Rasbert Turner/Gleaner Writer
May 27, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Suspect charged after woman allegedly robbed of iPhones in Portmore
Thirty-three-year-old Shamar Champagne, one of two men accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in Portmore, St Catherine last year, has been charged.
May 27, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Bite-mark case involving baby at St Catherine daycare settled through mediation
The operator of a daycare centre, who was brought before the St Catherine Parish Court after a baby was found with bite marks on her body, has had the matter resolved through mediation and an apology.
May 24, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
19-year-old killed in two-bike collision in St Ann
A motorcyclist was killed and another biker was injured in a collision along the Stepney main road in St Ann on Saturday.
May 22, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Man charged with raping 17-y-o granted $800,000 bail
A man who is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl was granted $800,000 bail in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday.
May 22, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Fake landlord pleads guilty to larceny by trick
A St Catherine teenager who collected rent for a house which she did not own pleaded guilty to larceny by trick when she appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday.
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine prisoner has case to answer in fellow inmate’s fatal stabbing, court rules
An inmate charged for the alleged fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last year has been told that he has a case to answer. Appolos Atkinson, an inmate at…
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Construction worker accused of having sex with a 12-y-o girl freed
A 58-year-old construction worker was freed of sexual offence charges after a jury returned a not-guilty verdict in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday.
May 20, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
One of two Westmoreland men held in alleged Mandela Highway drug bust gets $700,000 bail
One of two men who were arrested and charged following the alleged seizure of cocaine and ganja during a traffic stop along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine has been granted $700,000 bail with…
May 19, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Court imposes conditions on station bail granted to St Catherine minister of religion accused of fraud
A judge in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday questioned why the police granted station bail to a minister of religion who was reportedly elusive before his arrest on fraud charges. Sean Green,…