Jamaica man charged with hate crime assault for attacking Muslim woman on E train
QUEENS, N.Y. — A 34-year-old man from Jamaica has been charged with assault as a hate crime after allegedly attacking a Muslim woman aboard a Queens-bound E train, Queens District Attorney Melinda…
62-year-old beaten and robbed at Jamaica Hills playground in broad daylight
NEW YORK, NY – A 62-year-old man was inside the Joseph Austin Playground on 84th Avenue last Tuesday when multiple individuals entered the playground and approached the man. The incident happened at…
$32,000 winning lottery ticket sold in Jamaica, Queens
NEW YORK, NY – It was an excellent way to wind down from holiday celebrations for one lucky winner in the New York Lottery’s evening drawing on Monday. The New York Lottery…
TAKE 5 $18K Won In Jamaica and Williamsville
SYRACUSE, NY – Two lucky winners purchased $18 TAKE 5 tickets at stores in Jamaica and Williamsville for the October 11th evening drawing. An $18,745 ticket was sold at V R Grocery…
Citizen of Jamaica Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVEL JOHNSON, 50, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A.…
Powerball Ticket Worth $1 Million Sold in Jamaica
JAMAICA, NEW YORK – One very lucky second-prize ticket for the August 22nd Powerball drawing was purchased in Jamaica. The Powerball ticket is worth $1,000,000. The ticket was purchased at ABC Discount…
D.C. Murder Suspect Arrested in Jamaica
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department have made an arrest in the murder of 27 year-old Tarek Booth, of Alexandria Virginia. Booth was shot and killed on January 31st…
New Yorker Who Shot and Killed Wife During Fight in Jamaica Queens Hotel Room Convicted
NEW YORK, NY (PRESS RELEASE) – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced today that Malcom White, 44, has been convicted by a jury of attempted murder for shooting his 34-year-old wife…
Newport News, VA Murder Suspect Captured Fleeing Dulles Airport to Jamaica
STERLING, Va. – Federal and local law enforcement arrested a Newport News, Va., murder suspect this morning who attempted to flee the United States on Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport. Adrian…
WATCH: NYPD Mounts Another Successful Distressed Boater Rescue in Jamaica Bay
NEW YORK CITY, NY – For the second time this week, the New York City Police Department’s air and marine rescue units have safely recovered another distressed boater in Jamaica Bay. Related:…
Man Defrauded Jamaica, Queens Woman Out of $300000 Claiming to be Her Son
NEW YORK, NY (PRESS RELEASE) – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, along with New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda and New York City Finance Commissioner Preston Niblick, announced today that Christopher Williams,…
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…
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…
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…