Gang has police hit list
December 10, 2007
Police in St James are on high alert after receiving information that a notorious gang based in the parish have compiled a list of cops who they have marked for death.
Assistant commissioner in charge of the Major Investigation Task Force, Les Green, yesterday confirmed that the Stone Crusher Gang, which has been blamed for a series of murders and other violent incidents in Montego Bay and its environs since last year, has masterminded the hit list.
"We are aware of that list and we are following it up," Green told the Observer yesterday. "Police officers are aware and special measures are being put in place so that they are not at risk."
The heightened security around the police in St James comes days after the murders of four cops over a four-day period last week.
Two of the cops, sergeants Errol Brown and Alan Lindsay, were assigned to the St James division, and according to Green it was not clear whether the gang was behind their murders.
"We can't say at the moment," Green said.
Sources in the police force say the gang crafted the list just days after the police released the photographs, identities and aliases of the island's 12 most wanted criminals late November. A $1-million bounty has been placed on the head of each wanted man on the list.
Three of the wanted men are from St James and police say they are linked to the Stone Crusher Gang. They are:
. Cedrick Murray, otherwise called 'Paul Brown' and 'Doggie' - wanted for a triple murder on Felicity Road in Montego Bay on February 9 last year;
. Eldon Calvert - wanted on several counts of murder and shootings in the Meghie Top area of St James in 2005 and 2006; and
. Gerald 'Rado' Taylor of Glendevon, St James, who was yesterday shot dead by a joint police/military patrol. He was wanted for murder and shooting in the Blood Lane area on November 7 last year....
Author: Karyl Walker
Source: Jamaica Observer
