When they enrolled at the HEART Trust training institute in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, they were total strangers with no clue what fate had in store for them. Anesha Fuller from Lluidas Vale was pursuing business studies, while Rayon Rose from Parry Town in St Ann was busy wrapping his mind around all things electrical….
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 51-year-old businessman Howard Hare from Meade Close in Kingston 19 has been missing since Friday, December 14. He is of brown complexion, medium build, and is about 172 centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Constant Spring Police are that Hare was last seen…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 45-year-old Delroy Palmer from Bobo Hill, 7 Miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew, has been missing since Saturday, December 1. He is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 195 centimetres ( 6 feet 5 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that Palmer was last seen at home…
Two persons who separately entertained guests at hotels for a living are now formally dancing to the same tune. Clive White and Odessa Walker, on December 16, made an all-important promise to love each other forever. They did it during a splendid ceremony at Holiday Haven resort in Runaway Bay, St Ann. The lovebirds’ paths…
A resident of Lluidas Vale in St Catherine who spent 20 days in detention under the ongoing state of public emergency, Kemar Newman, has been released without charge. The 22-year-old returned home last night, his brothers told The Beacon while expressing relief and jubilation that he is freed at last. “I was cut up before,…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 15-year-old Kaydean Baker from Relay Avenue, Kingston 20, has been missing since Monday, December 17, 2018. She is of brown complexion, stout build, and is about 163 centimetres (5 feet 4 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that, about 11:45am, Kaydean was last seen at the Greater Portmore…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the St Ann’s Bay Police are investigating the death of a man who was found with gunshot wounds in Mammee Bay, St Ann, today, December 19. He has been identified as 34-year-old Kevin Mechado from Mango Walk in St James and Pine Wood Court in Florida, USA. The JCF…
A young man is dead and two other persons hospitalized in serious condition following a motor vehicle collision on the Melrose Bypass in Williamsfield, Manchester, last evening, December 18. The deceased is 19-year-old Brian Knight from Hanbury Road in Mandeville, Manchester. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said: “Reports from the Porus Police are that, about…
Detectives in the St Catherine North Police Division are probing the murder of an elderly man in the Banbury area of Linstead last night, December 18. The deceased is 67-year-old Lascelles Pesso, a shopkeeper of the said district. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) told The Beacon: “Reports from the Linstead police are that, about 11:40pm…
A motor vehicle accident claimed the lives of two men and caused the injury of four others on the Lucea main road in Hanover yesterday, December 18. The deceased are 22-year-old Roshaad Johnson from Frome who is pictured above and 19-year-old Brandon Parkinson from Orange Hill district, both in Westmoreland. The Jamaica Constabulary Force said:…
Things have come full circle for a proud mother, Mary Williams-Bartley, who was 16 years old when she dropped out of school to give birth to a child she named Alexander Shaw. Shaw, now a 25-year-old native of Spanish Town in St Catherine, this week earned the right to practice law in Jamaica. A stickler…
Romario Davis spent 10 days in custody under the ongoing state of public emergency essentially because of the interest he showed in the welfare of his childhood friend, 23-year-old Romaine Cunningham. The two have been hanging out together for virtually all of their lives. They went to the same schools, sometimes eat from the same…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 14-year-old Ashanti Gray, otherwise called ‘Deana Kay’, from Rhoden Crescent in Kingston 11 has been missing since Thursday, December 13. She is of brown complexion, slim build, and is about 142 centimetres (4 feet 8) inches tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that Ashanti…
Another barber from Lluidas Vale in St Catherine has been injured in a motor vehicle accident. Reports reaching The Beacon are that Leon Davis, also known as Gold Teeth, was struck down by a reversing taxi a few hours after nightfall yesterday, December 17. He, at the time, was on the compound of the gas…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 14-year-old Shadae Anderson, otherwise called ‘Jungoo’, from Darlene Way in Kingston 20 has been missing since Friday, December 14. She is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 168 centimetres (5 feet 6 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Duhaney Park Police are that, about 4pm,…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 16-year-old Oraine Evans from Simpson Road in Rockfort, Kingston 2, has been missing since Wednesday, December 12. He is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 152 centimetres (5 feet) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that Oraine was last seen at home about 6am. His mode of…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 43-year-old labourer Teddy Brown from Howells Content in York Town, Clarendon, has been missing since Saturday, December 15. He is of brown complexion, slim build, and is about 183 centimetres (6 feet) tall. He sports a dreadlock hairstyle, and has a tattoo that reads ‘KIMBERLY’ on his left arm….
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 15-year-old Ashley Henry from Mahogany district in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew, has been missing since Saturday, December 15. She is of brown complexion, slim build, and is about 168 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that Ashley was last seen at home about 5pm…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 14-year-old Renae Campbell from Frazer’s Content in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been missing since Saturday, December 15. She is of brown complexion, slim build, and is about 158 centimetres (5 feet) tall. She also has a chipped tooth and a scar on the right side of her forehead….
A man is in police custody and another is nursing stab wounds following a knifing incident at Lluidas Vale in St Catherine yesterday, December 16. The Corporate Communication Unit of the police force said the two men were involved in an argument when one used a knife to stab the other. The wounded man was…
The two young men who the Lluidas Vale police in St Catherine locked up under the ongoing state of public emergency on Friday, December 7, have been released without charge. They are 24-year-old Romario Davis and 23-year-old Romaine Cunningham – both from Juan de-Bolas district, near Lluidas Vale. The youngsters were released from custody this…
The man who was arrested and charged in connection with the murder of British national Karen Cleary-Brown was remanded when he appeared before the St Mary Parish Court on Friday, December 13. He is 32-year-old Sheldon Hewitt of Boscobel, St Mary. Hewitt was arrested following inconsistencies detected in the ‘missing person’s report’ that he filed…
During a recent community meeting in the Top Hill area of Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, a senior member of the police force urged residents to help in the fight against crime, adding that criminality may threaten their community’s chances of developing especially through tourism and resettlement by returning residents. In relation to potential benefits from…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 16-year-old Tasheika Thomas, otherwise called ‘Munchie’, from Battersea Hill in Mandeville, Manchester, has been missing since Friday, December 7. She is of brown complexion, medium build, and is about 160 centimetres (5 feet 3) inches tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Mandeville Police are that Tasheika was last…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 13-year-old Kelize Thompson from Jones Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been missing since Friday, December 14. She is of dark complexion, medium build, and is about 157 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that Kelize left home for school about 1pm wearing…
Two men will spend the rest of their natural lives in prison for the murder of six members of a family on Campbelton Road in Logwood, Hanover. They are 27-year-old bike taxi operator Mikhail Campbell otherwise called ‘Troy’ from Green Island in Hanover, and 51-year-old construction worker Errol Clarke otherwise called ‘Scorcher’ from Mountain Side…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said officers from its Narcotics Division arrested and charged a musician for alleged breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act following the seizure of several pounds of ganja at Sangster International Airport in St James yesterday, December 14. The accused is 53-year-old Maurice Larman, a Jamaican musician residing in Panama City,…
Constable Saint Barriffee of the Browns Hall Police Station in St Catherine received an award this month for his ‘outstanding’ service as a law enforcer. The St Catherine North Police Division (Zone 4) hosted the award ceremony on December 5 at Becca’s Estate in Point Hill to honour some police officers from four stations –…
Hugh Graham, the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in St Catherine North West, wants urgent structural changes aimed at lessening the unjustifiably lengthy detention of people during states of public emergency, including the one underway in the constituency he is seeking to represent in parliament. He, in a statement last evening (December 14), called for…
Jamaica Information Service – The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF), on Friday (December 14), signed a Heads of Agreement for a four-year 16 per cent wage increase for rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The agreement, which includes a combination of provisions relating…
