Members of the security forces on duty in a section of downtown Kingston on Monday night, February 1, amid a flare-up of violence in the area.
Head of the Constabulary Communication Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay has said the ongoing conflict between gangs from Tivoli Gardens and their former cronies in Denham Town is the continuation of an age-old conflict over turf and extortion.
Sections of west Kingston have been under the gun as the rivals take every opportunity to fire their illegal weapons, taking lives and injuring others in the process.
“Most of the conflict is between the Young Generation gang of Tivoli and gangs in Denham Town. What the investigation has shown so far is that the main reason behind the gang conflict so far is really to dominate the turf because of the proceeds from extortion. The different gangs are fighting for the same space,” SSP Lindsay said in an interview with
Photo of Yeahkark Walker in his work attire in Trinidad, where he went by the name ‘Jameek Taylor’.
A man who the police recently listed among the island’s most wanted last week, appealing for information to find him, is dead and buried in Trinidad and Tobago, his family has confirmed.
In a social media post on December 22, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) listed Yeahkark Walker, among others, as wanted in the Kingston West Police Division, enticing Jamaicans to “get a little extra” in their pockets this Christmas by providing credible information on the subject, criminal activities, illegal guns, and ammunition.
The baby that was found abandoned at the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston on December 14.
The police are awaiting DNA test results to confirm whether a 20-year-old woman is the biological mother of a baby girl that was found abandoned at the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston earlier this month.
Shortly after the baby was found, the police were bombarded by telephone calls from members of the public requesting to adopt the adorable child.
Speaking in a media interview last week, head of the police s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, said the young woman who is believed to be the mother, was located by the police.
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