Stony Hill murder suspect charged as police detain three in Mount Alvernia cyberbullying probe

St. James police have taken three people into custody as they investigate a prolonged cyberbullying campaign against two students at Mount Alvernia High School, where impersonation, defamatory posts and serious threats have targeted the girls since last October.

Senior Superintendent Irn Samuels said the property investigation unit acted swiftly after recent developments, recorded statements from those involved, and is arranging counselling. Principal Karen Wine said the school has maintained a zero-tolerance approach and is supporting the affected pupils, though she believes the aggressors may be part of a wider ring of students from other schools. Parents said fake social media pages used the children's images, reappeared on WhatsApp groups in December, and escalated on Father's Day with false claims that one girl's father was molesting her. One parent said her daughter wants a public apology rather than expulsions.

In St. Andrew, 39-year-old Fabian Dads, also known as Treaty Bird and Blacks, of Irish Castle Road, Stony Hill, surrendered to the Constant Spring Criminal Investigations Branch on Tuesday and was charged with murder, wounding with intent, robbery with aggravation, possession of a prohibited weapon and using a firearm to commit an offence. Police say the February 23, 2025 attack in the Bowen Hill district left 19-year-old Javit Liscomb of Boden Hill Road dead and his father, 56-year-old tradesman Jerome Liscomb, injured at their home. St. Ann North police continue to seek several wanted men, including Sorter Chevron Matthews, alias Max; Kenroy Willis, alias Papa; Tevin Harris, alias Ratty; Adrienne Johnson, alias Brammy; and Oshin Blackwood, alias Esain and Phillip.

Negril police have released a composite sketch of a man wanted in connection with robbery with aggravation and wounding with intent in Whitehall, Negril, Westmoreland, on Saturday, April 25. Investigators say that around 6:30 p.m., a man sitting in his motor vehicle on Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril with a knapsack containing cash was approached by two men, one armed with a handgun. During a struggle he was shot in the upper left shoulder and robbed before the assailants fled on foot. Anyone with information may contact the Negril CIB at 876-957-4857, Crime Stop at 311, or the police emergency number 119.

David Smith, whom prosecutors identified as the gunman in the killings of Tasha Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter Sarah, child of former minister Philip Paulwell, is to be sentenced on July 24 after pleading guilty on June 10 to conspiracy, kidnapping and capital murder counts. Prosecutors previously said he received a gun from co-accused Bedron Black and sent a photograph of the mother and child to Loa Bradshaw. In March 2024, then Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewelyn indicated the Crown would seek the death penalty. Co-accused Bradshaw, her cousin Roland Ball and Bjorn Black return to court on September 17 for a trial-readiness hearing.

In Spanish Town, St. Catherine, 84-year-old landlord Albert Thomas pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm for throwing hot water on a tenant during an April 21 dispute. Acting Senior Parish Court Judge Daniel Nelson-Gill adjourned the matter to July 21 for a social inquiry report ahead of sentencing. Thomas told the court, "Your honor, him throw dirty water upon me about a week before, so he hot up the water and threw it on him." The complainant was treated in hospital for burns to his right hand and leg.