St James man ditches firearm, caught by cops

Saturday, January 10, 2015 | 1:22 PM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A firearm containing six rounds of ammunition was on Saturday, January 10 seized by the police in Green Pound, Mount Salem in St James.

Reports from the Mount Salem Police are that they were on patrol in the area about 12:28 am when they saw a man throwing an object on the ground.

The officers investigated and found the loaded Smith and Wesson .38 firearm. The man was taken into custody. However, his identity is been withheld pending further investigations.

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Giants fan who caught home run ball gives it back

SAN FRANCISCO –  A lifelong San Francisco fan had a piece of team history in his hands Thursday night: the home run ball that sent the Giants to the World Series.

Then he gave it back.

Frank Burke, who owns a transmission repair business in Oakdale told the San Jose Mercury News that he wanted the hitter, Travis Ishikawa, to have the ball.

“Ishikawa is the guy who hit the ball,” Burke said. “I’m just the lucky guy who caught it.”

So after having it authenticated by a Giants official and learning Ishikawa wanted it back, Burke went down to the clubhouse area and handed it over. Ishikawa gave him a signed bat in return.

Burke said he had asked for World Series tickets, but was told that might not be possible.

“So I said, ‘All right. I was going to give the ball back either way,"” he said.

After doing a media interview the next morning, he got a call from the Giants. Burke now has four tickets to Game 3 of the World Series at San Francisco’s AT&T Park on Friday night. It will be the Giants’ first home game against the Kansas City Royals.

Burke was at Thursday’s game with his friend, Greg Leutza, who is battling cancer. Burke wanted to do something special for Leutza and went searching for tickets after the Giants won the National League Division Series, he told another newspaper, The Modesto Bee.

Ishikawa’s drive came their way as they sat above the stadium’s right field wall in the ninth inning with two Giants on base.

“My main thought was to keep it in front of me and don’t let it fall to the field,” Burke told the Modesto paper.

The ball went off his left hand, but he was able to corral it. Burke posed triumphantly with the ball for photos and said he gave other fans a chance to touch it as well.

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Disabled Jamaican caught with drugs in Trinidad

A disabled Jamaican who was found in possession of just over 15 pounds of ganja hidden in his wheelchair at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago, managed to escape jail time in the country recently, THE STAR has learnt.

Charged with marijuana trafficking is 33-year-old Kevon Francis who pleaded guilty to the offence. He was reportedly placed on a bond to keep the peace for two years following his guilty plea. The accused also pleaded guilty to two additional charges for importing an illegal substance and failing to declare the narcotics on his customs declaration form.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, the attorney representing the accused man submitted that prison authorities would not be able to properly care for her client as his medical condition worsened during his two-and-a-half year stay at a correctional facility in the country.

It was revealed that the accused man was kept in unsanitary conditions, was forced to stay in his disposable diaper for days and was only allowed to bathe once a week, with the assistance of fellow inmates.

The accused man’s lawyer claimed that her client was remorseful for committing the offence, as he had claimed to smuggle the illicit substance out of sheer desperation, making attempts to earn money for his family in his mother country.

Francis reportedly admitted to accepting approximately J$35,000 from a drug smuggler to carry out the activity.

He is to be deported to Jamaica in weeks to come.

Jermaine Barnaby

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Windies were caught "off guard", says captain Bravo

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (CMC) — West Indies’ captain Dwayne Bravo says his players were caught “off guard” by the New Zealand batting assault in the third One-Day International (ODI) on Wednesday.

New Zealand steamrolled West Indies by 159 runs to win the one-sided encounter and level the five-match series one game each.The third ODI was on the verge of being called off due to the weather, but the teams got in 21 overs each, with New Zealand powering to 283 for 4, while the visitors crawled to 124 for five.“Bad weather, shortened version, we fancied our chances equally, just as good as the New Zealand team,” Bravo said.“We wanted to bowl first, we won the toss, we did that, but I think the way New Zealand batters batted really caught us off guard.”New Zealand inning was highlighted by the fastest international century from Corey Anderson, and the sixth-fastest ODI ton from Jesse Ryder.“They took their chances and it came off, there was no stopping them. Jesse Ryder set the tone, Brendon McCullum, the cameo he played actually gave the other players the freedom to come in and be positive,” said Bravo.“Players batting like that, in good form, good strikers of the ball, there’s not much you can really do as a team or as a captain, so you’ve got to give credit to them.”The West Indian bowlers were punished with Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul bearing the brunt of Anderson’s carnage conceding four sixes in an over each with Rampaul’s three overs costing 64 runs.“It was tough for us, cold conditions, one-over spells, it is not easy for any bowling team to actually come on and be spot-on,” the ODI skipper said.“We have to regroup. We are not going to let this game dampen our spirit.”Apart from a score of 29 from Narsingh Deonarine, the only other batsmen contributing double-digit scores were Chadwick Walton with 17 and Lendl Simmons 17.“I’m a bit disappointed about how we went about our batting as well; that’s one area I definitely think we need to improve on,” said Bravo, who top scored for West Indies with an unbeaten 56.“Chasing 280 in 21 overs is always going to be difficult, but I think we could have [put on] a better batting display.”The fourth ODI is carded for this evening (Caribbean time).

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NZ batting caught us off guard, says Bravo

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (CMC) –West Indies’ captain Dwayne Bravo says his players were caught “off guard” by the New Zealand batting assault in the third One Day International (ODI) on Wednesday.

New Zealand steamrolled West Indies by 159 runs to win the one-sided encounter and level the five match series one game each.The third ODI, was on the verge of being called off due to the weather, but the teams got in 21 overs each, with New Zealand powering to 283 for 4 while the visitors crawled to 124 for five.“Bad weather, shortened version, we fancied our chances equally, just as good as the New Zealand team,” Bravo said.“We wanted to bowl first, we won the toss, we did that, but I think the way New Zealand batters batted really caught us off guard.”New Zealand innings were highlighted by the fastest international century from Corey Anderson and the sixth-fastest ODI ton from Jesse Ryder.“They took their chances and it came off, there was no stopping them. Jesse Ryder set the tone, Brendon McCullum, the cameo he played actually gave the other players the freedom to come in and be positive,” said Bravo.“Players batting like that, in good form, good strikers of the ball, there’s not much you can really do as a team or as a captain, so you’ve got to give credit to them.”The West Indian bowlers were punished with Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul bearing the brunt of Anderson’s carnage conceding four sixes in an over each with Rampaul’s three overs costing 64 runs.“It was tough for us, cold conditions, one-over spells, it is not easy for any bowling team to actually come on and be spot-on,” the ODI skipper said.“We have to regroup. We are not going to let this game dampen our spirit.”“I’m a bit disappointed about how we went about our batting as well, that’s one area I definitely think we need to improve on,” said Bravo who top scored for West Indies with an unbeaten 56.Apart from a score of 29 from Narsingh Deonarine the only other batsmen contributing double digit scores were Chadwick Walton with 17 and Lendl Simmons 17.“Chasing 280 in 21 overs is always going to be difficult, but I think we could have [put on] a better batting display.”The fourth ODI is carded for Friday evening Caribbean time.

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