Stony Hill murder suspect charged as police detain three in St. James school cyberbullying case

Police and court activity across several parishes highlighted the latest crime and justice updates, from a fatal shooting in Stony Hill to a long-running cyberbullying probe in St. James.

Negril detectives have released a composite sketch of a man they believe was involved in a robbery with aggravation and wounding with intent linked to an incident in Whitehall, Negril, Westmoreland, on Saturday, April 25. According to reports, at about 6:30 p.m. a man was seated in his Toyota Axio on Norman Manley Boulevard with a knapsack holding an undetermined sum of money when two men approached, one carrying a handgun. When he resisted their robbery attempt, he was shot in the upper left shoulder and the knapsack was taken before the pair fled on foot. Anyone with information may contact the Negril Criminal Investigations Branch at 876-957-4857, Crime Stop at 311, emergency 119, or the nearest police station.

Fabian Datsy, 39, also known as Tweety Bird and Blocks, 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. The steel worker, of Eureka Road, Stony Hill, St. Andrew, is accused in a gun attack on the night of February 23, 2025, at a Bodden Hill home where 19-year-old Javaughn Liscom, of Bodden Town Road, was fatally shot and his father, 56-year-old tradesman Jerome Liscom, was wounded. A court date is being finalised. Centre Town and North police are still seeking several wanted men, among them Chevaughn Matthews, also called Marks, Kenroy Willis, also called Papa, Tevin Harris, also called Ratty, and Oshane Blackwood, also called Usheen and Phillip, all wanted for murder, and Adrian Johnson, also called Brammy, wanted for assault at common law and discharging a firearm.

David Smith, whom prosecutors identified as the gunman in the killings of Tashonna Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter Sarayah, child of Phillip Powell, is to be sentenced on July 24 after pleading guilty on June 10. He faces two counts each of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping, and capital murder. Prosecutor Mevlut Cetin told the court Smith shot Patterson and the infant after receiving a gun from co-accused Briton Blake and sent a photograph of them to Leonardo Bradshaw, accused of masterminding the kidnapping and killings. In March 2024, then Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn said the court would seek the death penalty against Smith. Co-accused Bradshaw, her cousin Roland Balfour, and Bejon Black are scheduled to return on September 17 for a trial-readiness hearing.

In St. Catherine, 84-year-old Spanish Town landlord Albert Thomas pleaded guilty Tuesday before acting Senior Parish Court Judge Janelle Nelson-Gale to assault occasioning bodily harm for throwing hot water on a tenant during an April 21 dispute, burning the man's right hand and leg. Thomas told the court, "Your honor, him throw dirty water upon me about a week before, so me hot up the water and throw it upon him." Sentencing was adjourned to July 21 for a social inquiry report. The judge noted the complainant is seeking $800,000 in compensation but said the medical report does not support that figure.

St. James police have taken three students from schools across the parish into custody over a cyberbullying case involving two girls at Mount Alvernia High School. Investigators have been probing impersonation, defamatory remarks, and serious threats since last year. Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels said the Praed Investigation Unit acted after fresh developments and that statements have been recorded. One parent said a fake page has harassed her daughter since last October, resurfacing in December through WhatsApp groups, and that allegations were recently levelled against the child's father. Another parent said her daughter wants a public apology rather than expulsions. Principal Kean Wyne said the school is supporting the affected students and does not believe Mount Alvernia pupils are behind the campaign.