Man busted after double stabbing in Jamaica Plain, police say
BOSTON, MA — A Roxbury man was arrested Saturday afternoon after allegedly stabbing two people in Jamaica Plain, Boston Police said. At around 2:57 p.m., officers assigned to District E-13 responded to…
Suspect Who Threatened Transgendered Woman in Jamaica Queens Gets Five Years in Prison
NEW YORK, NY – A gunman who threatened a transgendered woman on the street in Jamaica Queens last September simply because she was trans has been sentenced to 5 years in prison…
Jamaica says Rusal making consistent payments on tax bill
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON – Russian aluminum giant Rusal has been making steady payments to Jamaica as part of a 2021 agreement to pay back production taxes it owes the government, according…
Non-Citizen Charged With Hindering Removal To Jamaica
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Cleon Ainsworth Samuels, age 32, was indicted on April 20, 2022, by a federal grand jury for…
Jamaican Police Officer Used Her Body to Smuggle Over 1,000 Grams of Cocaine from Jamaica to South Florida
Miami, Florida – A police officer from Jamaica has pled guilty in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale to importing cocaine into the United States. As part of her guilty plea, 42-year-old…
Philadelphia CBP Officers Discover 18 Pounds of Cocaine from Jamaica in Airplane Cargo Hold
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Philadelphia routinely examine the cargo holds of aircraft that arrive from overseas locations, and most times officers find nothing unusual. That changed…
Jamaican Police Officer Charged with Smuggling Cocaine from Jamaica to South Florida Inside Her Body
Miami, Florida – A South Florida grand jury has indicted a veteran police officer from Jamaica with importing cocaine into the United States with the intent to distribute it here. The indictment…
Jamaica man caught moving 144 pounds of marijuana through New Jersey
TEANECK, NJ – Police in Teaneck have arrested a man from Jamaica, Queens hauling 144 pounds of marijuana through New Jersey last week. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of…
Jamaica digital currency due for national roll-out in coming months – central bank
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON – Jamaica will roll out its digital currency across the country in the first quarter of this year as part of an effort to lower transaction costs and…
Move over bobsledders, Jamaica now has an Olympic skier
Benjamin Alexander, Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier, is going to compete at Beijing Winter Olympics just six years after taking up the sport…
Man who killed friend’s brother in Jamaica, Queens gets 25 to life in prison
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Sharif Brown, 37, has been sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for the shooting death of a Jamaica, Queens man. The defendant was convicted last…
Sharif Brown convicted of broad daylight shooting murder in Jamaica, Queens
QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Sharif Brown, 37, has been convicted at trial of murder and other crimes in the shooting death of a Jamaica, Queens man.…
Man busted for operating Jamaican lottery scam out of Panama City Beach home
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – Bay County deputies have arrested a man operating a Jamaican lottery scam. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, the arrest of a Panama City Beach man…
Jamaica Announces 5 Point Tourism Reopening Plan
KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced a five-point recovery plan for the country’s tourism sector that includes a “staggered reopening” of entities. “We do not see reopening…
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