morning.

Information is that about 4:00 a.m., officers went to the area to close down a dance when they saw a man acting suspiciously. He was accosted and during a search found with a Sig Sauer pistol. The lawmen were then overpowered by a crowd which had converged on the scene and the man managed to escape.

The Kingston Central Police are now seeking Kemar Patterson, otherwise called ‘Gumption’, to facilitate further investigations into this matter. Patterson or anyone knowing his whereabouts is being asked to contact the station at 922-0308, 119 police emergency numbers or the nearest police station.

Man and woman arrested and charged for illegal Firearm in Porto Bello, St. James

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:16:50 +0000

Clayton Stanley and Tamara Cummings, ages 26 and 27 respectively, were arrested and charged this morning after the Montego Bay Police searched their premises at Porto Bello, St. James and found an illegal firearm.

Information is that about 7:30 a.m., police carried out an operation at a house occupied by the two. During the exercise, a .357 Magnum revolver – serial number erased – with six cartridges was found in the bedroom. Both persons were arrested as detectives continue their investigations.

May pen police investigate gun murders in Clarendon

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:55:03 +0000

Detectives from the May Pen CIB in Clarendon are probing the gun murders of 56-year-old Richard Terrier of Red Road in Palmers Cross and Alrick Kerr a 26-year-old Taxi Operator, of East Road, May Pen. These murders occurred in separate incidents yesterday.

Information is that about 9:30 a.m., residents summoned the police to a foul odor coming from the direction of Terrier’s house. Detectives who went to the house found Terrier’s body. It had gunshot wounds and had started to decay. The crime scene was processed and his body removed to the morgue for an autopsy.

The second incident occurred about 6:00 p.m. It is reported that Kerr was at a shop on the Palmetto Pen main road in Sandy Bay when explosions were heard. The police who were alerted found Kerr’s body with multiple gunshot wounds. The crime scene was processed and his body taken to the morgue.

Investigation continues.

Two females shot, one fatally in Old Harbour Villa

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:54:15 +0000

Twenty-eight year-old Carlene Spencer of Phase II, Old Harbour Villa in St. Catherine was fatally shot while another woman also 28, was shot and injured in the same incident last night.

Reports are that about 7:30 p.m., the two were walking along the bank of a gully which is in the community when they were pounced on by a man armed with a handgun. The gunman immediately opened fire killing Spencer on the spot. The other was shot and injured. The police were called and the injured female taken to hospital where she was admitted. Spencer’s body was taken to the morgue.

The Old Harbour Police are investigating.

Homemade shotgun seized by police in Cascade district, Hanover

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:53:54 +0000

Detectives from the Lucea Police Station in Hanover have seized a homemade shotgun in Cascade district in the parish yesterday. No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.

From information received, between 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. the detectives who were on patrol in the district searched a premises and found the weapon. It was subsequently seized.

The detectives have commenced an investigation.

Police seize illegal firearm in Kingston 2

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:53:32 +0000

A Ruger 9MM pistol – serial number 30377445 – with a magazine containing thirteen 9mm cartridges was seized by the police at the intersection of York Street and Lennox Avenue in Kingston 2 this morning. The man from whom the weapon was taken has been arrested.

His identity is being withheld pending further investigations.

Reports from the Elletson Road CIB are that about 2:45 a.m., police on patrol in the area saw the man acting in a suspicious manner. He was accosted, searched and the firearm taken from his waistband.

The Elletson Road CIB is investigating.

Police seize illegal firearm in Mandeville, Manchester

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:53:11 +0000

An illegal firearm was seized subsequent to two gunmen attempting to rob a taxi operator on the Woodlawn main road in Mandeville, Manchester last night.

Reports received are that about 8:30 p.m., two men posing as passengers boarded a taxi along the Woodlawn main road. Two female passengers were aboard this taxi. Shortly after boarding, the men brandished firearms and attempted to rob the driver. A struggle ensued between them and the driver who lost control of the vehicle which crashed in an embankment. The driver and the females sustained injuries while the robbers alighted from the vehicle and escaped leaving behind a .38 Revolver containing four cartridges. The injured were taken to hospital were the women were treated and released and the driver admitted in stable condition.

The Mandeville CIB is investigating.

Farmer arrested for illegal firearm in Ythanside district, Portland

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:52:48 +0000

A 25-year-old farmer was arrested following the seizure of a home-made firearm and three 12 gauge cartridges at Ythanside district, Portland yesterday.

The identity of the farmer is being withheld pending further investigations.

Reports received from the Hope Bay Police are about 4: 00 p.m. police on operation in the area searched a house occupied by the man. The search yielded the firearm and ammunition.

The Hope Bay Police are investigating

Police seek public’s help in locating Patrick “Reds” Henry

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:36:06 +0000

Detectives from the Major Investigations Taskforce (MIT) are seeking the public’s help in locating Patrick Henry otherwise called “Reds”, of Spring Village, Bushy Park in St. Catherine, who escaped custody on Tuesday, February 9 while on a murder charge.

Henry, who was deported from the United States on drug-related charges, is of fair complexion, slim build and about 178 centimetres (5 feet 10 inches) tall. He has tattoos on both upper arms and chest. He also sports low cut hairstyle.

Henry is known to frequent Bushy Park in St. Catherine and Anil Crescent in Kingston 20.

Anyone with information that can lead to his whereabouts is being asked to contact the (MIT) at 967-3377, 9229408, 924-9848, police 119 emergency numbers or the nearest police station

Policeman killed by unruly motorist

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:20:28 +0000

Constable Ainsroy Rushton who was attached to the Constant Spring Police Station succumbed to injuries he sustained after being ran over by a motorist he prosecuted along the Mannings Hill main road, Kingston 8 last night.

Information gathered is that about 10:30 p.m., a team of lawmen observed a motorist breaching the Road Traffic Act and accosted him. The officer requested the documents of the vehicle and the driver, 23-year-old Dwayne McKenzie of Shake Away, Forrest Hill, St. Andrew, complied. After observing irregularities with the vehicle documents, the driver was informed that the vehicle will be seized. He then went back into the vehicle, drove off, mowed down the policeman in the process, dragging him several metres along the roadway. The car later crashed into a wall in a neighbouring community.

McKenzie fled from the vehicle, but later returned to the scene where he was accosted by other officers.

The injured cop was taken to the University Hospital where he died while being treated.