It was a bald headed Vybz Kartel that appeared in the Home Circuit Court in downtown, Kingston this afternoon to answer to a murder charge. Dressed in a navy blue suit and a striped tie, the Deejay was led into court by officers.   He has been locked behind bars since September 30 last year after cops from the Flying Squad raided a hotel in New Kingston and arrested him and other persons who were in his company. Kartel and his co-accused,... 

Embattled Jamaican dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel has been ordered to return to the Home Circuit Court on Friday at which time his lawyers are to make a bail application. The murder case of businessman Barrington ‘Bossy’ Burton involving Kartel and two other men was transferred to the Home Circuit Court from the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. Kartel was offered $3 million bail in relation to the case. However,... 

A teacher hatched a plot to kill her fourth husband for $1.2million life insurance, prosecutors have claimed at her trial. Elain Young, 57, is charged with planning and carrying out the murder of her husband Melvin ‘Beau’ Griesbauer, 48, with her friend Katherine Mock, 58, in Missouri. Griesbauer was an army reserve specialist who survived a tour in Iraq. Friends said he had taken out good insurance cover to make sure his wife was... 

An angry passenger is being held on $200,000 bail after trying to force an Orange County Transportation Authority bus off the road. He grabbed the steering wheel while the bus was moving in an attempt to drive the bus off the road. It happened just after 5:00 p.m. Sunday on the southbound I-5 near Culver Drive in Irvine, said Lt. Roland Chacon of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. According to deputies Robert Galantine, 49, grabbed the steering... 

Inmates in a Texas prison have been watching pornographic television programs from their cells for months despite complaints from guards. Guards at Liberty County Jail reported the inmates watching the programs on Cinemax for in some cases hours at night since December of last year before a cable scrambler was attached last month. Jail records dated in early February showed complaints by guards of the racy content, writing in one: ’4 dorm... 

Portmore Empire deejay Popcaan has still not yet visit his boss and mentor Vybz Kartel in jail. Late last year media broke new that the Gaza prefect has abandoned Di Teacha during his legal troubles. In a recent interview with Jamaican journalists, Popcaan revealed that he has still not visit the deejay behind bars. “I don’t go and see him as yet, but him know mi have a busy schedule,” Popcaan said. Popcaan also confirmed that he is still a... 

A Chicago man who spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager has been awarded $25 million in damages after it was determined that he was wrongfully convicted. Thaddeus Jimenez, 32, had spent nearly half his life in prison before being exonerated and released in May 2009. After being released, Jimenez then sued the city, accusing the police of ignoring evidence in his case, including a confession from another suspect, Juan... 

Allen Stanford lied to investors and stole their hard-earned savings so he could live the lavish lifestyle of a billionaire, a prosecutor said Tuesday at the Texas financier’s trial. Opening statements began in the trial over one of America’s biggest Ponzi schemes and lawyers argued in Houston federal court that Stanford used investors’ money to buy homes and yachts and fund cricket matches. ‘He treated depositors’ savings like... 

The news gets from bad to worse for embattled Dancehall superstar, Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer,who must now contemplate the loss of several highly-prized valuables as he remains incarcerated on murder charges. According to media reports, law enforcement officials seized many of Kartel’s assets in light of his September 2011 arrest and subsequent murder charges in October. The seizures took place shortly after the arrest and following the... 

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting he spit on an officer who was trying to arrest him. Prosecutors said 33-year-old Bobby Mathis was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to transferring bodily fluids and resisting arrest. Investigators said police responded to Mathis’ home after a disturbance was reported in November. When an officer arrived, police say Mathis came out of the home screaming and spit on the officer...