St. James men remanded after admitting Irwin police station motorcycle theft

Two men who admitted stealing motorcycles from the Irwin Police Station in St. James have been remanded until June 17, when their matter is to continue in the parish court.

O'Neil Dennis and Jason Stevenson appeared before Judge Andria Natisha Fairclough-Hilton last Wednesday and pleaded guilty to larceny of a motorcycle. The court was told that two motorcycles stored at the station were discovered missing about 7:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025. Police later found one being ridden by a man who said he had bought it recently, leading investigators to Dennis.

Dennis was taken into custody on April 7 after earlier avoiding arrest on November 12. While under caution, he reportedly said he got the motorcycle from Stevenson. Stevenson later attended the Irwin station on April 15 and allegedly told police that he and Dennis had taken the bikes from the compound the previous year. The judge ordered social inquiry reports for both men.

In Kingston, Andre Brown, also called Bigs, 21, of a Kingston address, has been charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and using a firearm to commit a felony. Police say the charges relate to the March 1 killing of 26-year-old Tariq Baird on Freeman Lane. Brown was held during a May 18 operation in Seaview and his court date is being arranged.

Michelle Howard of Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has been charged with larceny as a servant and obtaining credit by fraud after police alleged that about $3.5 million was stolen from a business where she worked as an assistant manager. She is due in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court on June 18.

In St. Catherine, 57-year-old minister of religion Shawn Green had station bail extended to June 16 on fraudulent conversion and non-delivery of service charges. The case concerns an alleged US$12,132 payment for a 2010 Isuzu motor truck that was not delivered.

At the Home Circuit Court, Agriculture Minister Floyd Green continued cross-examination in the murder trial of six policemen over the January 12, 2013 shooting deaths of Matthew Lee, Mark Allen and Ucliff Dyer on Acadia Drive in Barbican, St. Andrew.