Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday ordered 10 cops, who were implicated in the multi-million dollar lotto scam in St James, to retire from the constabulary in the public interest.

The 10 were among 18 cops who were taken off front line duty at the Mount Salem Police Station after police cracked a section of the scam which reportedly rakes in upwards of $30 million annually.

LEWIN. made recommendation after reading DPP's report

Lewin's orders came after he leafed through a report handed to him by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn and consulted with head of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice.

Lewin then forwarded the file to the Police Service Commission and made recommendations that the cops be retired from the constabulary.

Six other cops were ordered reinstated by Lewin, while the roles of two others in the international scam will be further investigated.

The cops were taken off front line duty after intense investigations into the case of Kourtney Grayson, who was in April freed of impersonating a police officer and unlawful possession of property in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court when the DPP entered a nolle prosequi in the case.

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VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her to life in prison yesterday, a court official said.

The life sentence for 20-year-old Samantha Orobator came after a one-day trial in the Lao capital, according to Chanthaly Duangvilai, vice-president of the Vientiane Court.

Orobator pleaded guilty, the court official said at a press briefing after the trial, adding that she named several of her alleged accomplices in her testimony.
She was the only defendant in the case.

Heroin trafficking is punishable by death, but she was spared because Lao law does not allow the execution of pregnant women, said Chanthaly.

Under a pact signed last month by Laos and Britain that still needs ratification, Orobator could be extradited to serve her time in Britain. Lao officials, however, could still veto her return.
Orobator had been jailed since last August, but her plight drew public attention only last month after the British legal charity Reprieve publicised her circumstances and what they believed was the possibility she could be executed by firing squad if found guilty.

The case attracted particular interest because Orobator became pregnant while incarcerated. Lao officials have asserted that she may have artificially inseminated herself while behind bars.

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FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (AP) - Military planes located more debris from an Air France jet yesterday as the first navy ship arrived at the scene in the mid-Atlantic. But high seas and heavy winds slowed the recovery effort and delayed the arrival of crucial deep-water submersibles.

Search vessels from several nations pushed toward the floating debris, including a 23-foot chunk of plane and a 12-mile-long oil slick that Brazilian pilots spotted from the air. Rescuers have still found no signs of life from the plane that was carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, Air Force spokesman Colonel Jorge Amaral said.

A Brazilian navy spokeswoman said a patrol boat was close to one debris field after spending two days pushing through rough weather to reach the site, but had not yet retrieved any wreckage.

A navy frigate was expected to arrive later in the day, said the spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with policy.

Flight 447 disappeared minutes after flying into an extremely dangerous band of storms Sunday night, but what exactly caused its electrical systems and cabin pressure to fail remains a mystery. The "black box" c**kpit recorders could be miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

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TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth - It's confirmed.
The Tranquility Bay facility at Treasure Beach which was previously used as an offshore reform school for rebellious children, mostly from the United States, will now be used to train police recruits for at least the next two years.

At a meeting Tuesday with Treasure Beach residents and in subsequent response to journalists' questions, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of administration, Jevene Bent said training "operations" would begin "somewhere in the middle of the month".

The complex sited on two and a half acres of beach front land, referred to by locals as Old Whard, was controversially used for 12 years by the United States group, World Wide Association of Speciality Programmes and Schools (WWASP) as a 'boot camp' for teenagers. It was closed in January.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force's two-year lease on the privately-owned facility begun on June 1.

"We are putting all our preparations in place to bring in our people," said Bent, who travelled to Treasure Beach to explain the JCF's plans
to residents.

She said the facility would provide training for 180-200 recruits "at any one time" and was part of the drive to accelerate police numbers from the current just over 8,000 to the proposed establishment figure of 12,000. Training for new JCF recruits lasts about
six months.

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LOCAL health authorities say they are concerned about recent statistics showing a 29 per cent jump in reported cases of accidental poisoning over the period 2007-2008.

While not being able to give statistics for this year, health ministry officials said if the jump of 495 reported poisoning case in 2007 to 639 in 2008 was anything to go by, this year will see a significant increase in poison cases.

The ministry cited concerns that children continued to be the main victims.

Data released from the Surveillance Unit of the Health Promotion and Protection Division of the Ministry of Health show that of 639 cases for last year, 504 (79 per cent) occurred in children under five years of age.

"Storage of chemicals in inappropriate containers such as soft drink bottles, water bottles and cups were a major risk factor for cases of accidental poisoning.

Children often consume agents and harmful chemicals such as bleach. Also pesticides are the agents that are most often accidentally ingested by adults as a result of poor hygiene and reluctance to wear protective equipment," said Yvonne Reid, project manager of the Caribbean Poison Information Network.

"Investigations have also shown that items of bleach, pharmaceuticals, kerosene oil and pesticides were among the most common items causing the deaths. Poisoning by ingestion was the most common means reported," said Reid.

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MANDEVILLE, Manchester - President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Winston Lawson, has issued a strong call to police officers to stop abusing their powers by using heavy handed tactics and abusive language against citizens when carrying out their daily duties.

He said too often police officers feel they have to belittle citizens to show that they are in control.
"I am talking about the boxes and the kicking and the gun butting," he said. "Too often we talk about "aay bwoy" or "go a yuh yard now!" to prove who's boss. And it hurts. it pains my heart to see when police sink to the levels of those we fear. And in those cases we really have a hard time telling the difference between the two."

Lawson was addressing police officers in Manchester at a graduation ceremony for officers certified to drive police vehicles. The graduation was held at the International Chinese Restaurant on May 15.

Lawson called on the officers to emulate the conduct of police officers in the United States.

"You know in the majority of incidents in the USA when persons are offensive to police, the reaction of the police is firm and sometimes forceful but hardly ever disrespectful. The police will say, "Sir would you step out of the car", or "Sir, I am not going to tell you again" ... and don't ever think that it is because they are soft. Because they are not. It is a conduct that is necessary in providing a service - police service," Lawson said.

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he chronic traffic congestion which has been plaguing Montego Bay for quite sometime, should be eased soon, as the National Works Agency (NWA) will this month begin the implementation of a $40 million traffic management system in the resort city.

The chamber president argued that one of the major factors affecting Montego Bay's traffic flow is the matter of indiscipline drivers-particularly taxi and minibus operators

The state-of-the- art project which is being funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), is expected to be completed by the end of August.

According to Janel Ricketts, the community relations officer for the western region, the system consists of a Traffic Management Centre (TMC), coordinated traffic signals and an Incident Management System (IMS).

"The TMC will be the site at which all the communication between traffic signals and cameras takes place. Specialists at the TMC will have the ability to monitor traffic operations along major corridors in real time and make signal changes in response to traffic demand," she explained, adding that the traffic signal system consists of more than 20 traffic lights linked to the centre.

Ricketts pointed out that the IMS consists of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras located at key intersections within the city centre. This, she argued, will allow the close monitoring of traffic conditions, and allow for the formulation of the appropriate responses.

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Poor and Boasy - File

Oh oh, a Poor and Boasy again. Riding on the success of being crowned the male winner of the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall competion 2009, word has been circulating that the young artiste has joined forces with dancehall giants, the Alliance.

"Well, we nuh sign nuh contract still, but mi nah lie to yuh, Killer and Mavado, dem a tek Poor and Boasy to the world," Poor and Boasy, whose real name is Omar Johnson, told THE STAR.

"From mi deh inna di competition, dem man deh a help push mi thing, all wen mi a campaign. Mi haffi listen to the people dem, 'cause a dem mek mi deh wheh mi deh. When mi inna di streets, people tell mi say if mi waan fi mek it inna di business mi fi join Alliance," the newcomer said.

Poor and Boasy is adamant that being in the Alliance would be great, as he feels that his career would get the boost that it needs to take it to the next level.

"Mavado and Killer a real youth dem, Mavado represent fi di gully, Killer a di poor people governor, mi waan be the poor people ambassador - right now mi represent fi di stop lights and the cemetery. All a we a fight fi poor people, suh a deh so mi fi deh," Poor and Boasy said.

Alliance

When contacted, Alliance general, Bounty Killer, said he would endorse Poor and Boasy's career. "a mi kid from before, from before him glory wi use to encourage him."

According to Killer, "any artiste dat is good is welcome in the Alliance, an wi tek to him spirit an him feel at home. Poor and Boasy is a man wid a image ... an him a sing exactly as him living now, but as him get up inna life him wi touch pon some odda issues, so I think him music a go grow."

Outside of Poor and Boasy's focus on getting a firm foot within the Alliance, he has had to constantly answer questions from fans who are curious to find out how he has been spending his million.

"everybody know say mi nuh born come see nuh luxury, suh as soon as sup'm start tek a turn fi di better, people a go start talk whole heap a things, an dem nuh really know what a gwaan," he said.

"All now mi nuh get the money what mi win yet, an mi nah rush that, 'cause mi dream was to win the competition - now that mi win it what mi a go do?" he questioned.

"Mi nah guh squander mi money, it a go invest wisely, mi nah guh dis nobody, but sometime if people nuh know a thing dem nuh fi talk. All talk bout mi crash how much time - all a dat a just rumours, people just a set dem mouth pon mi."

In the meantime, the 'king' said he is just focused on steering his career in the right direction.

"Mi jus' a look forward to di positive and growing as an artiste and as an individual. An fi all a di people dem who seh mi nah go nowhere inna life, look at me now. Instead of just looking at the cover of the book, turn the pages and get to know the story behind it," he said.

BANGKOK Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

The Web site of the Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.

In all, he appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby.

But he was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest traveling the 1800s American frontier West in the TV series "Kung Fu," which aired in 1972-75.

He reprised the role in a mid-1980s TV movie and played Caine's grandson in the 1990s syndicated series "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues."

He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's two-part saga "Kill Bill."

 

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A wha happen to B*tty Bowy Kartel - when plantain waan dead it shoot."

Alliance member Bling Dawg hits back at Vybz Kartel calling him names such as f**king monkey and styled Di Teach as a drug addict in his new single called "Answer Bawse".

On this track you can hear the anger in Bling Dawg's voice especially when he spits lines such as "ecstasy pill a dat a turn yuh inna gay king," --- "Chat bout yuh friend whe seh dem bad wid nipple piercing," --- pure man c*cky mi hear yuh commentating about, wi affi mek rifle rotate inna mouth.

Listen the full song by watching the video below.

Halle Berry Gives Jamie Foxx A Hand Job On TV!!!:
Jamie Foxx and Halle Berry were at the Spike TVs 2009 Guys Choice Awards last night. Halle decided to give Jamie something hes probably been dreaming about since he got into the Hollywierd game. Crazy, pop the top and see the sequence...
http://hpnotikqrew.blogspot.com/2009/05/ha...x-hand-job.html

Vogue Says Kiss Off to Rih-Rih Because of Racy Pics:
Certified ice hag Anna Wintour has decided that Princess Ri-ri will not grace the cover of Vogue due to her recent loin display on the net...
Read More: http://hpnotikqrew.blogspot.com/2009/05/vo...ih-because.html

Eve Spits Twitter Fire Towards Breezy:
Twitter has become the platform for electronic/technological beefing. Eve is the latest person to use the social networking site as her personal diss space. She recently shouted out Breezy:
http://hpnotikqrew.blogspot.com/2009/05/tw...atform-for.html

Lionel Richie: Nicole Just Needs to be a Baby Moms Right Now:
Nicole Richie knows that gettin knocked up was the best thing that ever happened to her. Look at her girl Paris. But her pops, Lionel feels she should keep her baby moms status for just a while longer. Pop the lid for more...
http://hpnotikqrew.blogspot.com/2009/05/ni...in-knocked.html

The-Dream & Christina Milian Are Engaged:
Okay, first off I know that these rumors have been swarming around for the longest time. Yes they've even been denied before as well. However, according to Sister2Sister, The-Dream & Christina Milian have confirmed their engagement:
http://hpnotikqrew.blogspot.com/2009/05/dr...re-engaged.html

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Without a doubt, one of the hottest jams for the summer is the Hot 97 Summer Jam.

Scheduled to take place on June 7 at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, the organisers have made every effort to select artistes from every genre who are in keeping with the image of the show - HOT.

Representing the dancehall, will be the energy god himself, Elephant Man, who bas been on a rollicking roll with songs such as Nuh Linga and Sweep.

Known for his feverishly hot performances which sometimes see him climbing atop speaker boxes and doing other daredevil stunts, Elephant Man is eagerly anticipating this chance to perform for his fans and bring in some new converts.

 

international charts

After sweeping local and international charts in 2008, Nuh Linga was put in rotation on Hot 97 two months ago and subsequently danced its way into the Billboard Chart. The song made its debut at number 100 on the Billboard R&B Hip Hop Singles and Tracks chart at the end of April and soon moved up 16 places.

Other big names slated to perform on the show are Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, The Dream, Young Jeezy, Jada Kiss, Jim Jones and Juelz Santana. Also representing the dancehall are Mavado and Serani.

NC police: Husband arranged wife's rape online

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple's home, police said Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Kannapolis man faces first-degree rape and other charges. The Associated Press, which generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife.

His wife called 911 early Sunday morning and said a man with a knife raped her in the bedroom of their home in Kannapolis, about 25 miles northeast of Charlotte, authorities said. Her husband was in the room, police said. Their two young children were also home, but were unaware of what was happening, authorities said.

The husband sought someone in the ads to come to his home and have sex with his wife using "scare tactics," police said. It was without her knowledge or consent, police said.

Authorities are still investigating the identity of the man who attacked the woman and it wasn't known if the husband paid him to do it. The woman was not seriously injured, but was treated at a hospital and released.

Investigators turned their suspicions to the husband after his statement didn't add up and because there were no signs the attacker broke into the home. The husband was jailed Wednesday on $200,000 bond.

"We share the public's horror that such a crime was committed, and our heart goes out to the victim," said Craigslist spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best.

The online classified site had been criticized for its "erotic services" section, which Craigslist agreed to do away with last month after a Boston medical student, deemed "the Craigslist killer," was charged with killing a woman he met on the site.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced last month to 29 years in prison for raping a woman who advertised in the section.

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz have been boosted by the addition of five Europe-based players to the squad of 22, who are currently preparing for an international friendly against Panama at the National Stadium on Sunday.

Playing without a number of key overseas-based players, the Reggae Boyz gave a good account of themselves against both Haiti and El Salvador over the past weekends.

Joining the squad are exciting left-sided player Demar Phillips of Aalesunds FK in Norway and his club mate, midfielder Khari Stephenson, who last represented the country in early 2008. The nippy and skilful midfielder Jamal Campbell-Ryce, who last played on local soil in November 2008, and the emerging midfield giant Rodolph Austin, a key figure in Jamaica's victory in the Digicel Caribbean Championships in December 2008, are also invited.

Completing the list of new Europe-based invitees is forward Luton Shelton of Aalborg in Denmark. Shelton arrived in the island last Friday, while the quartet of Phillips, Stephenson, Campbell-Ryce and Austin will arrive today. Forward Nicholas Addlery, who scored on his debut against Haiti recently, will arrive on Friday in search of his third cap.

 

impressive performances

Already in the island are Claude Davis (Derby County), Damion Stewart (Queens Park Rangers), Jermaine Johnson (Sheffield Wednesday), Jason Morrison (Ferencvaros), Wolry Wolfe (Ferencvaros) and Rafe Wolfe (Ferencvaros).

Following impressive performances against Haiti and El Salvador, Harbour View central midfielder Richard Edwards, and the Tivoli Gardens duo of Navian Boyd and Roland Dean have retained their places in the squad. Also returning are Adrian Reid who stood out against El Salvador, Tivoli Gardens utility player Oraine Simpson, Meadhaven's Keammar Daley and the Digicel Premier League's top scorer Devon Hodges, who did not look out of place after entering the field of play as a substitute against El Salvador last Saturday.

Desmond Breakenridge of Arnett Gardens, who did not travel to Fort Lauderdale or Washington, DC, for the friendly internationals against Haiti and El Salvador, respectively, could get his chance on Sunday as he has been recalled.

It's always fun to write about research that you can actually try out for yourself.

Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL to the picture is (the actual photo, not the page on which the photo resides), and then delete it. Come back a month later and see if the link works. Chances are: It will.

 

Facebook isn't alone here. Researchers at Cambridge University (so you know this is legit, people!) have found that nearly half of the social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. In general, photo-centric websites like Flickr were found to be better at quickly removing deleted photos upon request.

Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites: While your personal computer only keeps one copy of a file, large-scale services like Facebook rely on what are called content delivery networks to manage data and distribution. It's a complex system wherein data is copied to multiple intermediate devices, usually to speed up access to files when millions of people are trying to access the service simultaneously. (Yahoo! Tech is served by dozens of servers, for example.) But because changes aren't reflected across the CDN immediately, ghost copies of files tend to linger for days or weeks.

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 helsea have confirmed the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as their new manager, just a day after the exit of Guus Hiddink.

 

 

The Italian succeeds Hiddink, whose short stint at Stamford Bridge ended after Saturday's FA Cup final victory over Everton. Ancelotti, who has long been linked with the Stamford Bridge post, left AC Milan by mutual consent on Sunday.

A statement on their official website read: ''Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce that Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to become our new manager. He has signed a three year contract and will start on July 1, 2009.

''Carlo was the outstanding candidate for the job. He has proved over a long period his ability to build teams that challenged for, and have been successful in, major domestic and European competitions.

''He also had a highly successful playing career in those competitions and therefore brings unparalleled all round experience to the job.

''We are sure everybody at Chelsea will give him a warm welcome and we are all looking forward to working with him.''

Ancelotti, 50 later this month, twice won the Champions League, in 2003 and 2007, and the Serie A title in 2004 during his eight years in charge at Milan. He has previously coached at Reggiana, Parma and Juventus.

His track record of success dates back to his playing days when he also won two league titles and two European Cups with Milan and he becomes the fourth Chelsea manager in 21 months following Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Hiddink.

Ancelotti told Chelsea TV: ''Milan for me was a great experience. For five years I played with a great team - we had a lot of success - and eight years to train a great team.

''Now I think it is time to change and Chelsea for me was a great opportunity, a great team. Now I think it is the right moment for a new challenge and I want to put all my energy for Chelsea.''

Ancelotti will be charged with replicating his past European successes at Chelsea while also re-establishing the club on top of the Premier League. The Champions League title is the only trophy Chelsea have not won since Roman Abramovich took over at Stamford Bridge.

''There will be the same pressure because Chelsea are a great team in Europe,'' Ancelotti added. ''They want to win all the competitions.

''For me the Champions League is a beautiful sensation. When I played I won it two times, it was a fantastic moment and the same thing when I was a coach in Milan. The Champions League for me is the best competition in the world.''

But there are question marks over Ancelotti, not least over his lack of English, given the problems that appeared to bring when Scolari was in charge.

Ancelotti said: ''For me (English) is not easy but I want to learn and I want to improve. I have the time and when we start the season I will speak well. It is important for me to speak with the players, the team, the assistant and all the operators that will work with me.''

Popular dancehall personality Lena British is yet again making news in fashion and entertainment circles as she gets set to launch her own designer hair line.

The line, called 'Lena's Island Beauty', has some 16 different styles and is dedicated to making the Jamaican woman look and feel beautiful. She will officially launch the hair line on June 8, at The View, one of Kingston's newest entertainment hot spots, owned by dancehall veteran, Junior Reid.

"Everybody thinks I'm a fashion guru, and maybe it's true... but I know what looks good, I like to look good and I like to feel beautiful, and every woman likes to feel that way," Lena British said.

The dancehall beauty says that was the inspiration behind her decision to do the line.

"I have a range of designs and colours that can fit any woman, and can be made into any style to fit any occasion," she boasted.

Lena's Island Beauty originally started out as an exclusive beauty product for her hair salon, Inner Beauty Salon, but demand for the brand has increased.

 

expanding

"Right now, we are in discussions with people who want to stock and sell the hair in their shops and in some wholesales. We are already in a few shops in Kingston, but our drive is expanding and the hair line is getting popular. I hope that sooner or later we're going to be available everywhere, and in the future, in South Florida and in the UK," she said.

Lena's Island Beauty comes in both human and synthetic varieties, and styles include 'Reggae Vibes', 'Inner Beauty', 'Uptown Goddess', 'Downtown Empress', 'First Lady', 'Choice', 'Divalicious', 'Ghetto Fabulosity', 'Island Queen', 'Sea Breeze', 'Tropical Princess', 'Dancehall Diva', 'Passion Vibes' and 'Rhythm Vibes'.

"Over time, I will expand these products, as I will continue to keep the fashionable woman in mind, whether you want to randomly go for a glamorous look, or they want to keep their hair immaculate at all times. Lena's Island Beauty is for you," she said.

Every year, it seems as if a crazy white person commits a crazy crime and blames it on a Black person.  That said, here are the top 5 The Black Guy Did It  excuses by white criminals:

1. Ashley Todd, Pennsylvania, 2008

This crazy, overweight, young Republican thought it would be a good idea to carve a backwards B on her face and blame it on a Black Barack Obama supporter. Too bad the police investigated her story and found out it was B.S only after John McCain and Sarah Palin called her and offered her their condolences.

2. Charles Stuart, Massachusetts, 1989

Charles Stuart shot himself and killed his pregnant wife for insurance money and blamed it a Black man. After the police arrested several Black men on suspicion of being involved in the incident, Stuarts brother admitted that he was involved his brothers wifes killing. Charles Stuart later committed suicide.

3. Susan Smith, South Carolina, 1994

Susan Smith claimed that a Black guy hijacked her car with her kids in it. She went on TV and received a lot of media attention. She would later admit to rolling her car into a lake, with her children in it. Why? So she could start her life over by marrying a wealthy man without having the burden of her old family.

4. Brian Wells, Pennsylvania, 2003

Pizza deliveryman Brian Wells came to a bank in Erie, Pa. with a b**** locked around his neck. He told police that group of Black men had taken him hostage and put the b**** there. After receiving close to $9,000, the pizza man was blown to bits by the b****. Police would later find out that Wells was in on the plot with a few of his white friends.

5. Bonnie Sweeten, Pennsylvania 2009

Sweeten was found in Disney World after claiming that she and her daughter were abducted by two Black men.

On Monday, June 8, 2009, at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City, WHY (World Hunger Year) will honour the three 2009 WHY-Chapin Award recipients as well as recognise several 2008 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners, representing gra**-roots organisations in the United States that have moved beyond charity to create change in their communities.

 

humanitarian

Wyclef Jean, multiple Grammy Award-winning musician as well as producer, humanitarian, and Haiti goodwill ambassador, will be presented with the 2009 ASCAP-Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award.

In 2005, he established Yéle Haiti to bring back hope to his native country. Yéle has changed the lives of tens of thousands of children and adults through education, health, environment and community development programmes.

Past honouree, Harry Belafonte, will present the ASCAP-Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award to Wyclef Jean.

Simon Khan, chief executive officer of Antilia, commented: "We must continue to highlight both the accomplishments of Yéle as well as Haiti's continued need. We are pleased to partner with WHY to bring awareness to this organisation's efforts in the Caribbean, and are delighted to work once again with Wyclef and his team. This is also a tremendous opportunity to highlight achievements in the Caribbean Community through the recognition of three Caribbean stalwarts - Wyclef Jean, Harry Belafonte and The Mighty Sparrow - who each continue to champion important Caribbean causes."

Calypso king, The Mighty Sparrow, will contribute his talents to WHY in support of the Caribbean, with a performance at the awards dinner on June 8.

Antilia is a New York-based Caribbean special events company and entertainment brand focused on showcasing the most premium, upscale and exotic elements of Caribbean culture and tourism in the US. This year, the company will also offer bundled travel packages for travel to Trinidad and Tobago's February 2010 annual carnival festival.

Looks like Venus and Serena has a new stepmom!!!

According to mediatakeout.com, Serena and Venus Williams father, Richard Williams recently married his 30 year old girlfriend LaKeisha.

Richard Williams and Lakeisha Graham reportedly lived together for about a year before their wedding. She is listed as the owner of a small grocery store in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Williams have been divorced from his former wife and the mother of Venus and Serena, Oracene, for approximately seven years.

Just to be clear. Serena is 27 and Venus is 28. Their new step-mom is 30.

Cmon now seriously, why do you think this is okay old man?????? The only thing this young chick wants from you is YOUR MONEY!!!!!

A plainclothes policeman who drew his gun while chasing someone he had found rummaging through his car was shot and killed by a fellow officer who was driving by and saw the pursuit, the police commissioner said.

Commissioner Raymond Kelly said 25-year-old Omar J. Edwards died after being shot late Thursday within blocks of the Harlem police station where he worked.

Edwards had just finished his shift around 10:30 p.m. when he headed to his car and saw that the drivers-side window had been smashed and a man was going through the vehicle, Kelly said.

Edwards struggled with the man, who got away from him by slipping out of his sweater, Kelly said. Edwards chased the man up two streets with his gun drawn, he said.

A sergeant and two plainclothes officers in an unmarked police car saw the pursuit and made a U-turn to follow the men, Kelly said. One of the officers jumped out of the car and fired six times, hitting Edwards twice once in the arm and once in the chest, he said.

Kelly said Edwards did not fire his weapon. He died at the Harlem Hospital Center about an hour after the shooting.

It was unclear whether the officers identified themselves. The name of the officer who fired the shots has not been released, but Kelly said he had worked at the NYPD for four years.

While we dont know all the details of what happened tonight, this is a tragedy. Rest assured that we will find out exactly what happened here, and we will learn from it so it doesnt happen again, Mayor Michael Blo****erg said at a news conference from the hospital.

Kelly said Edwards had been on the force for two years and worked in the housing bureau. He was recently married and had two young children.

The shooter was white and Edwards was black, a fact that could raise questions about police use of deadly force in a minority community.

In the past three years in the New York City area, there have been two other cases of off-duty policemen being shot and killed by other officers.

In 2008, a black, off-duty Mount Vernon police officer was killed by a Westchester County policeman while holding a gun on an assault suspect in suburban White Plains. A grand jury found the victim had failed to identify himself as an officer. County officers one white, one black and two Hispanic were cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury.

In 2006, a New York City police officer, Eric Hernandez, was shot and killed by an on-duty patrolman who was responding to an attack at a White Castle in the Bronx.

LONDON - Court documents show that a 13-year-old boy who was reported to be the father of a baby girl born earlier this year in Britain is not her dad.

Newspaper photos of the baby-faced teenager, Alfie, along with the 15-year-old mother and the infant shocked the country.

They also sparked debate about sex education in Britain, which has one of Europe's highest teen pregnancy rates.

Details of DNA testing were revealed Tuesday when a court-ordered reporting ban was lifted.

The court documents show that another boy, aged 15, is the baby's real father.

The mother lives in Eastbourne, on the southeast coast of England.

A northwestern Pennsylvania newspaper is apologizing for running a classified advertisement calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama.

Warren Times Observer Publisher John Elchert says the ad appeared Thursday. It read, May Obama follow in the steps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy! The four presidents were all assassinated.

Elchert tells The Associated Press that the newspapers advertising staff didnt make the historical connection.

He says the newspaper turned information over to police and that the Secret Service is investigating the person who placed the ad.

A note in Fridays paper says the newspaper apologizes for the oversight.

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The buzz in Washington is that former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. will be nominated as the new chief of NASA when he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday.

Bolden, a retired Marine general and a space shuttle pilot for 13 years at NASA, would be the first African-American to run the agency. If selected for the post, the Senate would have to confirm the nomination.

In addition to his aerospace experience, Bolden is an experienced business executive. Currently, he is chief executive officer of JackandPanther LLC, a private military and aerospace consulting firm. He is a former president and chief operating officer for American PureTex Water Corporation and Pure Tex Waters Works and was senior vice president at TechTrans International, Inc. He also serves on the boards of directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and Marathon Oil Corporation.

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PADEN, Oklahoma An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and a paramedic were caught on tape scuffling Sunday while a patient was being taken to the hospital.

The fight happened on Highway 62, near Paden, after a OHP and first responders argued over a close call on the road.

OHP alleges that one of the paramedics on the video assaulted the trooper, but the assault was not caught on tape.

Were like trying to tell the guy, Dude, my mom is in the back, and my stepdad was like, My wife is in the back. Can we do this at the hospital? said Kenyada Davis.

Kenyada Davis mother was the woman in the back of the ambulance being treated for heat exhaustion.

He was able to shoot the altercation with his cell phones camera.

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Beaten with an old, tattered suitcase by a mentally challenged man, an American female tourist is now nursing injuries after the encounter in downtown Montego Bay yesterday.

This came just hours after a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) shot and killed an unidentified man of unsound mind after he attacked a policeman and a bystander with a machete. Business-man Garfield Williams, who was a bystander, was also shot and killed in that mêlée.

According to a witness, who wished not to be named, the last incident occurred approximately 1:40 p.m. along the busy Harbour Street thoroughfare in the tourism capital.

 

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"This man who was obviously mad, just attacked the tourist with an old suitcase and began beating her in the head. I was so shocked because when the suitcase began breaking apart, he started to use the wheel of the suitcase to continue his beating," the stunned witness told The STAR.

She said when several by-standers saw what was taking place, they intervened and began hitting the attacker with anything they could find, but he managed to escape more severe injuries when he outran the irate citizens. Residents later assisted the tourist in seeking medical treatment.

 

 

 

But this is not the first time in recent weeks that tourists visiting the island have been at the centre of violent attacks. On May 21, six Canadian tourists were caught in a shooting incident while in traffic on Spanish Town road in Kingston.

A male occupant in the motor vehicle received injuries as a result of a shattered glass during the incident, but the other occupants were unharmed. According to the police, the six tourists were travelling between Montego Bay, St James, and Kingston when, upon reaching a section of Spanish Town Road, they heard three shots. It was later discovered that the right rear window was shattered and the front windscreen damaged. The group then went to the Kingston Public Hospital where they were treated and released.

At just one year and seven months, little Gaviann Johnson is already being hailed as a hero and a lifesaver.

Family members say the toddler, who only knows a few words, saved the life of her granduncle who had suffered a stroke and fainted, hitting his face on a piece of furniture.

Gaviann's grandaunt and wife of the injured man, Dalsie Buchanan, told THE STAR that on Monday, everyone at home was outside while she tended to her flower garden. She said her husband, Hilton, went to use the bathroom and Gaviann, always his companion, went inside with him. Minutes later, a frantic child returned. "She came back outside and she said to me, 'granddad bottom'. I thought she was saying that granddad spanked her so I said to her 'ok, I'm gonna go inside and spank granddad for you'. When I said that she started to cry and said, 'granddad hurt'."

Realising that something must be wrong, Buchanan said she went into the house and was greeted by a trail of *lo**. After initially walking past her husband, who was lying in a sofa, she found him bleeding from cuts to his forehead, nose and lips.

 

fainted

The 85-year-old was taken to the Mandeville Regional Hospital where it was discovered that he had suffered a stroke. Buchanan said her husband fainted while in the bathroom, but managed to crawl outside, before fainting again. This erratic behaviour, they presume, caught the child's attention and made her realise that something was wrong.

Buchanan is grateful for her grandniece's alertness and the fact that she used her limited vocabulary to get the family's attention. She said, "If she did not come to us, maybe he would have perished. She couldn't tell us word for word, but she tried."

She said Gaviann, who stays with her and her husband most of the time, has a very close relationship with her granduncle, to the point where she thinks of him as her grandfather. "They have a bond, you know. He spends quality time with her. He reads to her. They are very, very close."

She told THE STAR that from his hospital bed, her husband sent a message to Gaviann. "He told me, 'I don't know if I will live to see her again, but tell her granddad loves her'." Gaviann has also been missing her 'granddad' and realises that he is not at home. Buchanan said, "He usually turns down the bed. So I went into the room to do it and she came with me. When she didn't see him, she cried and said granddad gone to hospital, 'granddad drop and bleed'." It is also obvious that she misses him greatly as THE STAR was told that she often wanders into his room and calls for him.

According to NYTimes, the students at Montgomery County High School had a segregated prom on May 1, 2009 and May 2, 2009.

The white students prom was held on May 1 at a community center in nearby Vidalia; the black students had theirs at the same place the following night.

Racially segregated proms have been held in Montgomery County where about two-thirds of the population is white almost every year since its schools were integrated in 1971. Such proms are, by many accounts, longstanding traditions in towns across the rural South, though in recent years a number of communities have successfully pushed for change. When the actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for last years first-of-its-kind integrated prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, his home state, the idea was quickly embraced by students and rejected by a group of white parents, who held a competing private prom. (The effort is the subject of a documentary, Prom Night in Mississippi, which will be shown on HBO in July.) The senior proms held by Montgomery County High School students referred to by many students as the black-folks prom and the white-folks prom are organized outside school through student committees with the help of parents. All students are welcome at the black prom, though generally few if any white students show up. The white prom, students say, remains governed by a largely unspoken set of rules about who may come. Black members of the student council say they have asked school administrators about holding a single school-sponsored prom, but that, along with efforts to collaborate with white prom planners, has failed. According to Timothy Wiggs, the outgoing student council president and one of 21 black students graduating this year, We just never get anywhere with it. Principal Luke Smith says the school has no plans to sponsor a prom, noting that when it did so in 1995, attendance was poor.

Earlier this month, on the Friday night of the white prom, Kera Nobles, a senior who is black, and six of her black classmates drove over to the local community center where it was being held. Standing amid a crowd of about 80 parents, siblings and grandparents, they snapped pictures and whooped appreciatively as their white friends blow-dried, boutonniered and glittering in a way that only high-school seniors can did their senior walk, parading in elegant pairs into the prom. We got stared at a little, being there, said one black student, but it wasnt too bad.

After the last couple were announced, after they watched the white peoples father-daughter dance and then, along with the other bystanders, were ushered by chaperones out the door, Kera and her friends piled into a nearby KFC to eat. Whatever elation they felt for their dressed-up classmates was quickly wearing off.

 

Rapper Earl "DMX" Simmons has reportedly pleaded "guilty" and accepted a plea deal for attempted assault charges he received earlier this year while incarcerated.

Three people including a woman were taken into police custody following the seizure of six illegal guns during an operation at Newton district, Lacovia, St Elizabeth, yesterday.

Their names have been withheld pending further investigation.

According to information received by the Constabulary Communication Network about 4:30 a.m., a team of police carried out a special operation, in Newton district. During the operation a house occupied by the three was searched. The search yielded four 9mm pistols, one .357 magnum pistol and .357 magnum revolver. The three were subsequently taken into police custody.

A British resident caught trying to leave Jamaica with 9.7 kg (21.5lb) of ganja was fined a total of $270,400 and sentenced to nine months on Thursday.

Malek Jammal pleaded guilty to possession of, dealing in and taking steps to export ganja in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, before Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey.

The court was told that Jammal was going back to England when his luggage was searched at the Norman Manley International Airport and the contraband found.

Jammal told the court he had gone to England to live because he and his family were facing difficulties. He said while there, times got even tougher and he was offered the opportunity to come to Jamaica. He said he had no choice but to accept, as he was practically homeless.

RM Pusey told Jammal that such transactions were not tolerated here. He was sentenced to $15,000 or six months for possession, $102,400 for dealing, and $153,000 or six months for taking steps to export the drug. In addition, he was given the nine-month sentence. If he fails to pay his fines, he will serve 15 months.

A 22-year-old man charged with breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act after he was held with ganja weighing more than 60 pounds, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour and fined a total of $159,000 when he appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court last Thursday.

Davion Omar Neal of Ivor Cottage district in St Elizabeth pleaded guilty to the charges of possession, dealing and trafficking ganja.

It is alleged that on May 19, 2009, about 3:30 a.m., Neal was driving a grey Volvo motor car along the Ivor Cottage main road, when the police, who were conducting a spot check in the area, signalled the car to stop.

After the car stopped, Neal and another occupant ran from the vehicle. Neal later turned himself into the police. He was subsequently arrested and charged.

He was fined $15,000 or 30 days for possession and $144,000 plus six months' hard labour for the two other charges of dealing and trafficking drugs. In addition, he was given the 12 months.

The Cambridge Police in St James say they have sufficient evidence to charge a man in custody with the murder of a woman whose mutilated body was found in a shallow grave.

Investigators said statements were still being collected, but they are confident charges will be laid.

"Now that her identity has been established, charges will definitely be laid against the suspect. This could be done as soon as the post-mortem is carried out," an officer said.

The woman's relatives yesterday identified her as Merleen Gayle, 40, laundry attendant of Dumfries, St James. Gayle left home about 6:30 a.m. on May 23 for Kingston. She later went to Cambridge to see a friend. When she did not return, a missing-person report was filed.

On May 25, police said residents heard cries of murder coming from the direction of the suspect's house. It was also said the man was seen burning things at the back of his house.

Acting on information received, police visited the suspect and found *lo**stains at his home and burnt residue at the back of the two-room board house. Investigators walked along a dirt track at the back of the house, which led them to a nearby gully where a bra**iere was found. A freshly dug grave, which when dug up revealed Gayle's nude body, was seen. She had multiple stab wounds.

A man of a Coconut Crescent, Kingston 11 address was arrested by the police after he was found in possession of an illegal gun last night.

The 28-year-old man is now facing charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Reports are that about 8:30 p.m., a team of police apprehended the man at Coconut Crescent and conducted a search. A .38 Smith & Wesson revolver with four rounds of ammunition was taken from him. He was subsequently arrested.

The St James police are trying to identify and locate a group of men travelling in a white Toyota Corolla who shot two men dead in the quiet community of Dumfries, Saturday night.

Dead are Sanjay Beckford, 18, who lived in Dumfries and worked at a carwash centre in the same community; and Asanie James, also 18, of neighbouring Canaan district. They were shot dead along the Dumfries roadway about 10 p.m.

Police say the men may have been part of a group of persons who had gathered along the roadway discussing the disappearance of a woman from the area a week earlier.

It is understood that a white Corolla drove up with men aboard. They opened fire, hitting Beckford and James. According to the police, the men were shot in their heads and upper bodies, .

Investigators confirmed that a gang feud has been brewing in Canaan where James lived. They are also investigating reports that the attack might be in reprisal of an incident in which two men were chopped up at a dance in February. A car was also damaged in that incident. The matter is before the court.

The body of two-year-old baby boy, Demino Davis was found afloat in a tank in Madras district, Watt Town, St Ann on Monday.

Police reports are that about 2:30 p.m., the child was with his mother who was at a tank in the community washing.

 

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She reportedly left the child and went to a nearby shop. On her return, she did not see the child and raised an alarm. Members of the community launched a search and found Demino's body floating in the tank.

The police who were alerted took the child to the St Ann's Bay Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His 27-year-old mother has since been taken into custody by the police and is expected to be charged for breaching the Child Care and Protection Act.

The days of popping champagne, sporting expensive gold chains, and throwing away money at parties are long gone for lotto scammers in Montego Bay, St James, who are now said to be fleeing the city while others are trying to keep a low profile. This is so following last week's launch of the Jamaican Operations Linked to Telemarketing (JOLT) task force. Residents from at least two popular communities in Montego Bay told THE STAR that since JOLT's operation last week wherein nine persons were detained and vehicles and cash seized, many dialers (scammers) were shaking in their boots. Snitcherton, one of the Mon-tegonians that contacted THE STAR, said who scammers in his community had gone as far as to stop wearing jewellery and had started driving less-expensive vehicles, attempting to be less flamboyant. 'Dem stop floss' "Some a de man dem stop beat jewellery. yow! dem pud dung de big chain and all a drive some likkle Corolla," he said. "Dem stop floss. Dem a tek it serious cuz dem kno dat de police dem ave information on dem already." The resident said some of the scammers in his area had even convened a small meeting to discuss strategies to elude the task force. Jelli-Annsaid she, too, had seen a small gathering of known scammers in her community, but could not say whether it was a meeting to discuss measures about how not to get caught. She said she had noticed that the dialers had been less bold in their choice of clothes and cars. She said some had left their apartments and houses, which they had bought with scam money, opting to venture out of town to "cool out". Assistant Commission of Police (ACP) Les Green, a member of the JOLT task force, said the police had anticipated that the scammers would try to keep a low profile but said this would not deter the operation. He said: "This (JOLT) is going to be a long series of activities across the island, and we will continue to work with the information we are receiving." migration ACP Green said the migration of scammers to other parts of the island was not necessarily a reaction to JOLT. He stated that scammers had already been moving across parishes. JOLT comprises the Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) division of the United States Homeland Security Department, the United States Embassy in Jamaica, and personnel from a number of national authorities, including the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Customs, Passport and Immigration department, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court, and the Financial Investigation Division of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. The task force's aim is to decapitate Montego Bay's deadly, multi-billion-dollar lotto scam.

A man accused of raping an elderly woman who cared for him as her own grandchild has lost his appeal against his convictions and 20-year prison sentence for rape and indecent assault.

Conrad Williams, 39, shopkeeper and construction worker of Sue River district, St Mary, and a Kingston address, was convicted in June 2004.

A jury found him guilty of raping the 67-year-old woman in December 2003 and Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh sentenced him.

The woman had testified at the trial that she was at home at about 6 p.m. on December 8, 2003, when the accused whom she knew from he was a child visited her. She said she was lying on her bed when the accused jumped on her and began riding her like a horse at Caymanas Park.

She said she felt every bone in her body reacting to the jump and jolt and her bones began to hurt her. She told him to stop but he continued riding her.

 

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While he was riding her, she said she discovered that he wanted to rape her. She reminded him that AIDS was around but the accused shouted that she did not have AIDS and he did not have AIDS. Williams raped her for about an hour and left saying he was coming back. She said she left her house and went some distance away and slept for the night in a bam***bo root.

The next day she came into Kingston and reported her ordeal to her children who took her to the police. She said she had 20 children but 10 of them had died.

Under cross-examination at the trial in the St Mary Circuit Court, the complainant said she could never have consented to have sexual intercourse with Williams because he was the same age as her grandchild.

Williams said at the trial that he and the senior citizen had an intimate relationship. He said he had sexual intercourse with her that night but she consented.

Williams appealed yesterday against his conviction and sentence but the Court of Appeal ordered that he should serve the 20-year-prison term.

Here we go again, another black man caught up in a light skinned vs dark skinned scenario.

According to MediaTakeOut.com one of their readers came across this twitter on R&B singer Omarions page.

Heres what she said:

Im so upset with this loop alien head lame a*s Omarion on his twitter a fan asked why he only spoke to models and light skin women and he says oh because my mom is light skin. Are you f*cking kiddin me.

So I have to bleach my skin for you to notice me on twitter but I bet you notice me when I buy your damn next album which is a negative.

I loved omarion sinse 2001, I was behind every step of the way of his solo career and now hes picking favorite fans cause theyre light skin.

When will these damn n*ggas see more then skin f*cking deep. Nigg*s get money and forget about the beautiful chocolate smooth skin mamas.

Omarion MYSTERIOUSLY deleted his Twitter account yesterday. Hmmmmm!!!!! SMH!!

A St Ann man who tried to leave Jamaica using a fraudulent Canadian visa was sentenced to a 12-month probation in the Montego Bay Resident Magis-trate's Court yesterday.

A social enquiry report presented to the court stated that Junior Beckford, 28, of Mamee Bay, was a hard-working individual who was naïve in his actions leading up to the offence and said he was remorseful for his actions. His records also indicate that he has no previous conviction.

He pleaded guilty to uttering a forged document in April and was granted $80,000 after the court ordered a social enquiry report for him. The court was told that Beckford, who is a dancer and diver, did not have any criminal reasons for acquiring the documents.

 

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He was arrested on April 25 after he checked in at the Sangster International Airport to board a West Jet flight to Toronto, Canada. He presented a Jamaican passport with a Canadian visa to an immigration officer. However, the document was taken to the immigration office after irregularities were noticed. Beckford's first name was on his passport but was missing from the visa along with other security features. It was subsequently confirmed that the document was forged.

With just two days left before the burial of Kevin Pusey, the Pusey family is in a race against time.

Pusey, who was 36, died in England on May 13 from what his autopsy report describes as "unascertainable death, which may be due to epilepsy". His family, however, is unable to afford the £2,500 it takes to fly his body home.

His sister told THE STAR: "We want him to be flown out here. No one from his family is there and maybe only a few relatives can afford to go. Maybe only my two nieces in America."

 

the burial he deserves

She said the family was trying to come up with the money and tried various other means before deciding to take their story public.

Though time is against them, she hopes something can be done so her brother can get the burial he deserves and his family, including his 10-year-old son, can get to say farewell in the right way.

"I don't want him to be buried in a foreign land. Him don't live dere fi no time. I was very close to him and I don't think I could feel it anymore if it was one of my own children," said Nerissa.

Though the family may be unable to afford a grand funeral, Nerissa believes it is best for Pusey to be laid to rest in a ceremony attended by relatives and friends, not strangers.

"If is even to nail up a likkle box and put him dung inna di hole. We want to know here im bury, so we can go and visit his graveside."

Anyone willing to help the Pusey family may contact his sister, Nerissa, at 863-6766 or 924-4291.

With allegations surfacing that the main witness in a manslaughter case was shot and injured by a relative of the accused, Resident Magistrate Vivienne Harris has called for steps to be taken to protect the witness and that the case file be completed quickly to accommodate a preliminary enquiry.

When the case against 27-year-old tractor driver Carlington Rowe of Retirement, St James, was mentioned in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court, the witness showed the court three bullet wounds he claimed to have sustained during the attack which, he said, was because of the case now before the court.

 

disturbed

RM Harris, who appeared quite disturbed by the allegations, denied bail for Rowe and ordered the clerk of court to contact the investigating officer, who was absent, so that the outstanding accident reconstruction report could be placed on file for the court to set a date when the matter could be heard. As a result, the case was set for today.

Francis was charged with manslaughter and failure to report an accident, stemming from an alleged hit-and-run incident in Retirement, St James, in September 2008, which claimed the life of six-year-old Jevaughn Sutherland. He was arrested in February of this year in St Mary.

 

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His lawyer, Kenneth McLeod, told the court that his client knows nothing about the attack on the complainant and said his client was not the driver of the ill-fated motor vehicle involved in the fatal accident.

Allegations are that on September 19 last year, the child was walking to the shop when Rowe was seen speeding on the road, which was wet due to rain. The child was hit and thrown into the air before falling to the ground. The father of the child, who knew Rowe, and saw what had happened, called out to the accused but he did not stop. Jevaughn was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Rowe was held at a location in St Mary on February 25 and was subsequently handed over to the Montego Bay police.

A human foetus, believed to be about four to six months old, was found in a garbage bin at the intersection of King and Tower streets, downtown Kingston, yesterday.

Reports received by the CCN are that about 11:30 a.m., the police were alerted to the intersection of King and Tower streets where the foetus was seen in a garbage bin. It was removed to the morgue.

The Kingston Central CIB is investigating.