THE GLEANER MINUTE: J’can arrested in Florida | Infant drowning probe | Elaine pulls out of meet
May 19th, 2022 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:56MAY 19, 2022: Forty-two-year-old Jamaica-born Omar Smith is facing the possibility of 30 years in prison in the United States after his arrest on bank and wire fraud allegations … Andre Ruddock will know on October 6 when he will stand trial for allegedly cutting a woman’s throat during an alleged church ritual in St James, last October … The St Catherine police are probing the suspected drowning of an infant at his home in Bridgeport in Portmore on Tuesday … The United Kingdom has endorsed Kamina Johnson Smith’s bid to oust Baroness Patricia Scotland and become the next Commonwealth secretary general … IN SPORTS: Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is out of Saturday's Diamond League meet in Birmingham, England.
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