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ST MARY, Jamaica - The St Mary police are reporting that another of the seven inmates who escaped lock-up at the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary in December last year has been recaptured. He is 22-year-old Phillip Williams otherwise called 'Boe' of Belfield, St Mary who was charged with shooting with intent. Acting head of the St Mary police Deputy Superintendent Kevin Francis said that Williams was captured in...

ST MARY, Jamaica- Another of the seven inmates who escaped lock-up at the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary in December 2023 has been recaptured. He is Jahmala Vernon, age 25, a labourer from Boscobel View, Boscobel, in the parish. Vernon was handed over to the St Ann's Bay police by a relative on Thursday afternoon. Police say the Divisional Intelligence Unit (DIU) in St Ann has collaborated with their...

A second prisoner who escaped from the Oracabessa lock-up in St Mary in December was recaptured on Monday. He is 24-year-old Tray Walker of Claremont in St Ann. The police say Walker was taken into custody for larceny of motor vehicle and...

The seven detainees who escaped from the Oracabessa police lockup last Thursday, just ahead of the Christmas holidays, were up to yesterday evening still on the run. Senior Superintendent of Police Stephanie Lindsay, head of the Jamaica...

The Police High Command made a raft of management changes in St Elizabeth in June after a major jailbreak there. Now, the fate of their counterparts in St Mary is to be decided after seven more escaped custody yesterday. The Gleaner understands...

A manhunt has been launched to recapture seven inmates who reportedly escaped from the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary. The men were discovered missing from the during a routine cell check conducted about 6:00 a.m. this morning. ...

ST MARY, Jamaica - A manhunt is now underway to recapture the seven inmates who escaped from the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary. The inmates were discovered missing during a routine cell check e...

ST ANN, Jamaica - Police in St Ann are reporting the murder of two people and the wounding of another in separate incidents in the span of two days. The deceased persons are 41-year-old Carol Llewelly...

St Mary taxi operator Barrington Matthews Jr has been charged for the chopping death of another cabbie who he confronted about the alleged sexual assault of a teen girl. Matthews Jr is being accused of the murder of 34-year-old Negus DaCosta of...

The police in St Mary have arrested and charged 35-year-old taxi operator Barrington Matthews Jr., after he allegedly chopped a man to death during an altercation.  The deceased has been identified as 34-year-old Negus DaCosta. It is...