Tag: gangs
Officials tight lipped over JGHS gang fight
(CNS): The new acting chief education officer and former principal of John Gray High School has confirmed that the fight at the school Monday, for which two teenage boys were arrested, was a continuation of another brawl that had happened in Camana Bay at the weekend. But Lyneth Monteith has said little else about what was understood […]
Students arrested after fight at JGHS
(CNS): Updated 3pm: Police have confirmed that they have arrested two 15-year-old students and are investigating a fight at John Gray High School on Monday morning. An RCIPS spokesperson said the two boys were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct and have been bailed to return to the police station at a later […]
West Bay man denies killing Yates
(CNS): Justin Devon Manderson (22) pleaded not guilty Friday to the murder of Victor Oliver Yates when he appeared in Grand Court for arraignment. Manderson is charged with murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in connection with the gang-related shooting at a local West Bay restaurant. Yates was gunned down outside Super’C’s restaurant on […]
Further arrests in Yates killing
(CNS): The police have arrested two more people in connection with the murder of Victor Oliver Yates in West Bay during the early morning hours of 3 January outside a local bar and restaurant. The RCIPS said that at around 3:00pm Tuesday 10 February a 29-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from West Bay, were […]
Cops get lead in 2011 WB gang killings
(CNS): One of three men arrested in a North Side drugs and guns bust Sunday morning has also been arrested in relation to two murders which took place in West Bay in 2011. Police say that a 25-year-old man, who is resident in West Bay and picked up in the operation, is being questioned in […]
Cops arrest suspect in Ebanks killing
(CNS): A 25-year-old West Bay man was arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of David Ebanks last month at a local jerk food stand on Birch Tree Hill Road. An RCIPS spokesperson did not give any details about when the arrest took place but said that the suspect was arrested on suspicion of […]
Bush plans gang peace talks
(CNS): The opposition leader has revealed his intention to talk directly to the opposing gang members in the district of West Bay to find out why the young men in the Logwoods and Birch Tree hill gangs continue to war with each other. After thirty years as the district MLA and even longer serving the community, […]
Deep seated social problems fuel violence
(CNS): During a community meeting in West Bay last week, both the chief inspector of the West Bay Police Station and the premier expressed their concerns about the frightening level of violence used by young men to settle minor disputes in the district. Premier Alden McLaughlin said that there were deep-seated social problems behind the […]
Murder suspect remanded to HMP Northward
(CNS): The 22-year-old West Bay man charged with the murder of Victor Oliver Yates and possession of an unlicensed firearm appeared in Summary Court on Friday and was remanded in custody until 13 February. Justin Manderson said very little during the brief appearance in the court as his case was formally transmitted to the Grand […]
Murder suspect arrested in West Bay
(CNS): A 22-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the killing of Victor Oliver Yates, who was gunned down in the early morning hours of 3 January outside a local late night bar and restaurant. An RCIPS spokesperson said the man was arrested during a pre-dawn operation […]
CoP: We know who the killers are
(CNS): The police commissioner has said that his officers know who killed Victor Yates and David Ebanks because witnesses have told them but so far they have no one willing to go to court to testify. David Baines said that neither Ebanks nor Yates were active gang members but were shot by known local gunmen, […]
